Waiting is worse than wanting

I never realized that waiting on the cusp of something is worse than not having anything of value at all.

A little personal story here, if you don't care than just move past the line break:

As some of you may know if you see a lot of my posts scattered about the forums, I've been unemployed for many years now. However, I finally got a call from Walmart last Tuesday. Suffice it so say I was excited. I've had my first, second and sort of a third interview already, had the job offer and I've done my drug screening and signed permission for a background check.

Aside from wondering why Walmart is so damn thorough (I mean this isn't a business executive position, it's just freakin' Walmart,) I've been waiting for a couple of days for them to call me back for orientation. I know both the screening results and background check can take a long time, but I can't stand waiting on the edge of my job.

Here I've spent over five years without a job, yet I'd rather feel like that than the three days I've waited just to find out what I already know. I have no drugs in my system and I have no criminal history. Just give me my damn orientation so I can get on with it!

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Anyone else notice that waiting on the edge of something is more annoying that not having anything at all?

It is because the fact that you didn't have anything to feel excited about.

what have you been doing without a job for five years... family rich or working under the table( drugs, pimping... the other side of pimping)

My brothers' best friend hasn't had a job in 15 years and still gets by. He is like a master of money. He always knows where all the good deals are and jumps on em. I think he gets paid a little bit of money from the government but not much because he used to be really Schizo when he was younger. Nobody will hire him because of that anyways even though I've personally never seen him act like that. He lives in a cheap apartment, uses the hell out of the library (they have everything imaginable nowadays), watches OTA high-def on an old HD projector TV, and uses his mountain bike to get around.

Well for a couple of those years I was still in high school, so it wasn't an overly huge issue. However, for the remaining time I've just lived with my dad and depended on him for everything. That's why I hated not having a job. It's depressing to be twenty-two and still completely reliant on my dad for everything.

Fuck! is Halo Reach out yet? ^__^

If you're in school then you don't qualify as unemployed.

But, having something so close "you can taste it" is definitely worse. Especially when you haven't had that something for so long and not only want it but need it. But don't let it get to you - act natural and do your best.

With regards to Walmart, good job getting a job there. I hear they have good benefits for full timers. However, it is a big corporation with a big store and they place little value on employees - they see everyone as expendable. So, don't go too out of your way to help them because when push comes to shove, they will shove you out. Well, that's my experience with big companies like that at least.

Good luck!!

I'm not in school. I didn't go to college because I thought I would be better off taking a year or two off and working to help get a dent in college payments, but obviously my plans didn't go over very well.

At this point, I'm not even sure I'm interested in going back to college. I'd love to study Economics, but the fact that I'd have to take Calculus again would be a pain. I barely passed AP Calculus in high school. Taking more of it would just drive me up the deep end.

Yeah, I like their benefits. I'm only part-time, but after a few months I can probably get a full-time position. Health benefits are a huge plus too. Since I didn't go to school I was dropped from my parents' insurance when I was nineteen. >.

Join the military.

OT: Ive gone a year without a job since high school. I make money by selling bikes i build in the garage. So many parts for sale. Good money. But on serious note, it can be depressing but look into a whole range of jobs. Broaden your skills. Im 19, yet ive done so much in little time, i can sustain myself with minimal help from my parents. Dont dwell to much on thought, just move forward.

EDIT: Going to college this fall. It is difficult being at the edge with financial and social stress, but it is not impossible.

I'll just leave this here
DIABLO III

A dude can dream right?

ah ok. no worries. i pay for school by dealing and other things... if you don't get in to walmart try sell shit on ebay and smugging uncensored porn to japan. you can buy the shit for a buck a disk and resell it there for 20 a pop

I actually enjoy the anxiety of waiting. The jumpiness in waiting for that special phone call or email, the tenseness that keeps coiling up in you... For me, it's kind of like a prolonged adrenaline rush. Idk, it just makes moments of success that much sweeter.

Anyway, hope your good news arrives soon!

I'm not a big fan of the U.S. military, or rather what they are doing now. Suffice it to say, I'd rather exhaust all other options before I'd consider the military.

Oh well, I have this job. Just waiting for them to call me back for orientation. I didn't really expect anything over the weekend. I just hate waiting like this.

Calm down. I've been waiting for over 3 months already. I applied for a work in a cruiser company, I've already past the first two interviews, now I'm just waiting you a guy who WAS supposed to come from USA to make me the last one in JUNE (That was on april), and still nothing.

I've mailed them twice just to be sure that with my "good luck" they just dropped my papers by accident or something, but they say that the guy still hasn't arrived.

And well, of course I would love to get that interview ASAP, but well bah. And well, I think it is mainly to my damaged perception of time, but I don't feel anxious or scared at all. All I can do is wait, and that's something I'm pretty good at.