My vacation is officially over tomorrow...

Well I did it, I am now employed by the fine folks at Meridian Kiosks, I start tomorrow at 7am.  Thanks to all the folks that have read my bitching and moaning about being unemployed, and have left words of kindness and inspiration.

Posted by darththorn @ 10:26 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

One more step to go...

Got a call this morning while I was taking the two youngest kids to daycare, it was Meridian Kiosks letting me know that my background check came back OK.  I went to piss in a cup this morning after I found out, so that is all that is left now.  I will get the results in 24-48 hours, and hopefully be able to start by next week at the latest.  Finally I get to make some money again.

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New job finally?...

Click on picture to see what they do, they even make Xbox 360 kiosks... I want one.

I got a call from Meridian Kiosks today, it seems the guy they hired instead of me didn't work out. He was hired over me because he wanted less money, like the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. Anyway, they want to hire me because I have the experience and drive to do the job. The guy who will be my boss I have worked with before and he knows the work I can and will do for him. He wanted to hire me before, but really didn't have the final say, but now he is going to tell "the man" that I am the one who needs to be in there. I am waiting to hear back from them so I can go for my drug screening today, which will be no problem as I am clean as a whistle. He told me that he wants to get me trained on the CNC machinery that they have and eventually over to the CAD-programming side of things, which I also have experience with, so it seems that this would definitely be the job I would be most "at home" with. I am pretty excited about the whole situation, and hope I can start next week.

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Another Interview

I have an interview tomorrow with Kolcraft, you know, the baby accessory folks, I applied to an opening they have as a forklift operator. It's no dream job by any means, the pay is kind of crappy, but I do have plenty of experience though. Most likely I will accept it if they offer it to me because I really need something and soon, but I plan on telling them I can't start until next week so I can give Unilever until the end of the week since I am supposed to hear from them this week.  I'm tired of sitting around here waiting for the phone to ring feeling useless.

Posted by darththorn @ 8:15 pm EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Hello...

Still on the hunt for a job, I should be hearing from Unilever sometime this week, so keep your fingers crossed.

 

Here's a cowboy joke.

 

A young cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Western Oklahoma.

He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded
staring blankly at a full bowl of chili.

After fifteen minutes of just sitting there staring at it, the young cowboy
bravely asks the old cowpoke, 'If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?'

The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young wrangler and in his best Okie manner says, 'Nah, go ahead.'

Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over and slides the bowl over to his place and starts spooning it in with delight.

He gets nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili.

The sight was shocking and he immediately barfs up the chili into the bowl.

The old cowboy quietly says, 'Yep, that's as far as I got, too'.

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