So, you need a job?
I get at least 5 people asking me each day if I have a job for them or if I know someone who is looking for employees. My answer is always no. I do not want to be involved in relocation etc. However, there are the odd times I will post vacancies, etc. for friends.
This time a friend of mine was looking for a job. I’ll say friend because I have met this person, and we have talked quite a bit on social media. She was recently let go from a job because she was sick, more on this later. This person asked me if I had a job for her since she applied to be my assistant nearly 9 months ago. She had my number, so she asked. I replied no I do not have a job. However, I saw her on Tiktok Live, and her place got flooded, I mean completely flooded, she had nowhere to sleep. She said she did not have much money for food, and life was not going so well.
I Tried to Help.
After her place got flooded, I saw her on TikTok live and the once bubbly, fun person was very distraught and sad. I guess anyone would be if your place got flooded, you lost your job and life was kinda shit now.
Yes, I did feel sorry for her. So, I asked around to see if anyone had a job. Her experience was waitressing and simple tasks. There are dozens of candidates for these sorts of jobs. I was in a restaurant and saw them doing interviews and I messaged her about the opportunity. She had a slow response and asked where, so I informed her. I messaged her and we went out for a coffee and chatted, she seemed very down and depressed. Hard to see a person down and out like. I asked a few more people and one more opportunity came up.
This Irked Me!
I got her a part-time job… A simple job in retail beside a large mall. All she had to do was look after sales. It’s not a crazy busy store so it would have been a great fit. I informed her, hoping she would be excited and jump at the opportunity. Instead, she replied, no sorry, I am not interested.
If I need a job and I am desperate, I will do anything. Clean toilets, load trucks, shovel shit, whatever.
When she said no, I was shocked. I had messaged her expecting a thanks, I’ll do it; when can I start? Instead, I got a No for my effort to help a person in supposed need. Yes, this upset me. Several times she told me she had not eaten, she cried, and she was sad and depressed. When I gave her the opportunity, she refused.
The moral of the story? Don’t bother helping anyone, and do not feel sorry for anyone as most likely it’s bullshit! Probably not the moral of the story. However, when someone says they will lose their rental because they cannot afford it, when they say they have no money for food you tend to think they seriously need a job. I guess she didn’t. I am done with her and will no longer view her in the same light as before. Goodbye…
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