Re: re nursery interview apparel

No jeans?  My word, I'd be nekkid.  Wear jeans to work too.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:43:51 -0600

>I knew you would get the job.... glad Hort Ed made them smell the coffee and see the gem of an employee you will be....
>
>Wouldn't buy tons of stuff till you see how the job goes... I personally
>can't wear boots in a greenhouse, too hot, even in the dead of winter.
>
>
>Interesting to me... tend to think everyone dresses like me or
>similiarly anyways... no jeans!... yipes I would not have anything to
>wear!... Personally, I only wear other clothes when I absolutely have
>too... which is about 3 times a year.... (I wear jeans to work too).
>
>
>Donna
>the jeans and t-shirt or sweatshirt person.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kitty
>Sent: 3/2/2004 10:29:10 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: [CHAT] re nursery interview apparel
>
>> I got the call yesterday.  I start working at Arbor Farms some time next
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>> week.  I'm sure I would not have gotten this job but for the Horticulture
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>> Educator at our CES.  He went to school with the owners and called them on
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>> my behalf.  Any ideas on what sort of thank you I should give him?
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>> 
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>> New thoughts on apparel:  I start next week - they'll let me know when they
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>> get word of the expected arrival of their truck delivery from Oregon.  Snow
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>> has melted and things will be muddy, so I figured I needed some boots.
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>> Also, I am used to wearing canvas slipons all spring, summer, fall.  These
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>> won't be the best thing for day-in, day-out on my feet, so I decided to get
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>> some more durable leather tie shoes.  So I went shopping yesterday for a
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>> sale on footwear.  Also got a pair of cotton twill pants and 2 pair of jeans
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>> (I didn't have any).
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>> 
>
>> Today I got a call from a nursery just 5 blocks away (AF is 10 miles)
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>> responding to an unsolicited resume I had sent.  Oh well, I'm fairly sure
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>> they wouldn't have paid what I'll get at AF.  I'm not going to get rich at
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>> AF, but I will be able to pay my bills, though I won't be able to save
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>> anything.  I'm looking at it as sort of like school or an apprenticeship or
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>> 'paying my dues' to get some hands-on experience in this field.  So, I'm
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>> still broke, but still in the black - more than I can say for our govt!
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>> 
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>> I'm thrilled to embark on a new career.  I only hope I'm up to the task.
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>> Thanks for the support you all have given me; it is truly appreciated, much
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>> more than you can know.
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>> 
>
>> Kitty
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>> 
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