Tuesday, October 8, 2013

I'm Late, I'm Late, For an Important Date

Or an interview that is, that I was late for. 1st of all it was a minor scheduling flaw on my part. I somehow thought that I would have enough time to go to the chiropractor and still have plenty of time to make it to my interview. Which didn't happen because when you are stretched for time everything takes longer than you expect it to. So when the boyfriend and I got back from the chiropractor all I had to do was change clothes, print a copy of my resume, and get in the car. But it took me about ten minutes to do all that, and then slowly walk down the stairs to the car (heel + stairs = possibility for disaster). So I get in the car, pop on my apple maps, and start heading toward the place for my interview. I am at this point running five minutes behind based on the ETA that my apple maps is giving me, and I'm think ok, five minutes is ok, no reason to freak out. So I arrive at the place that apple maps tells me I am supposed to be, run inside, and then after a couple of minutes realize that I must be in the wrong building. CRAP. So I grab my phone and call the girl that scheduled my interview and let her know that I was lost, she tried to help me find the area, and I input the address into maps again and realized that I was indeed in the wrong building. So I sprint back to my car and frantically get to the right building. By the time I finally found the building it was 12:09, and my interview was scheduled for 11:45. UGH. So the nice receptionist lets the interviewer know that I am there and he comes out and says that he is currently in a meeting, but that he would be able to interview me at 1:45, but I told him that that was too late for me. Now it wasn't too late because I had another appointment or anything, but because I was a whole 30ish minutes from the apartment, and I had nothing to do for the next almost 2 hours! So it was a waste of a drive but the interviewer was nice enough to tell me that I could call back the HR girl and ask for another interview. 

On the bright side this was only one of three interviews that I have scheduled, so hopefully I will have better luck with the other two. I already got a second interview with the first place that I interviewed and I have a phone interview with another company tomorrow. Crossing my fingers and hoping that everything goes well with that so that I have a couple options when it comes to choosing  job. 

Even though it sounds hectic I actually prefer being busy. Now don't get me wrong I love lazy days, and free time as much as the next girl but having a schedule keeps me from lounging on the couch and watching Netflix all day. (Speaking of Netflix season 6 of Gossip Girl is finally on it, and I will be watching it ASAP)

What I learned today:

  • I need to download Google Maps. Apple I love ya, but you keeping taking me to the wrong places.
  • When planning an interview time make sure you have plenty of time to get there, and get lost.
  • Don't not eat breakfast, barely eat lunch, and only have coffee, Dr. Pepper, and tater tots in your system. Your body needs some water! (and some nutrition for that matter)
  • Take the toll road, it's faster
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