this post has no redeeming value
Aug. 4th, 2010 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
go_gentleI did manage to get my heels fixed, hurrah. It took about six times as long as I thought it would, and cost about twice as much (2.5 hrs, $15), but now they are wearable to my interview tomorrow.* I had walked there and didn't feel like walking back to my apartment, then back to pick them up, so I hung out in the public library down the road, which was huge, comfy, well air-conditioned, and had copies of the latest Novik book not eligible for the hold queue, so I could take one instead of waiting in the hold line. Score! I also wandered around the library, because it was new and shiny, and learned that they prefer Dewey Decimal over LoC, which, WHY GOD WHY.
*This interview process gets weirder and weirder. The nice lady I spoke to this morning couldn't schedule me immediately, because she needed to check the schedules of the other people who'd actually be working with me so they can talk to me too. All well and good - I gave her my availability, she said she'd be in touch. Only I didn't expect to be gone for four hours this afternoon on my shoe errand, so I left my phone to charge rather than taking it with me, so I panicked a little when checking my email from the library (yes, I have a problem) when she said that someone else would "be in touch", only when I got home I had no messages, no missed calls, and no emails. As instructed, when I hadn't heard anything by four, I emailed her again - since her number went to a message that 'the voicemail system is busy' - with an email whose subtext was basically 'ftlog tell me when i need to be there tomorrow.' she got back to me with 'they're putting together an email with details for you, but plan to be here by 930 am!'
It is now 6pm - ie, after the end of the work day. To be there by 930 tomorrow, and allowing for time as I do when getting to important appointments in places i've never been, i'd have to leave my house by 830 or 845 - ie, before the start of the work day. what do you think the chances are that i'll see that email before I leave? and what do I do if I don't? (facts that may affect your answer: my phone does not get email. in fact, my phone barely gets calls - i need to replace the battery so that I have more than 10 minutes of talk time when not plugged in, but I haven't yet. this can make 'call me when you get here!' a tricky thing, especially if I forget to turn it to airplane mode when I'm on the T.)
I just keep telling myself that this is the HR department, and it's perfectly possible that the people I would be dealing with have their shit a tad more together than this. It's like a mantra.
ETA: and as long as I am complaining about communication, what is with people who respond to emails simple questions (like, "when can I meet you to talk about rooming together?") with "here's my number - call me!"
ETA2: I'm doing laundry, and do I really have to wear a button down with a suit? can I get away with just a cami under my jacket? I mean, I probably will wear the button down anyway, especially if it's cooler tomorrow, but right now I'm melting and i don't wanna.
*This interview process gets weirder and weirder. The nice lady I spoke to this morning couldn't schedule me immediately, because she needed to check the schedules of the other people who'd actually be working with me so they can talk to me too. All well and good - I gave her my availability, she said she'd be in touch. Only I didn't expect to be gone for four hours this afternoon on my shoe errand, so I left my phone to charge rather than taking it with me, so I panicked a little when checking my email from the library (yes, I have a problem) when she said that someone else would "be in touch", only when I got home I had no messages, no missed calls, and no emails. As instructed, when I hadn't heard anything by four, I emailed her again - since her number went to a message that 'the voicemail system is busy' - with an email whose subtext was basically 'ftlog tell me when i need to be there tomorrow.' she got back to me with 'they're putting together an email with details for you, but plan to be here by 930 am!'
It is now 6pm - ie, after the end of the work day. To be there by 930 tomorrow, and allowing for time as I do when getting to important appointments in places i've never been, i'd have to leave my house by 830 or 845 - ie, before the start of the work day. what do you think the chances are that i'll see that email before I leave? and what do I do if I don't? (facts that may affect your answer: my phone does not get email. in fact, my phone barely gets calls - i need to replace the battery so that I have more than 10 minutes of talk time when not plugged in, but I haven't yet. this can make 'call me when you get here!' a tricky thing, especially if I forget to turn it to airplane mode when I'm on the T.)
I just keep telling myself that this is the HR department, and it's perfectly possible that the people I would be dealing with have their shit a tad more together than this. It's like a mantra.
ETA: and as long as I am complaining about communication, what is with people who respond to emails simple questions (like, "when can I meet you to talk about rooming together?") with "here's my number - call me!"
ETA2: I'm doing laundry, and do I really have to wear a button down with a suit? can I get away with just a cami under my jacket? I mean, I probably will wear the button down anyway, especially if it's cooler tomorrow, but right now I'm melting and i don't wanna.