A Job and a Test....

Oh this is a good one, folks.  You aren't going to believe it.... I had a drug test today as part of the application process for a job.  Yes, a job as a cashier.  Can you believe it?  I couldn't.  It is company policy.  That included leaving my coat and purse behind, her not only taping the tap and the soap dispenser after I washed my hands (before the sample collection), but also putting some dye into the toilet water to make sure I didn't flush or contaminate my sample.  Holy cripes!  She did not stay during the....ah.... procedure because that would have been the.final.straw.for.me and I would not have gone any farther. 

I didn't make it the most comfortable sequence of events either.  I inquired as to different scenarios, what this strip was for, what that box was for.  I asked if she wanted to take a souvenir home with her....geez, and they still offered me a position after that?!

"After" involved hanging around while we waited to see if the sample would show a positive result ~ as in drugs in my system. Oh yeah and there was a strip that took the temperature of my sample...to make sure it was nice and warm.  Because a cool sample would have been something I sneaked in under my shirt or something.  I have never had such a detailed or paranoid procedure done for an urine sample.  I can only shake my head in amazement.

I was offered 2 positions, combined for full time work.  Except that 40 hours a week will be considered part time by the company for the first year of employment.  Which means no benefits, no vacation days or earned sick time.

There is plenty of room for advancement and hard work.  I will not provide further details because this company has a lot of presence around here and I will be gainfully employed.  You know, cover my ass for a while in case someone from there stumbles onto my blog.  Wouldn't that be fun??

The dark side of this is working 40 hours a week...and my son.  This has been the stress of the past year since arriving here.  What to do with son and how him being on his own will work out.  The flip side is not working but stretching our budget to every penny, which doesn't serve my needs or interests very well.  Like all of us I want to have some money left over after the necessities are taken care of and to pay down our remaining mortgage as fast as possible.  Oops, almost forgot about that new used-car payment too.  Yeah....

Some day I will tell you about the other crazy, crazy application procedures for this job I have.  I will also tell you what the job is and what company it is for.

Not today though.  I've got to see how everything works out first.  With son I plan to create a handy reference guide for him, to keep on his person at all times, to walk him through whatever situations he might find himself in.  I hope he has matured enough in the past while to handle being alone for a while on a daily basis.... life is just never easy or simple.  It's a matter of exchanging one stress for another, isn't it?