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Today is tempting to call wasted. I had plans, yes. I also had to... (Hold on, *fetches March*) I also had to meet at 9am with a job agency on account of the last meeting did not work out. I did arrive six minutes late, thirteen by the time I got to the head of the line at reception. Then I got half an hour of reading The Woodlanders, I really should have finished that novel by now.
But, finally, I was called and told by the person who I think is my case manager now, though today was our first time meeting each other, that I owed them another six hours of job search training (I did leave early on the last day on account of having to get to an interview - they promised me a second but never called). Given the option of getting that out of the way today or another time I panicked and chose today, as another session had just started. But I had already covered today's material, so advised the person running the session and I was told to go out into the main area and busy myself with jobsearching until he would call me over in a bit.
Time now, ~10:00am. The area I was sent to was rather busy. All newspaper-searching chairs full, all computer-accessing chairs occupied. I made do by grabbing a section of newspaper and balancing it atop the wall of an unused cubicle. Sometime later I notice an empty chair and fill it thoroughly. There is to be no job applicating for me today. I have brought no pen and no resume and previous experiences have taught me that there is no actual way to use those computers to apply for a job using a resume in electronic form.
~Midday The word is passed that, as the rest of the class has done so, I too may go to lunch. I made use of this time by volunteering to help the Salvation Army run their shop and using up a voucher for free ice cream (the not wasted part of the day).
After my return I got so bored staring at newspaper I fell asleep for half an hour. At 3:00pm, upon request, I was given permission to go home.
But, finally, I was called and told by the person who I think is my case manager now, though today was our first time meeting each other, that I owed them another six hours of job search training (I did leave early on the last day on account of having to get to an interview - they promised me a second but never called). Given the option of getting that out of the way today or another time I panicked and chose today, as another session had just started. But I had already covered today's material, so advised the person running the session and I was told to go out into the main area and busy myself with jobsearching until he would call me over in a bit.
Time now, ~10:00am. The area I was sent to was rather busy. All newspaper-searching chairs full, all computer-accessing chairs occupied. I made do by grabbing a section of newspaper and balancing it atop the wall of an unused cubicle. Sometime later I notice an empty chair and fill it thoroughly. There is to be no job applicating for me today. I have brought no pen and no resume and previous experiences have taught me that there is no actual way to use those computers to apply for a job using a resume in electronic form.
~Midday The word is passed that, as the rest of the class has done so, I too may go to lunch. I made use of this time by volunteering to help the Salvation Army run their shop and using up a voucher for free ice cream (the not wasted part of the day).
After my return I got so bored staring at newspaper I fell asleep for half an hour. At 3:00pm, upon request, I was given permission to go home.
