Lazy post today, I have drive to the 7th circle of Hell ( Croydon) at sparrows fart for a job interview.
So you'll just have to enjoy this picture of three lovely Maiko (trainee Geisha), taken at Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
So you'll just have to enjoy this picture of three lovely Maiko (trainee Geisha), taken at Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
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"I have drive to the 7th circle of Hell ( Croydon) at sparrows fart for a job interview."
ReplyDeleteOooh, good luck! Both with escaping Croydon intact, and the job interview :)
A delightful choice, PC. The beautiful Maiko have a certain feline grace.
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As I obviously missed the whole wishing of good luck thing (my usual 10 minutes late and two dollars short thing - thanks for nothing, living in the future), how did it go, then? And an interview on a Saturday?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words & wishes.
ReplyDeleteI managed to get back from Croydon physically unharmed (but maybe mentally scarred). I think the fact that I went for the Grey Pinstripe suit rather than the Dark Blue Serge may have had something to do with it.
The traffic was a nightmare on the way back, it seems every cocktard, mong and mouth breather had taken their car out for an amble. It was like Christmas Eve, I've rarely seen so many cars on the road. It shouldn't take 2 hours to travel 18 miles.
Re. The interview,
The organisation I applied for is desperate to recruit more staff and are running assessments and interviews on a production line basis, they offered a Saturday slot, I took it.
I hate Competency Based Interviews. I am not a graduate, I have a whole CV of relevant experience if you'd actually like to fucking read it and ask me questions about it.
To my mind they are another worthless piece of shit dreamed up by some HR guru to keep themselves in work, like changing the appraisal system every year.
Anyway I think it went well enough, however looking at the other candidates, I don't hold out much hope of success.
Let's just say if we were playing Victimhood Poker some had 3 cards to my none.
(I tick no boxes, unless there is a box for White, Britsh, Has Penis, that I missed)
I did mention that my father was Irish, but when they asked if he was a 'Traveller' I had to admit "No" and they shook their heads.
I can sympathise with that one - despite working for the better part of twenty something years, I have no qualifications, but experience that cannot be taught. I work with my husband, but technically for him, as I am a nonpharmacist, I cannot own the business. I am a company director, for tax purposes. I have self-taught MYOB book keeping and worked in our pharmacy, learning on my feet for 13 years or so. As a parent, that adds another dimension to my experience and helps at work.
ReplyDeleteBut if I was to try to go out in the real world and get a job....no letters after my name, you see. And sometimes, that's all they want.
And to be perfectly honest, I can't even tick the box for White, British, Has Penis.