So, I went to LABOR READY this morning....
 

In traffic the other day, a van with Labor Ready printed on it was in front of me.
I recognized the name and thought "Hey, that's the solution to me getting the
couple hundred dollars I need in the next few days, GUARANTEED!!!".

Cliff Notes : It's not a solution. It's a slap in the face with reality!

I got pimp and bitch slapped with double back hands. :1orglaugh

Long version :

I got up early this morning before the sun came up, made a rationed portion of breakfast
and got dressed in work boots and jeans, grabbed a sweater and jacket just in case I got
cold because I figured they will have me working outside in some form of manual labor.

I figure I'll probably be digging a ditch, pushing a wheel barrow or picking up trash etc...
And I'm ready to rock and roll baby!

So I called in just to verify the address; I don't fully trust google maps yet.
A lady answers the phone in a voice that I can barely hear and I verify the address
and say I'll be there in a few minutes.

Hop in the car and start thinking : Hmmmmmmm, she didn't sound excited or even
a little perky. That's probably not a good sign. There's probably 100 people there
already and she's like "yeah, another one, yeah yeah". :1orglaugh

But to my surprise when I get there I only see a couple of cars. I would think there would
be more, but maybe I'm really early; the sun has just come up.

I go inside and look over a tall, chest high counter to find a lady down behind it
sitting in a chair. I say hi, this is my first day and I don't know what to do yet.
I kind of felt afraid to speak, it was very quiet and there were about 7 guys sitting
in chairs reading news papers.

So the lady responds to me, without ever actually looking at me in the most unlively
tone you can imagine, and asked "what type of work are you looking for".
I answered "well anything, whatever you have".
She dully, monotonically asked "have you ever done banquet service?"
I said "not as an actual job, but I've served food before".
She says, still without ever looking at me, "Well, we are only hiring banquet servers
right now and you need 1 and 1/2 years prior experience".

I'm kind of stuck there now just waiting for something to happen I guess.
Kind of in disbelief and then she says, still without ever looking at me,
"check back in a couple of weeks to see if we have anything else".

I said "ok.....ok...." got a dorky kind of expression on my face for a couple of seconds and
said "ok" one more time and then seeing that nothing else was going to happen there;
I walked out.

So I'm driving home actually smiling because I'm basically laughing at myself.
I'm thinking "what the fuck did you think was going to happen?".

I mean, how did I look at all the people I see around here with nothing going on and
asking me for spare change and somehow think it meant nothing.

So right now I'm slightly "dumbfounded".
The question I have now is "am I dumbfounded because I didn't get anywhere with
that, or am I dumbfounded because I was dumb enough to think I would get anywhere?"


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Man I'm not reading all that..

I posted cliff notes right at the top.

WTF!

:1orglaugh

If you are looking for some extra cash i would pay you 100.00 to put your customized slo mo player on a few of my sites (2 front ends of small paysites)
if interested give me your email and we can discuss it.

Better get a tent and a sign and hit the streets OWS :1orglaugh

It's a deal!!

Email me here : tube [at] econfirmpro dot com

I'll get right on it!!!


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I think the labor ready near me Closed down lol

But on the bright side, you saved gas by not going there when it was open.

:1orglaugh

I hear ya.

I mean, if I can get beat down by the cops then at least I will go out with dignity.

:1orglaugh

alright man, email sent!

I used to pick up workers there.

Gotta get there early like 5am.

yah i used to live by one. you have to get there at 5am.

dude you failed at labor ready. that's pretty bad.

Pick up the news paper rather than trying to use a company like that.

go on craigslist / kijiji always people looking for someone to do a day or two of labor.

my brother got a 45$ an hour job working 2 days through one of those places. company truck, benefits, vacation time, whole deal.

Here I thought your girlfriend was pregnant and it was a labor class!

LMAO

Well, I thought about being that early but also thought I would probably have to
be "signed up" already and I probably would waste the first day getting signed up and come back the next day and work.

I never did it before.

But based on what the lady said, I could go in tomorrow at 5am but I still don't
have 1 and a half years experience serving food. So it's a fail either way.

:1orglaugh