[Useless]

Unkut2003:

I can not even begin to tell you about the times that I've been so brash and foolish to think that I've got things all figured out, only to have what I hoped would be a blessing come crashing down around me.

Believe it or not, there have been times when unexpected delays may well have saved my life, or saved my a$$.

Just one example was back in the early 1990's when my wife and I had bought some land between San Antonio, Tx., and a smaller town called Seguin, Tx. which is about 20 miles east of The Alamo Town.

Not that it is of any relevance to this matter, but Seguin, Texas was the first town in The State of Texas to accept delivery of a motorized fire truck!!....no foolin!!

I'm a born and breed city boy, but I've always wanted to live in the country. I also wanted to have a fishing pond close to by back door. The Texas Hill Country is too rocky, so we decided to look to the east. Back in the 1990's, we bought some land that we were getting ready to build our dream home on.

We ran into trouble from the start; one building contractor we were going to use had a severe heart attack. Another one went belley up. The third one blew smoke. My wife kept changing her mind about what she wanted........then, I found out that we had a beby on the way.

Well, I was smart enough to know that trying to build a house and bake a baby wasn't a wise choice, so we put everything on hold.
After my daughter was born, it was good to be closer to town if we needed something late at night, which tends to happen with a newborn.

Well, by the Fall of 1998, we received a VERY attractive offer on the land and we decided to sell. The deal went off without a hitch. I was bummed out, but the offer was just too good to refuse.

Three Weeks and One day after we closed on the sale of the land, The 500 Year Flood hit South Texas. The land where we had planned to build our "Dream Home" was underwater. The bridge that we crossed to get to it was GONE!!

Now, I'vew always said "The Good Lord watches out after children and fools, and Lord knows, I ain't no child"!!

Even though it seems as if the bird of good fortune has just bombed you. it may well be that The Heaven's have this whole thing figured out a whole lot better than you do. As Fozzy suggested, stay in touch, and find out when you will become eligible for hire.....look, they thought enough of you to offer you a "dream job", so it may be an option before too long.

Anyway, keep your chin up!!

[K.POP]

Originally Posted by Useless

Unkut2003:

I can not even begin to tell you about the times that I've been so brash and foolish to think that I've got things all figured out, only to have what I hoped would be a blessing come crashing down around me.

Believe it or not, there have been times when unexpected delays may well have saved my life, or saved my a$$.

Just one example was back in the early 1990's when my wife and I had bought some land between San Antonio, Tx., and a smaller town called Seguin, Tx. which is about 20 miles east of The Alamo Town.

Not that it is of any relevance to this matter, but Seguin, Texas was the first town in The State of Texas to accept delivery of a motorized fire truck!!....no foolin!!

I'm a born and breed city boy, but I've always wanted to live in the country. I also wanted to have a fishing pond close to by back door. The Texas Hill Country is too rocky, so we decided to look to the east. Back in the 1990's, we bought some land that we were getting ready to build our dream home on.

We ran into trouble from the start; one building contractor we were going to use had a severe heart attack. Another one went belley up. The third one blew smoke. My wife kept changing her mind about what she wanted........then, I found out that we had a beby on the way.

Well, I was smart enough to know that trying to build a house and bake a baby wasn't a wise choice, so we put everything on hold.
After my daughter was born, it was good to be closer to town if we needed something late at night, which tends to happen with a newborn.

Well, by the Fall of 1998, we received a VERY attractive offer on the land and we decided to sell. The deal went off without a hitch. I was bummed out, but the offer was just too good to refuse.

Three Weeks and One day after we closed on the sale of the land, The 500 Year Flood hit South Texas. The land where we had planned to build our "Dream Home" was underwater. The bridge that we crossed to get to it was GONE!!

Now, I'vew always said "The Good Lord watches out after children and fools, and Lord knows, I ain't no child"!!

Even though it seems as if the bird of good fortune has just bombed you. it may well be that The Heaven's have this whole thing figured out a whole lot better than you do. As Fozzy suggested, stay in touch, and find out when you will become eligible for hire.....look, they thought enough of you to offer you a "dream job", so it may be an option before too long.

Anyway, keep your chin up!!

that man deserves a beer

[RostyC]

Useless may deserve a beer but the guy that bought that piece of land NEEDS a beer! :lol:

[Snowman7]

Real sorry to hear that unkut. I remembered your post about the driving record and shortly there after you got the dream job so I was concerned for you. Your interviewer should have made it clear your job is subject to you passing all their background checks, including BMV, p test, physical, etc. etc. If it makes you feel any better I know Estes drivers that are sitting home because of lack of work so maybe its a blessing? BOL to you, any other prospects?

[unkut2003]

Originally Posted by Snowman7

Real sorry to hear that unkut. I remembered your post about the driving record and shortly there after you got the dream job so I was concerned for you. Your interviewer should have made it clear your job is subject to you passing all their background checks, including BMV, p test, physical, etc. etc. If it makes you feel any better I know Estes drivers that are sitting home because of lack of work so maybe its a blessing? BOL to you, any other prospects?

Yeah, I called S. Abraham & Sons (Convenience store deliveries) and K.-LTD (tanker job) back. I've got a scheduled interview at both Monday! I pray to God that one of these pay off..... :cry:

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Snowman7

If it makes you feel any better I know Estes drivers that are sitting home because of lack of work so maybe its a blessing?

BOL to you, any other prospects?

