Rant #1,801: It's Over, and I'm a Believer

It's over.

I finally got my dental work done yesterday, had my crown put on my tooth, and my dental nightmare has evidently ended after many, many months.

Why it took so long to be completed is beyond my comprehension, or the comprehension of anybody and everybody I have told this story to.

And you, as faithful visitors to this blog, know the story all too well--going around the world with my teeth hurting, the infection I had, the cronoscopy I had to endure, finally culminating in a crown being needed on the other side of my mouth, and it not being placed there until yesterday, even though it was needed months ago.

The whole thing makes no sense, and was very, very unfair to me. I went to Korea and back, went to the Caribbean, and the entire time my teeth were bothering me, even though I told my dentist that I was in discomfort.

Heck, his X-rays showed nothing.

And he showed me nothing as far as his expertise. Yes, he is skilled at his work, but his skill evidently did not extend to my mouth.

And another dentist will be found, sometime early in the new year.

But that is over; time to move on to the next challenge.

And that challenge is finding a new job in the new year.

As the readers to this blog also know, my place is on the verge of going belly up, and having been there, done that, I don't want to go down with the ship again.

The place is claustrophobic, I absolutely hate going to work, and they haven't made it easy on us, as they have taken away whatever few benefits we had, mainly our 401K and profit sharing plans.

What makes it even worse is that we haven't even had one meeting about this; they just took these things away, moved us from one building to another building, and it is business as usual.

The work simply isn't there right now, and I spend half my day at work looking for new jobs.

I have sent out about two dozen or more resumes, but I know, I have a lot going against me here.

The world of looking for work has changed--the Internet is king, and everything has to be done electronically.

In addition, yes, I have sent to places that I know that aren't even advertising for positions, on the scant chance that if I look outside the box, maybe I will find something.

I had one bite the other day, or so I thought.

As many of you know, the Nassau Coliseum is being renovated, and will be opening in April.

They announced that through New York State, they would need to fill 2,000 jobs, so I figured I would send them my resume, and see if they could do anything for me.

Surprising to me, with my resume and background, they told me to come for an interview.

Anyway, to make a very long story short, with my experience and with the understanding that I was being interviewed for a full time position, what they called me for was a part time maintenance or usher position!

The interviewer even asked me why I was there! I was there to pad NYS figures: white, 60ish, yes, they can show the feds that they are truly interviewing everyone for these jobs.

What a sham! What a scam!

I had another potential employer ask me what I wanted as a salary, and I told them, and no, they never contacted me again. I have no idea what type of salary they were willing to pay for this job, but evidently, what I wanted was not in their ballpark.

While I am still working, I am not going to take a pay cut. If I am out of work, all bets are off on that, but the only good thing is that yes, I am working, still drawing a steady paycheck, so I can afford to be choosy on salary right now.

Six months from now, who knows?

But I trudge on, still hoping that the next employer I contact will be the one to rescue me from the hole that I am in.

So yes, as one nightmare has evidently ended, another one is virtually at its very beginning.

I will survive, but it's going to be rough going, yes, I do realize that.