[Kurushi22]

I asked my ex fiance s sister if she could help me with an application form. Just to write out a rough draft and I could polish it up. So I gave her details where to find the trainee position I was trying for. I hoped with her experience she might give me an edge. She left her wage rise slip next to the kettle so me and Fred could see her wages. She gave me a scribbled A4 sheet of paper and all she had done was copy the job specification off of the link on the job site which I knew myself all ready. Her sister got a job straight after school about 6 months later, as a trainee/apprentice.

[Kurushi22]

If she couldn't hang around with the IT crowd it was no one. I went for a job and out of 50 people I got down to the last three. And the person who landed the job was somebody I Knew. It stung to begin with. Through the grape vine I heard that the employer chose you because of your ethnic background and he could gain brownie points/kudos claiming to be a multi-diverse company. I knew that wasn't the whole picture.
He made the right decision. If anyone has a sunny disposition then you fitted the bill. Well done

[Kurushi22]

When I was 19 I got a full time job. If it weren't for my old coach and my father and David. I may have went part time . A more challenging job but less hours so I could build myself up again. But I had the blinkers on.
The two women that also works there clashed with one another on a regular basis.
There was a long line at lunch and I was learning the ropes of front desk. And I was more interested in trying to do the job right but I was polite. I paused to think and the lady who was supposed to be helping me said I had served wrong person over someone who was before them and she couldn't even wait until the rush was over and said "you are being ignorant, you should have . ....And ticked me off when I was just learning and I was only 19. I am not ignorant in any way shape or form. I was brought up to respect my elders and had a work ethic instilled in me very young.

[Kurushi22]

The other women was just as bad. She told the girl who left before me that I followed her like a sheep. It was only my second week or so and she came up to the counter in her tie due t-shirt and made juvenile baaa sounds.
Then her husband left her. And she turned even nastier. Saying if I make a mistake I brought it on myself. And blamed me for a ticket that was evidently not my hand writing. And I asked for help as this suit was unsalvageable and she said what am I supposed to do about It, do it yourself.
I coudlnt apply myself to the job. And it wasps closing in on the probation period. I was too afraid to admit defeat. I learned that I could not turn my hand to anything as long as I put my mind to it. I was good at gauging my strengths and limitations before rehab.
But the boss said she needed to talk to me before the day was up. And the younger woman went in to the office. They were cackling like witches. And I have a sneaky suspicion that they were tearing into my souped up c.v. that got me the job to start with.
I had went to a course that included making a professional c.v. and cover letter. It was superfluous and sounded too good to be true. But it worked.
But I knew I wouldn't be kept on. I got home and had a message on voicemail. I ignored it. Then I got a second and thought heck I'll listen. I was offered a place at the other business. I learnt later that it was the manageress at this new business that had suggested to give me a chance.

[Kurushi22]

They came to collect towels
Thank goodness I was
The best person in
The back workshop.
He spots me
And nearly drops his phone
And tells a joke:
Oh you won't put much
Weight on working
In here it's so hot. Phew
Like a sauna.
It went down like
A lead balloon.
It was a sweat shop.
But it we had bills to pay.
The next time I saw him
He was complaining
That his Hugo Boss
Towels smelled like
A launderette. But
He did not elaborate.
And our manageress
Took no prisoners
And he didn't press matters.
It was a launderette.
He could have said
They don't smell
Fresh enough,fragrances,
Is what she said when
He left. But I'm not
Putting extra softener into his
Towels when he looks
Down his nose at us
And walks around like
A swaggering gangster.