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| Can I have a "Do Over"? |
by shadowsystems |
2008-03-04 16:11:00 |
Today has been one of those days where, if you had any warning once you woke up that it was going to be "One of THOSE Days", you'd crawl back UNDER the bed and wait for a safer day to come back out...
Like, say, Armageddon.
Job interview this morning.
* They called me Thursday to set up the interview, & the caller told me they'd email "critical information you'll need at the interview" immediately after the phone call.
* "Immediately* evidently translated to "after close of business on Monday", & did NOT include ANY information.
* I showed up on time (9am), only to find out that my interviewer wasn't scheduled to be in until 9:30.
* The "critical information" that they never got to me was the fact that they expected me to fill out an online application before I arrived; to have 2 Personal & 2 Professional References, with current contact information for each; to bring a Government form that proves I have the right to work in the United States (I'm a Natural Born Citizen & Child of Active US Military - I don't need ANY paperwork, you morons)...
Needless to say, the interview got off to a miserable start & flushed itself downhill from there.
That's Strike One.
I promise my dad to take his DMV paperwork to the nearest DMV office & turn it in so he can get his current tags.
On the way to the DMV, I get a traffic ticket for making a right turn on a green light. ?O.o? WTF?
There's a light for the through-lanes, a light for the turn-lane, & evidently a third light for NOT making a right-turn while there's pedestrians supposedly crossing.
My light to turn was green, but evidently I missed the "Don't turn because of pedestrians" light, because the next thing I know I'm being pulled over & ticketed.
(Slamming his head on the table in frustration.)
There's Strike Two.
I decide that I want to find out how much the fine is on the ticket.
It says on the ticket that I can go online to find out all this, so I go home & log on.
Only to waste an hour trying to find information that I'm eventually told requires me to visit the local courthouse to get.
I find my way to an Information Window, a grey-haired older gentleman behind the glass, show him the ticket, & ask him how much the fine will be.
The gentleman scratches his head & excuses himself, because "I've never seen this before."
He steps to a counter with a bunch of VERY large binders, starts leafing through one after another, then goes for his Manager.
The Manager asks me all sorts of questions about the ticket, takes a look through "The Books", does a computer search through their database, & finally says "I have no idea. Why not ask the Judge?"
Umm, because in order to appear before a Judge, I have to pay the fine, and I need to know how much the fine IS before I can attempt to pay it?
Strike Three.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the roof with the chain gun, the boxes of belt-fed ammo, & the crates of grenades.
(Screams in frustration & anger, Depression & disgust.) |
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*hands over keys to the Angry Dome* | by hactar the uhhh | 2008-03-21 21:44:28 |
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