el Jay
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So after being unemployed for a few months earlier this year (and gaining about 20 pounds from depressed-eating and no motivation to exercise), I finally managed to get a temp contract job at a call center for benefits offered by various companies. This was not only a blessing because it was a job, but one where I didn't need to be on my feet, which tend to hurt unbearably if I stand on them all day (and this is what caused me to have to quit my previous job).
And the job is going quite well. Not sure if I'll be hired on permanently, as it was a 6-8 week contract with possibility for extension (no promise of hiring though) to deal with the increased call volume as their clients had their 2016 open enrollment.
But of course, no silver cloud could possibly come without a gray lining. We each have a key to the room the company is renting for the temps in the office complex, and we have to surrender it upon finishing the contract. There was a key agreement we signed that we'd have to pay to replace the locks if we lost the key.
So I kept it in the pocket of my work pants at all times, and then eventually set it on my dresser for safe keeping, since I live only 10 minutes away and never really needed it (I'm never the first one in). But now it's gone. And I have no ******* idea where.
Now I spend half of my days terrified this'll ruin my standing with the supervisors and rob me of the chance to use them as very positive and recent references for future job applications. And the fee for losing the key was $100, although I for some reason think that it said $100 per key (meaning over $1000 total), so I'm scared of that, too, since either way is more than I can afford.
This just confirms for me that I'll just end up ******* up anything I try to do that goes well. I'm never gonna dare be optimistic or feel good about anything ever again, because clearly I'm not allowed to.
And the job is going quite well. Not sure if I'll be hired on permanently, as it was a 6-8 week contract with possibility for extension (no promise of hiring though) to deal with the increased call volume as their clients had their 2016 open enrollment.
But of course, no silver cloud could possibly come without a gray lining. We each have a key to the room the company is renting for the temps in the office complex, and we have to surrender it upon finishing the contract. There was a key agreement we signed that we'd have to pay to replace the locks if we lost the key.
So I kept it in the pocket of my work pants at all times, and then eventually set it on my dresser for safe keeping, since I live only 10 minutes away and never really needed it (I'm never the first one in). But now it's gone. And I have no ******* idea where.
Now I spend half of my days terrified this'll ruin my standing with the supervisors and rob me of the chance to use them as very positive and recent references for future job applications. And the fee for losing the key was $100, although I for some reason think that it said $100 per key (meaning over $1000 total), so I'm scared of that, too, since either way is more than I can afford.
This just confirms for me that I'll just end up ******* up anything I try to do that goes well. I'm never gonna dare be optimistic or feel good about anything ever again, because clearly I'm not allowed to.