What a bummer...

I was so excited when I heard my phone ring and the caller ID showed an 808 number. I thought to myself, "Yay, someone is calling me about my resume I submitted". I even answer it saying, "This is Natalie *****". That was sort of unnecessary but I figured it sounds more professional. I couldn't hear the lady very well that was talking on the other end, I sort of missed the whole introduction of who the company was and didn't get to really key in till she said, "Are you still looking for a job". Then alas I heard her and said, "Yes, yes I am". She asked me to tell her a little about myself and why I think I would be good for the job. Or this is what I thought I heard. I'm either going more deaf by the hour or the connection was pretty bad, both are a great possibility. I went on about how I am a teacher and that I have a lot of qualities and experience that can transfer over to the office workplace. She sort of kept quiet so I suppose that meant... "keep sharing". In attempting to "sale myself" I mentioned how I was a kindergarten teacher and that in itself shows the ability to be able to multi-task. She said that she would like to set up an an interview for the following day at 11:45 at their office. I asked if this was in Pearl City because I first thought maybe this position was the State Farm Insurance position I applied for and she politely said it was located in Honolulu. At this point I realized it was the Foster Care Agency position that I had applied for because I hadn't really submitted any resumes because I haven't been able to find that many positions that I feel would suit me well. I was excited because this job deals with children and I could still make a difference in their lives in a different way. As she started to give me the directions I scrambled to try to find blank paper and was unsuccessful and ended up writing the directions on the white frame of the closest newspaper, she said I would be receiving an e-mail from them later that day. I was so excited! I wrote up my cover letter and my reference page. Thinking about what I was going to wear and I knew that this job was going to pay enough for me to stay on track with my budget.
I checked my e-mail over and over that day waiting for the e-mail so that I could see if there was any extra information on how to arrive there since my chicken scratch on the newspaper was confusing even to me. I didn't seem to get an e-mail from the agency but I did get this e-mail from some insurance company saying how they are looking forward to meeting with me at our appointed interview time. I was so confused, I let Nathan look at it and asked him what he thought that meant because I KNEW I hadn't made an interview with them. I decided to call the number that called me earlier, it was after hours and as I expected it went to the company voicemail. Well, turns out the same company that e-mailed me was the same company that called me. Wow... how the heck did I just assume it was the foster care agency calling me. I suppose because I really had only put in for those 2 jobs and I think this company sort of called me after viewing my resume online and never even considered that an option. I started to feel uneasy about the interview because I had no idea what this company REALLY did. My boyfriend told me to go anyways to just check it out. I couldn't help but be disappointed but I figured I'd try it out. That morning I woke up and decided to Google more about this company. I type in "I worked for American Income" just to see if anything popped up. Well, it did and the first result was "American Income: a fraud?". I thought to myself, "GRRREAT!". I read a lot of comments of people that had tried the company and others that were thanking the people that let them know to not waste their time going to the interview where they only try to get you to join this company who actually IS a Fortune 500 company but its based on a pyramid sort of scheme, so it's based on making more people join and who knows having to invest money to take their test. Anyways, I had heard enough... this was obviously a waste of my time, gas, and energy. I told Nathan I wasn't going to go because it was a bogus company. He text me back saying I should go anyways but just not to buy anything if they wanted to sell me anything. GOSH... I didn't see the sense in it. He probably just wanted me to get out of the house and give me something to do. Well, I really didn't want to go but oh well... I decided to do it anyways.
So, I started to get ready and really putting more effort into looking nice for my driver's licence picture. So, I get ready and type in the address in my GPS system where it takes me straight over there without any problems. Well there was a problem, but not one that my GPS system could help me with. Parking... oh my goodness this is one of the things that can be very annoying about Hawaii... the lack of parking. I hardly ever have to deal with this issue because I have covered reserved parking for my apartment, I brag about this because sadly some apartments say that parking is not included. But the day of this interview I am in this unknown place with no parking spots left. I circled around so long and had to go around so many blocks to see if maybe I could walk to the office from a distance. But I couldn't even park far away, at this point I was irritated and decided to call the office to let them know I am unable to find parking and to see if they have any suggestions. Ring.. ring... voicemail picks up. OK, I'm sorry but if a company doesn't seem to have a receptionist than I don't want to work there. I left a message that I would be canceling my appointment due to the lack of parking. I really didn't care about this job so I was glad to finally get out of there.
I headed straight to retake my driver's written exam. I passed this time...phew. So, I have my Hawaiian driver's licence now which I think is cool except they took my Texas DL away.
So, no job yet...