Hope Still Remains (Update!)

Alright, so here's what happened. The support I got helped, knowing that people wish I do well as well as me is a good thing for a guy in my position. (I live on a mountain for goodness sake, connection with the outside world is good. :O) I drove with my brother (Who also applied) down to the place for the hiring fair/pre-interview, and showed up almost 2 hours early. However, they liked this even though they found it a bit out of the ordinary. We were, of course, there before anyone else. We filled out the paperwork first, of course, and were the first into the pre-interview. I did everything right. Maintained eye contact, firm handshake, was outgoing but not rude and didn't inturupt. Asked just enough questions to be informed but not to be pestering. And I have a second interview. However, my brother hasn't received a call yet. This is causing some serious drama in this house. When I got the call yesterday, my brother got very steamed and disapointed. I may be 20 years old, but due to probmes in my life that I wish not to explain I have yet to have a drivers licence or a car, however my brother does. It would be up to him to get me back to this interview today, yes... TODAY. I'm very scared. My brother is not a selfish man, but he was so ticked off and disapointed I actually believe that he would delay taking me just so I wouldn't get the job so that I'd be in the same boat as him. Why do I believe this? Here are the notations : 1) When I got the call, he didn't feel like being around me at all. 2) He was depressed, and barely moved (Until getting a call from someone, a friend who invited him over to her house. At which point he up and left) 3) Upon leaving he declared that he didn't know if he'd be home, and didn't feel like driving in Chattanooga. The man is a good driver, I really hope that a problem like this doesn't arise. They said they didn't mind re-scheduling the interview if problems arised due to the fact they're so booked today... but I know that even with that kind of an invite, re-scheduling wouldn't go over well at all without some kind of perfect excuse... and even then it's 'if'y. This could be bad... very bad, but also has the potential to be good. Time to cross my fingers again. -- Edit : Oh, on a side note. I haven't touched a cigarette in almost 36 hours. Go me! I'm going to really quit this time, I have a good feeling about it. - Vince
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TheJoeD on
thejoed
If you can weather through this storm without a cigarette...You can weather through anything. May the Force be with you.
Vincent on
vincent
yeah, say goodbye to that. my brother flaked on me, and now nearly refuses to get a job in the same county so that he won't have to drive me to work. On top of that my grandfather dashed every hope mentally about getting married this october. I failed the smoking thing, I'll try again in a few weeks when I calm down. The good news is, despite my selfish brother, I've got a second interview rescheduled (Due to "Family emergency"... god I hate lieing... I feel like total crap) for this Tuesday in a different, CLOSER, location. I'm almost assured to get the job, due to the fact that the woman giving me the interview was the one who pushed me to put in an aplication because she liked how "outgoing and friendly" I was, and that I seemed like a person that would be a great asset to the team. Still, I'll dress formal and neat, mind my P's and Q's and do my best not to step on any toes... Still, with my brother being a selfish arse, getting back and forth to work will prove to be a challenge until I have my liscence. And thusly starts me getting on my own two feet... I'm trying not to run when I'm beginning to walk, but all things are telling me to start going faster than I am. I'm 20 years old, damnit. I can do this, I'm sick of everyone telling me I can't, and everyone else telling me they won't.