Ugh, I dunno. What part of “Hire me! I’m good!” does noone understand? These past three weeks, resumes have been sent everywhere with no replies. Jobs applied for online same deal. Saw that the local Bob Jane is hiring tyre technicians, so I applied there. Got a huge form to fill out, and the guy at the place seemed pretty nice, asking questions, and saying that it’s not too difficult a job to pick up, even for someone with no experience, like me.

After that it was, and I’m ashamed of this, Centrelink. No, no no! I do NOT want the dole, just assistance in getting full time employment, but they put all my details onto their system, go me to visit Mission Australia to have a small meeting and stuff. And tomorrow they’re gonna call to see if I want the dole. Course I don’t want it, but temporarily it’ll be extra cash. So I’ve a day to decide if I want to be associated with deadbeats, hobos, single mothers with five kids to five different dads, and a select few genuinely needy people. And you know they’re just gonna find some dead-end job I’ll have to go for because that’s what their whole shtick is about. Plus Mum and Dad would be ashamed to call me their son if I was to sit around all day, watching Foxtel and Scrubs DVDs while getting paid by the government.

Driving home, I stopped by Pedders and chatted to the guy there. He has my resume now, but they don’t have any positions currently open. Grrr. I guess I could try Coles or Safeway, as a last resort, but c’mon, I don’t see night shift shelf stacking as a good motivation to work. I honestly can’t understand how people do it.