gmail chat. july 07
January 20, 2008 / 12:30 a.m.
2:55 PM me: hey
becky: hi
me: guess where i got a job as a waiter
becky: where?
me: that lebanese restaurant on hawthorne right across the street from your old place.. the valencia.
2:56 PM becky: oh, crazy. i almost applied there
i think i saw their ad
have you started yet?
me: yeah, the lady that owns the place and will be working with me is a little crazy. but oh well.
i start on sun.
becky: cool
2:57 PM me: yeah. i wish i still had some ativan though. i'm gonna be really anxious.
becky: yeah, that always helps
me: it's all your fault. :)
becky: haha
i wish i had some too
me: honestly, i'd probably end up being too outgoing and be an ass if i was to take something like that, or klonopin.
becky: yeah, that happens sometimes
2:58 PM me: anyway, how are you?
becky: ok
i got a job at salvador molly's farmer's market stand
and also possibly at this bakery downtwon
me: what about the place on ainsworth where you were gonna get 12 an hour?
becky: they did a background check
2:59 PM and found that shoplifting thing.. that was supposed to be off my record
oh well
that place was kind of weird anyway
me: wow, that is shitty.
yeah, but it would have given you management experience.
becky: yeah, maybe
me: that's how i'm looking at this job on hawthorne.
the pay is pretty mediocre.
becky: what is it?
me: but i'll have serving experience.
3:00 PM becky: you get tips, so it doesn't really matter what the pay is.
me: well, the owner is really into 'equality' so the tip split is 50% between the kitchen and the server.
that really ads up, obviously.
becky: oh, that sucks
me: yeah.
becky: i've never heard of the kitchen getting that much
me: probably why i got the job, because anybody with any experience found that out and ran away at top speed.
3:01 PM it's okay though. it ads up to like 80-100 in tips a week, for two shifts.
i'll be fine.
becky: yeah
me: if this hadn't come up, i would have paid someone to hire me as a waiter just so i could get the experience.
3:02 PM becky: haha
me: because, now i can look for a better place and hopefully eventually really make some good money. it might take some time, but it's gotta happen sometime.
becky: yeah, at least you'll have something to put on your resume.
try to stay there for at least a year
me: exactly.
3:03 PM this house cleaning thing blows so hard, too. people are so flaky and dishonest.
becky: oh, you actually started doing that?
what happened?
me: not really. i mean, we'll get people who are interested, and then they'll call the day we're supposed to come over and back out, or their husband will refuse to give them money to pay us, or they'll interview us and never call back. etc etc.
3:04 PM it's basically one thing after another like that.
becky: yeah
me: sorry to bombard you with work talk.
i hate it when people do that to me.
3:05 PM becky: that's ok.. i was just answering my phone
me: did you see that senator getting arrested for picking up on dudes in minneapolis?
becky: well maybe if the restaurant works out, you can get me a job there
yeah, i saw that.. it was hilarious
me: yeah, i might be able to.
i like how he said he rubbed the cop's foot because he has a wide stance.
becky: i can't believe i never ate there, that whole time i lived there
yeah. lol
3:06 PM me: yeah, i lied and said i did, becuase i was in full on kiss ass mode.
becky: i heard his interview on tv, he was SUCH a dick to the cop
me: i have never kissed that much ass in my life.
but it paid off.
becky: that's cool that they hired you without you really having serving experience
me: the best part of the interview was at the end when the cop accused him of lying over and over, and then he said 'this explains a lot of what is going on in this country right now'
3:07 PM becky: the cop said that?
me: yeah, he did.
becky: yeah, that senator was a dick
me: i thought it was right on.
i heard his press conference, and he sounded really sociopathic actually.
becky: haha
3:08 PM me: just fucking admit it. admit it and you're life will be 100 times better. he has to know that.
imagine how much hate he has pent up.
becky: he was lying so much in the interview.. after i heard what the cop had reported, and what he said happened, it was so ridiculous
me: yeah, who picks up toilet paper off the floor of a public bathroom. seriously.
becky: the cop was so nice, too, he almost sounded sorry for the guy
3:09 PM the sucky thing is that cnn says they probably won't prosecute, because they don't have any evidence
me: plus, this guy has a huge history of rumors of having gay sex in bathrooms. and, it's a coincidence that he's the one guy out of 456 congressmen who get picked up doing that?
becky: oh, wow, i didn't know that
me: and then it turns out he votes against every single fucking gay measure that he's ever seen.
3:10 PM seriousy, what a loser.
why didn't your arrest get taken off your record? can you figure that out? that's a pretty big thing, with trying to get retail jobs.
3:11 PM becky: i know. well, they usually don't do background checks.
it was supposed to be off my record.. and when i got checked for the nursing job, it didn't show up.. so i don't get it
me: imagine how much money you lost on that, being that you would have earned $12 an hour... uggh. maybe it was a computer glitch or something.
3:12 PM becky: i don't really care, i didn't get a good feeling from the place. plus it's so far away
me: maybe the nursing home did an abuse background check, and the cafe did a theft/money background check.
becky: i would have had to do so many things i've never done before.. there was such a huge chance of failure
me: yeah.
becky: i think all background checks are the same, really
3:13 PM a theft record would not be good for a nursing home, either
me: oh. maybe the nursing home was just like 'as long as she doens't have a child abuse arrest or something like that, we don't care'
you never know people's logic
becky: no, i saw the report.. there was absolutely nothing on my record.
not even anything small
me: that's crazy. maybe you should call the court
3:14 PM becky: the only thing i can think of is that i was using my other name at the nursing home.. but i still listed my old name, and my social #, so they should have found the same records
me: you could really get fucked in the future over that. you could find a really good job, and then get fired out of nowhere for it.
becky: i would just use my married name to avoid this problem, if that is the case, but i don't want to use brian's name.. i only ever did it at that one job, except when i was in thailand
3:15 PM the thing is, i've never had a restaurant job do a background check.. or any job, for that matter, other than the nursing job. i don't think it's very common.
otherwise it would have come up in the years since i got caught.. i've had tons of jobs since then
me: it's so over the top. it's like, how much price does soemone have to pay for a mistake like that?
becky: i knw
3:16 PM me: people fuck up. i can see if you have multiple arrests for it.
becky: hey, i have to run.. i have an appt at 430
me: but still.
okay.
take care.
we should get coffee
becky: ok, good luck at your new job
sure.
me: yep.
bye
becky: bye