Jobs

Blog2-21-09

Hi Everyone,

Here’s what I’ve learned about jobs this week. There are a lot of jobs out there and they all pay ten dollars an hour. And the lower the pay, the more you have to reduce yourself to get the job. For the first time in my life I had to get a drug test to be considered for a position. This job is definitely not about the money I’ll make. The only reason I’m interested in it is because I think it will be fun.

The drug test was not fun. They frisked me before I went into the bathroom to pee in a cup. Then they drew a line around the cup about a third of the way from the bottom and said, “Don’t fill it any more than this.” I wanted to go, “Or what? You’ll stick me with a shiv?” But I didn’t. I went in the bathroom and peed in the cup.

I don’t know if it was a throwback to my bartending days or what but I filled that container right to the line with one try. I felt like putting a little umbrella in it and handing it to the phlebotomist.  I didn’t because, I don’t know if you know this but phlebotomists don’t have much of a sense of humor.

The best part of my day was taking my son to the doctor to get four vaccination shots. Wow, maybe I’m having a bad day. We laughed so hard in that doctor’s office.  My son was wincing in pain one moment and looking at me and laughing the next. I had written on a board in big letters the word OUCH and every time he’d get another shot I’d tally it up under the OUCH. The size of the tally was relevant to how much the shot hurt.

The tetanus shot was the worse.  I know because I got one recently for another job. That brings me back to where I started. Here’s a thought. Maybe I should stop looking for a job and let a job find me.

This has been Margaret Smith from a third of the way from the bottom.