Re: Celebrate!

LOL - David you kill me!   Kitty what utterly fantastic news, about the job
AND Mick.  Will drink a toast to both of you tonight.  I am so very
delighted for you!!
:-)


On 3/30/06, David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> "Just got back from the drug test and paperwork."
>
> Kitty, what kind of drugs did they make you take?  That sounds like a
> GREAT
> job!
>
> David
> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!
>
>
> > Thanks all of you.  I feel really good about this job.  Just got back
> from
> > the drug test and paperwork.  I've got a lot of things now to do around
> > the house and garden that now I won't have the free time I thought I'd
> > have.  My niece gets married Saturday, my sister is coming in tomorrrow.
> > So much to get done.  But this is a real job, not like that Hearing
> Center
> > fiasco that I endured for a year and a half.  Now I need to go get some
> > good comfy shoes because I'll be on my feet all day every day whereas at
> > the Hearing Center I sat all day.
> >
> > Thanks again for all your support.
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!
> >
> >
> >> Celebration indeed !! Trumpets and symbols heard from the east !
> >> -jrf
> >>
> >> Kitty wrote:
> >>> I lost my job a couple of weeks ago.  The new franchise owners thought
> >>> we weren't making enough money and it had to be someone's
> fault.  Since
> >>> it couldn't be the boss' niece, the one who performs the tests and
> works
> >>> for straight commission, it must be me, the one who was getting paid.
> >>>
> >>> I sent out resumes and hit the standard online job postings.  I
> happened
> >>> upon a short posting for a researcher at the recorder's office.  A
> >>> friend told me that short postings (job only listed for 5 days) meant
> >>> they probably already had someone in house who wanted the job.  But I
> >>> applied and got an interview.  I just scraped by on the typing test,
> but
> >>> did well on the other tests, finishing all in about 40 minutes.  The
> >>> testing was scheduled to take 2 hours. When I arrived for the
> interview
> >>> they said no one had ever finished the tests that quickly.  We had a
> >>> pleasant exchange, but nothing in detail, so I assumed my friend was
> >>> right, the job was locked.
> >>>
> >>> I got the call this morning and I start Monday!  Can you believe it?
> >>> More money, great hours, pleasant people, engaging work, retirement
> >>> plan, and insurance.  And they wanted ME.  I wasn't too old or too fat
> >>> or not good enough in some way.   Maybe it's an omen.  Good things
> come
> >>> in 3s you know. Mick will be fine.  and I don't care what the third
> >>> thing is.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
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> >> Vienna, Virginia USA
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Kemp TX
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