So, I was walking up the sidewalk, getting ready to cross the first of the two streets that I cross, when I see the strangest sight coming across the parking lot behind the bakery.  At first I could not tell exactly what it was, but as it came closer, I could make out a squirrel.  Now a squirrel is not an unusual sight during the springtime, but this one was, for it was carrying in it’s little jaws a large, chocolate cupcake, wrapped in plastic wrap.

It struck me as unusually humorous, since you seldom see a sight like this one.  The cupcake was almost larger than the carrier!!  He managed to get it across the street, and make his way carefully up a tree.  It started my day off with a smile.

I get up at 5:00 a.m., get ready for work, spend all day running around, answering the phone, doing work at the computer and then I come home and have to do laundry, dishes, fix dinner or clean something.  I hate work!!!  I need a vacation and soon.

It wouldn’t be so bad I guess if my days weren’t so hectic at the office.  Some days I just want to crawl into bed when I get home.  Maybe I need to start taking vitamins; coffee just isn’t working anymore.

He had given me a $500 bonus for Christmas!!  I was not even expecting a bonus, since I have only worked for him for a year.  But man, this was a great Christmas gift.  I have been needing a new television set in my living room for about 1 1/2 years now, mine went out, and I could not afford to fix it or buy a new one.  So, this is buying me a new television set!!!  They have some great sales going on right now.  Thank you Mr. Elliott for the wonderful gift.

So, I get to the car and see that it is indeed a ticket, but not the kind of ticket I had suspected.  It was information written by a police officer giving the information for the driver of the vehicle that had hit my car!!!!  Now this car was 5 years old, yes, but it was in excellent condition, not a scratch on it.  So, needless to say, I was a bit upset.  Not angry, mind you, but just upset.

I called the phone number of the driver of the pickup that was the culprit and they said that they had already contacted their insurance company to file a claim.  I was very pleasantly surprised.  Most people would have just driven away thinking that they would get away with it.  But, low and behold, there are some honest people still left in the world.

How do you explain that on a job application? When you apply for a job and you have to do that stupid telephone survey where you don’t speak to a live person and it asks you if you’ve ever been fired, and you reply “yes” you are then automatically disqualified from getting the job! How do you deal with that? You never even get to speak to a live person and explain. And even if you DID explain, do you think that the interviewer would believe you?

Would you just act as if you had never worked there, and don’t even include that job in your employment history? What would YOU do?

The last article that I read indicated that they don’t have to be manual labor jobs, but “green collar jobs” are being considered manual labor jobs. And the article indicated that people would be making at least $15 an hour to start. Well, that’s not the BEST money in the world, but it is pretty good starting pay for someone who is just starting out, so I’d like more information on that! It would be really nice if we could start to see more information about these “green jobs” and how people might get “into” a “green job” whether it is manual labor or otherwise.