Last night, there was a MASSIVE spider in our kitchen. It was grey and fury and one of the girls I live with swears that it was poisonous. We killed it, but ew.
Last Friday, I went into the Purpose Web Design place to remind them of me and make sure they still thought of me if they had any jobs available. The guy I was talking to who seemed really interested in having me work there LAST time, didn't seem all that interested this time. I was pretty discouraged, and ended up working the full weekend at the coffee shop. I had Monday and Tuesday off & on Monday GUESS who calls??!? The guy from the graphic design place to see if I can come in on Tuesday for a trial!!! So, I went in on Tuesday (it literally takes thirty seconds to walk there, sweeeet!) only to find out that not only do I have my own desk already, but I have an e-mail address too!! It's all very official & I HAVE the job. I'm seriously a graphic designer. A real job. No kidding at all. They had me making a web site already, it's for a costume shop in Canbera, and when I showed my boss my first draft, he totally LOVED it. Holy, it's incredible. I'm going back in tomorrow morning, stunning.
SO, when I got home from work, I called the cafe to tell them "I'm sorry but I can't work for you anymore." My boss there had a FIT!! She was yelling at me & calling me a liar and at the end of the conversation she told me that if I didn't go into work tomorrow that I wouldn't get paid for the three days that I worked last week. I told her that she had to pay me for the work I've done.. she told me "no, too bad" and hung up the phone. Now I'm out $260 and so unimpressed. I talked to the local police and they told me there's absolutely nothing I can do other than take her to court (too much cost & too much hassle for what it's worth). I'm trying to work up the nerve to go in tomorrow on my lunch break, but I'm not sure what I'm going to say. My roomies are trying to convince me to make a scene, but you know me.. I'd just cry or something really embarrassing. I suppose it's worth a shot, but I don't want to go through all that turmoil and not have it paid off. Should I just leave it? Or should I go and get embarrassed and possibly make a bad situation even worse?
2 comments:
Bring your roomies there for lunch without you...make sure they raise a stink about everything.....or just ask her to sit down and talk to you..explain the position your in and WHY your there in the first place, as a 2007 graduate from Graphic Design!!!!maybe she'll relate and give your well deserved income.
Congratulations by the way...told you it would work out!
Miss you and see you in June???????
Hey!!! Congrats congrats congrats! Sounds like you score a fantastic job and a great opportunity for experience!
As for the dumb beeeeaaaachh. I don't know if I would make a scene. I would probably go in and talk with her in person tho. Try and stay calm and explain your situation like Aaron said. I don't think yelling at this woman will do much except piss her off more..
Maybe you showing you are not just going to walk away might make her pay you just to get u to go away. Or maybe even bring up the fact that you could take her to court and that you have talked to the cops. Calmly tho. Maybe it will free her out a bit. Worth a shot.
Again so happy to hear you got the job that is fantastic. I think of you every time I walk past a graphic design place under my building:) You will have to send a like to the website your working on once it is up.
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