I'm thinking of becoming a registered nurse (despite how flamey it sounds) because there are tons of job postings about places needing nurses, and they pay pretty well. I just have to make money to live off of, and pay for the classes. Kelly took me to lunch at BK the other day, where the manager asked him if he wanted some hours that night. Kelly said he was busy, and the manager half-jokingly said, "I'll bet Eric wants some work," not realizing that I do not, indeed, have a job. Well, Kelly told him, and his eyes lit up.
Ok, back-tracking. Last year, when I left BK, the 2nd in command manager, Mike, the manager I most enjoyed working with, was really pissed that I left. Pissed/dissappointed, I guess. He mentioned something about how if I left, the head manager might hire me back, but he wouldn't. And he would never make eye-contact with me after that. I didn't leave BK under the best of circumstances. It was pretty much: "I got a job, and they want me to start next week. OH YEAH, and I can't work this weekend b/c I'm going out of town, so you effectively have a 3 day notice instead of the 2 weeks you require."
Now, I told them that I could work evenings for a week or so to make up for the short notice, but I was never scheduled. And then I found out that AFTER the 2 weeks they were expecting me to come in and close, which baffled me.
anyway, a huge reason why I don't want to go back to BK is because I know it pissed Mike off real bad, and going back would make it really awkward. AND the fact that I'd leave real fast again if I got a job offer somewhere else. Then there's the fact that going back to BK would feel like I failed at getting a real job, AND it doesn't pay as well as I need. So, yeah, I guess there's a lot of reasons.
Well, back to the story, Mike was the particular manager whose eyes lit up at the knowledge that I did not, in fact, have a job and needed one really bad. Of course Kelly had to open is mouth 2 seconds later and say, "But if Eric got another job offer, he'd leave just as fast," to which Mike's demeanor noticably grew darker.
Well, ok, yes, I'd still leave, but no, I wouldn't leave under the same circumstances as last time. I'd actually give a formal 2-weeks-notice.
And then when our food was done, it was brought to us by the head manager, and Kelly said something to him about how I still needed a job, and awkwardness was had by all.
So, yeah, I feel like I'm being pulled back to BK, but I really want a job that isn't so stressfull, and pays well, and won't be like a black-hole that I can't escape.
Ugh, but I really need something soon because we're taking a family vacation to go to a family reunion in minneapolis at the beginning of july, which means we get a whole day at the Mall of America, which means I'm going to want to buy stuff. Lots of stuff. Granted, that place is 99% women's clothing stores, and of the places I might actually want to shop, we have the equivalent of in malls here . . . but, hey, it's a big frikkin mall, and I'm a consumer whore, and if I come back empty handed, it's like I've failed in my trip to the Big Frikkin Mall.
Besides, there's always the chance that they might have a new store. I haven't been there in 4 years, and that's a lot of time for them to come to their senses and realize that by expanding their store variety AWAY from women's clothing would actually increase their sales . . .
You know, forget car payments and student loan payments, I wanna blow all my money on stuff . . .
I don't think being a registered nurse would be a bad thing. They definitely do pay well and there are always job openings. You can also work ANYWHERE if you are a nurse, so if you ever wanted to leave Omaha you would have a job that you could easily do that with. Love you!!!!!!!!!
