Hiring

I got hired today. I really didn't expect it to happen so fast.

Yesterday I was making my rounds to a couple of places to drop of my resume. I figured doing it in person would help show my dedication to the job to any potential future employers.

I found one company where the boss-man, in a weird sort of rambling discussion, explained how terrible it was, because business was booming there, and he had taken on 10 new drivers in the last month. And while he would always love to have one more driver, he wasn't sure whether it would make sense to take me on given the unpredictable nature of the work.

However, when I told him that I'm willing to work any time of day, and don't care whether I work in-town or long-distance/out-of-town deliveries, he said they might be able to use me, and that he'd talk to his dispatchers about it.

This morning, he called me up and asked if I wouldn't mind coming in to fill out an application.

I made it there around 2:00 in the afternoon. I met the boss-man, and he said that when he told the dispatchers about my availability, and where I live in town (apparently I'm really close to a client who does a lot of after-business-hours deliveries), they said "Bring him on."

So it actually wasn't just an application I was filling out; I was getting hired. I spent the next hour or so doing paperwork, and trying to gleam as much as I could about my new job from the hints buried in the legalese.