Job hunting update and a lecture from my mother about facebook

So, I didn't get chosen for job number one. It looks like I won't have to worry about passing that personality test after all. They decided to go with the friend of a current employee, and they also didn't have to pay a fee to hire. Surprise! I still think I did well in the interview and they were nice people. And to be totally honest, I don't think I would have been happy in the position.

I had the other interview today. This was the same job I held previously in the same industry. They seemed like really nice people as well. There are 10 people in the office and they have an 'office cat'. It was all curled up on a chair in the conference room. Very cool. I just felt like I didn't do as well today. It was like they asked me these questions and after I answered them I thought 'did I really answer them and get to the point or did I side step that'? It just felt like nothing came out right. The President of my last job is kind of a jerk. He's pissed lots of people off in the industry and these people made a few comments about him. I think they could only imagine what it would be like working for him. Actually the owner who interview me today used to work for my previous employer years ago. He said he felt like he was just a number and a commodity to them. He said the culture and attitude in their company is much different. They treat their employees like family. I just said I didn't want to say anything bad about them. They treated me well.

I sent an email to my supervisor and asked if they had called for a reference. He emailed me and said they called the VP right after my interview. He told me that the VP said some very nice things about me. So, hopefully I didn't fuck it up totally.

On another note... if you've read this for awhile you will know about my mother and the small town she lives in. Gossipville? Yeah, that's the place.

Somehow I have had lots of friend requests from people that I've grown up with and even friends of my mother. I have approved these people because they are nice people but I've also resigned myself to the fact that I will have to monitor everything I post because it will be talked about and get back to my mother.

My mother attended a funeral today for a family friend and the daughter of this friend mentioned to my mother about my job search and interview today. I kind of posted it today so she would know why I didn't attend the funeral of her father.

I call my mother this afternoon to tell her about the interview and she starts going off on me telling me to stop this facebook stuff. It's just for those gossipy types and they shouldn't know my business. Holy fuck! I told her that I only post what I would say to someone and want anyone to know. I don't give away the family secrets. I'm 51 years old and I'm not going to stop posting on facebook just because my mommy tells me so.

She'd have a stroke if she knew about this blog!!!

That's all for now. I'm running out the door to have sushi with Gunnar and Haldor.

Keep your fingers crossed on the job, please? Thanks!