Hope everything goes well Anna as I bet it will!!
Everything went terrible. I'm not up yet, but once I am oh, I will complete the tasks NOW required of me, but it was a) one of the most humiliating experiences of my life and b) OMG the HR lady did NOT give me good advice, that or honesty bit me on the .... or something.
I will try to describe what happened. First, I get there and VortexChilldofLight hassled me a LOT about my letter from school, (HIGH school) and like, ,she wanted a transcript "everyone brings their diploma" she said. I sat there, thinking about my A in basket weaving and how it was recorded nowhere. NOWHERE at all.
But since a bigger problem presented itself, she forgot about HS and got all up in my grill about that, because I estimated my MJ consumption at about 1.5 years (with college, that's about right) only HR lady had told me to provide as little info as possible and VortexChildofLIght got up in my grill about that, "You know we do a hair test right?"
I had nothing to hide (I thought) but it was at this point that I began feeling distinctly criminal and I don't function well under those conditions, I went and got my fingerprints done (that was an ordeal because I couldn't find the place so Vortechiild, probably thinking "Is this chick high?" had to give me directions twice. Then I got photographed a BUNCH of times because the Sherriff's department said, sinisterly "The Sherriff wants us to smile." and then they snuck me out back because "We're fingerprinting a sex offender or something." Then I went to get a hair test and they took all my hair, ALL of it , gosh, if I'd known I would have gone butch at 1.5 inches but I had no idea they would do that. My hair is about 2.5 feet long. Argh. I also got flustered and like asked the lady about it (probably bad) and between that and handing over my meds and etc., I FREAKING flushed the toilet which was a big NO. I just... it was reflex. So the one part of this whole thing that may have been helpful well, I goofed. Sigh. That part was just unfortunate but I'd been there for like 3 hours and I was just like argh. I asked the lady if I could take it again. She was all, "No, but we take notes." Jesus. I just wanted to punch her at that point (or self immolate out of mortification) but gah, there is NO WAY I don't think, that I am getting this job.
I didn't smoke anything other than tobacco when I got home and so much of it, I am now kind to tobacco sick. Because frankly there will be other jobs, maybe even better jobs IDK or more part time nanny jobs and etc. I did cry a lot yesterday bur frankly, I think I was entitled to a bit.
It would really have to be a miracle for me to get the job but I don't think it's happening at this point, but I have a doc appointment at 11:30 (seems soon, I actually slept until 7 I was EXHASTED and maybe even dehydrated from all the crying but all I can do is my best, etc, and at least I was honest about it. BUT it pretty much sucked in every way possible, and my self esteem took a hit. I also think hair testing is somehow wrong, man, and etc.
But, it's not up to me. I'm just annoyed that I self destroyed the one thing I had going that could actually have worked.
But like I said, I cried a lot, railed against the world and have a nanny job interview this weekend I am going to try and get it because there is NO WAY I am getting this other one I don't think etc.
Oh well.
Anna