Unkut:

Yeah, I called S. Abraham & Sons (Convenience store deliveries) and K.-LTD (tanker job) back. I've got a scheduled interview at both Monday! I pray to God that one of these pay off.....

:cry: [/quote]

Useless:

Unkut,

It's time for an attitude adjustment here, in the form of a swift kick in the keester!!

Did you just read what Smowman just got through telling you??

No one here can turn this situation around for you; only you can do tthat for yourself.

So get up from the three hour pity sessions in front of the television set, get up off of your ass, and turn that "crying face" into something more positive. This situation can only defeat you if you allow it to.

Look at your assets; You were offered what you, and apparantly other drivers as well, consider to be a "Dream Job". YOU were offered the job. If this job was the true "Dream Job" that you envisioned it as being, then would that not mean that other drivers likely applied for that same job, but were not selected??

If, in fact, it WAS NOT the "Dream Job" that you envision, then are you not better off finding that out NOW??

So, if you were offered the job, where other drivers were turned dowm, then does that not say something POSITIVE ABOUT YOU??

SO!!!......If one supposedly fine employer saw the value in offering their coveted "Dream Job" to you, then would it not stand to reason that the other employers that you will be meeting with Monday might see them as well??

THINK VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION!!

The logic might not be nearly as simple as it appears to be.....

If you take your "Woe Is Me" attitude into an interview, then the answer will quite likely be an overwhelming "NO"!!

On the other hand, if you get rid of youor "crying face", and turn it into a face that you want to carry into an interview, then the answer may well prove to be a resounding "YEEESSSSS"!!!

Look at it this way.

(...and, for what it's worth, I am speaking from the perspective of an employer here!!)

You can walk into an interview with your hat in your hand, borne of a need for a paycheck; that attitude does not leave much room for you, or the people interviewing you to focus upon what it is that you have to offer as a driver.

Now, here is a little "Other side of the desk" seceret:

You are NOT being scheduled for a job interview because you need a job; you are scheduled for an interview because a company has a problem that needs a solution.

The job will be ofered to the person who can show a manager that he/she is the SOLUTION To A Company's PROBLEM!!

Now, if you were able to sell a supposedly fine company on the idea that you were a solution to their problem, do you think that you could replicate that in another interview?

Now, people who are a solution to a problem don't carry around "Crybaby Faces", nor do they prepare themselves to be solutions by indulging in pity parties.

If that next interview is what stands between you, your family, and a cart full of groceries, then what steps are you willing to take to get that cart full of groceries into you pantry and fridge??

Then, take that "Positive Hungry" (but not desperate!!) motivation with you into your job interview, then through orientation, then on your first day on the job, then your first week, month, and year on the job, burn it into your brain, mind, body, heart, soul, and Spirit, and I GUARANTEE that you'll come out head and shoulder above the rest of what I call society's "bottom scratchers"

I call them "botom scratchers" for two reasons;

1.) Bottom Scratchers go through life feeling hurt, angry, and/or controlled by adversities that have happened to them. They scratch the bottom of what life has to offer, because they have surrendered to defeat, and have become conditioned to believe that good things just happen to the "luckey" people. Scratching the bottom of the barrel of life has now become their "comfort zone".

Reality Check: A "Comfort Zone" ain't always comfortable!!

2.) For all the good that their perceptions and defeatist attitudes do for them, they might as well sit in front of the TV for their three hour sessions, tune into other people's misery and dysfunctionalism, and SCRATCH THEIR BOTTOM!!

Unkut?? Where will you fit in here??

Now, get up off your whiney ass, and get out there, and go make life happen!! SYMPATHY is not what you need here; A swift, tough love, kick in the ass is!!

Peace,
Useless

[Popeye]

Amen Brother

[papafish]

you may be in a situation where you might find it hard to get a job of any kind ,which you may need really bad....but dont let some con artist company hire you thinking they are doing you a a good deed......these folks are the ones who will hire you no matter your record....run you to death....and pay you less than dirt....be careful..... :wink:

[WildK9]

Originally Posted by Useless

Unkut2003:

Just one example was back in the early 1990's when my wife and I had bought some land between San Antonio, Tx., and a smaller town called Seguin, Tx. which is about 20 miles east of The Alamo Town.

OMG, I almost bought 30 acres in the same area around the same time. Had different problems and ended up walking away before we closed.

Three Weeks and One day after we closed on the sale of the land, The 500 Year Flood hit South Texas. The land where we had planned to build our "Dream Home" was underwater. The bridge that we crossed to get to it was GONE!!

Thanked the good Lord above when that happened.

Now, I'vew always said "The Good Lord watches out after children and fools, and Lord knows, I ain't no child"!!

Amen, because I ain't no child either, and someone needs to watch out for me. :lol:

unkut - just like the others have said...keep your chin up, it'll get better. :wink:

[Useless]

Originally Posted by WildK9

OMG, I almost bought 30 acres in the same area around the same time. Had different problems and ended up walking away before we closed.

Thanked the good Lord above when that happened.

Amen, because I ain't no child either, and someone needs to watch out for me. :lol:

unkut - just like the others have said...keep your chin up, it'll get better. :wink:

WildK9:

Glad to see that you are familiar with that area. We were miles away from the Guadalupe River, so I never envisioned flooding as being an issue.....add to the mix that a couple of years after the flood hit, some investors built a dragracing strip in Santa Clara, (about halfway between San Antonio and Seguin) and even as the crow flies, the noise carries for miles!!.....hardly the quiet, peaceful retreat that I'd envisioned!!

Double Luck came to visit both of us!!