How'd the coffee and all go?
Went OK. He wasn't sure just how fast they'd have openings in this area, especially for long-term contract / contract-to-hire positions. But that's about what I expected. And it sounds like a good company - they pretty much screen people before submitting anyone for positions, which likely makes clients look very kindly on whoever they submit. Saves the client the trouble of doing first round interviews and checking references and all.
And he said I made a good first impression, whatever that means and for whatever its worth. ;-) He had me work over my resume a bit and send it to him, so that first step is done. Now I wait.
And I still haven't heard back from the staffing place. I'm trying to decide how much of a pest I should be, since it's likely just that *they* haven't heard back from the company - not their fault.
Remember when I tried to get that kefir from that woman and she was supposed to send me a free thing of kefir grains with a woman that lives here in Tulsa and so I went ahead and as a token bought a gallon of her goat milk but when the woman here in Tulsa picked up the milk the lady forgot to give her the kefir grains?
So I went ahead and gave the woman here in Tulsa another $5 to buy me some more milk with the idea that she would get the kefir grains for me the next time she went.
That was a while back, wasn't it! I forgot all about it!
So I get an email from the woman here in Tulsa, saying she got my milk. From the way she said it, it was pretty clear she had forgotten all about the kefir grains (which is all I ever really wanted in the first place!) So I said "Fine, I'll come get it." So I went to get it and she met me at the door, said "I'm getting the milk from someone else...it's $8 now." So to just get the whole thing over with, I gave her another $3 and took the milk.
Sigh.
She asked me if I wanted her to get me another gallon of milk and I said "No thank you" and I know I was smiling through my gritted teeth...I only wanted the goatmilk because the original woman was going to kindly give me some kefir grains! I like goat milk just fine but I'm not fixated on it and I don't want to drive all the way into Tulsa for a $8 gallon of milk! (Which really isn't a bad price for it...it's organic and it costs about $3 per quart at Wild Oats.)
I do enjoy dealing with this woman though...she seems like she's trying to figure me out...I think I mentioned before that I felt like she was trying in vain to pigeon-hole me. She stares at me very intensely and looks so confused by me and it so freakin' weird that it might unnerve me if it wasn't so funny!