the jerk store

and you thought I was a jerk?

yes i have been away for a while. long story. here it goes.

went into NYC to take a test for the border patrol last wednesday. it was a LOOOOOONNNGGG day. up at 4:30 to take a train in. took at 5:40 train in that got into penn station around 7:15. a half hour walk to the building by the village to take the test. i take the test and score very well, a 95. now this is where it sucks.

this testing site was considered a "compressed site", meaning several steps were going to be taken care of all in one day. take the test, if you pass you then have a border patrol agent give you an orientation and a big packet of info. you also schedule an oral board review. (an inverview). the agent get lost and never shows up, but we don't find that out until HOURS after we are done taking the test. we had been waiting around with no word of what was happening for 2 1/2 hours. in classroom, listening to ex army assholes tell war stories. miserable. i was losing my mind. eventually we get our scores and they tell us we can leave. thank god i passed, b/c if i had failed and sat around that whole time for nothing i would have killed myself. i'm not even going to get into the test itself, but rest assured it sucked. i had to learn a "made up" language in order to take the test b/c i don't speak spanish. the reason being, they want to know if you'll be able to learn spanish b/c it is neccessary. so prior to taking the test i was studying 4-6 hours a day to get the fake language rules down pat. ugh.

walk half hour back to penn station and take train home. get off the train, drive to the woman's house. luckily she made me taco's b/c i had STILL yet to eat. at this point it's around 6:45pm. we then drive another 35 minutes to a car dealership b/c i am good friends with the finance manager. after 2 hours the woman walks out with a new (used) truck. an explorer. now we both have explorers. how cute (gay). (her's is nicer than mine). damn you. finally get home, shower, get to bed. it's around 11-12. that was wednesday. all in all a very good, very busy day.

thursday. wake up at 5:30am. the gym was supposed to be open at 5. oh shit. i call the owner and tell him i am sick and can't come in. he is not happy. he calls me later that day telling me to take off friday as well b/c the morning members were pissed and wanted to give them the weekend to cool off. see you monday. i go to work monday morning after 45 minutes of sleep b/c i went to the giants/colts sunday night game. when i pull into the parking lot i notice the owners car is there and the gym is already opened. i walk in and he tells me i am fired.

i was fired monday morning.

he didn't call me to tell me, he waited for me to show up to work (as i was told) and then informed me i no longer work there.

i don't have a job.

for the last 2 days i have been scrambling trying to get a job. i've applied to all kinds of things online. i've forward my resume to anyone and everyone. i can't not have a job. i have LOTS OF BILLS. this is not good.

that is why i haven't posted.

i will keep you posted as to what happens next.

things are not well in jerkville. not well at all.

posted by thejerkstore @ 7:14 PM 14 comments

can i get an encore? do you want more?

it's friday bitches. thank the lord above.

fucking work. my boss has been in the past few mornings so that has seriously limited my time in blogland. i have to actually pretend like i'm working when he's here. so weak. he is not here today, hence the new post.

the job search is going. there isn't much else to say about it. the career i want is in law enforecement and by nature it is a LONG process to get hired. there are numerous stages involved, you don't just become a cop one day. written exams, physical exams, interviews, extensive background checks, etc. it sucks. and all that is prior to going into an academy which usually last for 4-6 months. i started the process about a year ago and nothing too too major has come up. (other than the NYPD and that would be taking a pay cut). the plan was to stay here until something popped. since nothing has really popped and i'm drowning financially, i am looking at everything and anything in the meantime to pay bills. the long term goal is still law enforcement. unless of course i find something in the meantime that pays well that i really enjoy. i was offered a job stripping (seriously), but that's not in the cards. i would have to grow a thin moustache and pony tail, and i'm just not prepared to do that. yet.

as for an actual update, i applied to the border patrol and i am taking their written exam on wednesday in NYC. i am more than willing to relocate so that's not a problem. luckily the woman is willing to move to where ever i need to go. she's the best. when i asked if she would be willing to move she said, "where and when?" that was it. she is a god sent. thanks to a link from meghan (see yesterday's comments) i applied to another position as well. i am still waiting for the results of NJ's big law enforcement exam. the results were supposed to be mailed out in august. today is september first. i still haven't gotten them. no one else has either so i'm too concerned. still sucks though. i feel i did well, i just want my fucking score back already. if i did well i won't have to worry about going out of state. we'll see what happens. i have faith that everything happens for a reason and it will all work out the way it's supposed to.

i have been real low key at work lately. this is the slowest time of the year for some reason. people don't work out as much at the end of the summer. i think my lack of interest here isn't helping as well. however i did get into a FANTASTIC arguement with a woman two days ago. she had joined for 3 months and her term was up. she now wanted to join for a year. according to her i said she could apply the money paid for her 3 month membership towards her year. no dice. each contract is seperate, it just doesn't work like that. she swore up and down that i told her that. i know for a fact i didn't, and i was not about to back down. she got loud. i got louder. she accused me of lying, i said, "yeah. one of us is, and i know it isn't me." bitch. she ended up joining anyway. ha ha. at least it will be awkward everytime she comes in. i can't wait.

posted by thejerkstore @ 6:49 AM 14 comments