Life has been up and down like a toaster at school camp breakfast full of carb junkies...
and it's getting stuck.
It's gotten better if merely for the fact that tonight's swing lessons, didn't suck at all, surprisingly enough. In fact people that normally bother me, didn't tonight, it was so odd, but back to the before bit
*starts those recollection chimes*
*screen shimmering*
Watching Stardust was like how I imagined I would feel if I was watching Neil Gaiman getting arse raped by a Bratz Doll in the right hand of Gore Verbinski. Twas not good, and pretty much everything I dreaded that they would do to it they did. Fuck you hollywood. Catching up with Kylie and Manda was good but I think I might have spoiled the movie for them with my constant verbal and physical reaction to it.
Sicilian, was average and expensive. The place couldn't even get a fucking puttanesca right. How fucking hard is it at an italian restaurant to get a decent puttanesca? Fuck...
Then finally on monday I came to the conclusion that not all people are equally intelligent (even if in some other way). This is something I've wanted to believe for a long time. My job seeker proves this theory wrong
SPOILERS! (Click to view)
She arrived in a harried and bad mood, and it all went pear shaped when I asked one simple question.
Me : Can you think of any ways to help me organise myself?
her : why?
Me : because the counseling is helping but I'm directing my energy into things I probably shouldn't be, I'm finding it hard to focus.
her : I can put you on a forced participation scheme, so that centrelink will cut your payments if you don't do what I suggest.
me : I wasn't asking that. Even if it was what I was asking I'm the only one who can do anything about that. I was just asking whether you could suggest some ways would to approach how I could organise myself.
her : if you can't motivate yourself that's not my problem.
me : That's not my issue
her : then what is?
me : I just asked what methods you could suggest to help me organise myself?
her : I've already told you to get a diary.
me : and I've told you that I just lose them.
her : look you think you're special but you're not.
me : I don't.
her : You do!
me : I'm not trying to stress you out.
her : you don't, you may think you do, but to me you're just a number, one of the many people I have to try to find work for (it gets better)
me : (having heard out of her mouth before). Ok
slightly more heated exchange...
her : Look you're here to get a job, and if you don't want one that's not my fault, it's no one's but your own, and you couldn't even hold down the job that the job agency got you last time.
Me : which one?
her : the one in the call centre.
me : (finally minorly losing it) No actually that was me, I got that job through a friend, the only job that the job agency (Scope) got me was a job that didn't even pay award rate, and only qualified for meeting the minimun wage by adding a super contribution. That was the only job they got me in three years with them.
her : I'm going to get someone (leaves room)
at this point in time I presume, she's going to get security or something like that, but no she arrives back with two other people, at this point in time I'm just dumbfounded...
Things get defused, but I'm not looking at her or anyone else, I'm just pissed off.
I get a call in the middle of this hub-bub, and I turn the phone off, but at the moment in time I went to get up and make her ears ring... Anyway at the end of it, she turns around
Her : here's a good start to interview technique, don't answer mobile phones during an interview.
Me : that wasn't an interview.
Her : It's rude and disrespectful
Me: Indeed (kettle...BLACK)
Short list of things that one assumes that people are taught before they take on a job like this
a) don't patronise the client
b) do not belittle/denigrate the client
c) do not threaten and or lose your temper at the client
d) Do not constantly contradict the client
e) Listen to the client
f) Read their file
g) Do not if there is no need without permission bring other people into a situation that is getting heated. Unless you are under threat of a sort that would constitute assault without the client's permission, I presume you do not have the right to bring someone in. I would assume that's a kind of 101 thing. It will look as though you are trying to bully/badger the person with whom you have just had the confrontation.
How fucking stupid is this woman?
I don't get how she is qualified for this job.
She can't type, she can't use databases, She doesn't understand the internet. She obviously can't find jobs, doesn't possess skills to help people in their own quest to acquire dutiful employment, and she certainly is no good at dealing with stress, nor dealing with difficult(and I will class myself as that) clients without resorting to insults, just because for some bloody reason, she assumes I'm trying to run rings around her to prove how much more educated I am then her, I'm not, she's just not very bright and so lacking in self confidence that all she can do is fire bravado, put-downs and then insults, WTF?
I've seriously been thinking about lodging a complaint.
Wednesday we had the painters around all day, much pain, broken stuff, etc.
But all is not so bad despite the silly bint.
Still not all bad but not as good, I got a belly bug from La Porchettas (what else did I expect) so the not so bad, become not so good. 
, fuckity.
and associated companies
is to beocme a WIDOW
completely different set of circumstances
completely different responses
and completely different service
jc
xxx
ps i hate them for you
Happy Kye is back, and stuff. It might be the wine, but I'm doubtful, but it is a very pleasant drop.
I think I was blessed with Stardust, having not read the novel. I actually didn't think it was thatbad. It was very pretty in parts.
/me runs and hides.