after I got past the bizarre invitation from the employment office to go get "counseled" by people who aren't quite sure if ah done graduated 8th grade, or if I kin reed n rite, and do I got shoes, and who apparently can't hit the duplex button on the copier but nonetheless I must go get counseled by them to collect unemployment. I'm still not past that, actually, I'm still boggled. I do realize that a lot of people who are out of work do need very basic assistance to find a job, but the screening forms assume that you are undereducated and unsophisticated and in need of the most basic sort of help. It really leaves the unemployed college graduate with a long resume feeling like an alien in unemployment world. If the assistance they offer is all about basic job training and finding transportation and the right clothes to wear, and learning how to fill out a job application, what on earth will they have to say to me? I really am curious.
Other than that - talked to former boss. Tentative happy hour Friday. Must follow up with beloved but somewhat flaky Lawyer Formerly Known as Boss re getting this consulting ball rolling tomorrow.
Girl is off to New Orleans this weekend, for a speed-vacation which sounds very fun, so I have her dog for the next few days. Normally, when I have her dog I skip walkies with Murphy, because walking two dogs is more work than walking one, and I am lazy and it's an excuse to skip. But if Dudley is going to be here for a week, I can't skip walkies that long, it's not fair to Murphy. So tonight I sucked it up and walked both dogs. Not at the same time, because I like to keep my arms in their sockets. Murphy goes first, he's senior dog, rank hath its privileges. Murphy moves along at a nice little bitty dog trot. Then, it's time for Dudley. Oh My God. Walking Dudley is like 30 minutes of running on the elliptical machine. "Stop and smell the pee mail" is not Dudley's style - he wants to cover a lot of ground, as fast as he can. I need to do this twice a day for the next week, my ass will thank me.
Carpet will be installed on the 14th. So the house should be ready to list the middle of the following week, and even if it's not, this sucker is going on the market. I will fine tune, like cleaning the cat snot on the windows, after it's listed.
It dawned on me that MDS&W is approaching. I have no clue at this moment whether I will be able to attend, but if the house is on the market and I'm doing my little freelance thing, then dammit, I am going. It may sound funny coming from someone who doesn't have a damn job, but I need a vacation!
Oooooo. MS&W?????? Fingers crossed!!
ReplyDeleteIf my last experience with the "employment service" is anything to go by, they will just say "Oh, we really can't help you, we just have to do this" and send you on your way. They are just trying to weed out the ones who only want to collect unemployment for the rest of their natural lives. It is terribly depressing to go there, though. Makes you think you belong in the ranks of the great unwashed. Oh well, there but by grace...
ReplyDeleteEllen, I think that's the case, I was just boggled by their forms, and the assumption in the questions asked that all of their "clients" lack a GED or any useful skills. Talk about setting the bar low! I felt like one of the great unwashed just filling out the paperwork.
ReplyDeleteI second what Ellen said. I had to file for unemployment back in the late 90s. It was a horrible experience that made me want to take a job, any job, just so I didnt' have to go back and sit in that little depressing room with those people!
ReplyDeleteI hearby command you NOT to think of these images while you're being counseled: http://faildogs.com/
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