What a day!

So, I fully understand that I am one of those individuals that just keeps on going, kind of like that energizer bunny. :) Even after a full day of work and then a 3.5 hour class, I often want to go hang out with some good buds. Anyway, today I think I fully exhausted myself, which is very hard to do. After such a fun packed and busy weekend, I have been going non stop as usual and I think it caught up with me today. Well, I worked an 8 hour day that included bulk mailing (which we have already talked about) and some quarterly reports (lots of number crunching, which i hate). Then, I drove the hour and 10 minutes (record time, I havent beat it yet) to Arlington for sit through a 3.5 hour class. Class was ok, we did talk about feminist therapy, which i obviously love. I am too exahausted to discuss that now, but I will leave it for another post, maybe for tommorrow during work. :) Then, I drove to Deep Ellum to have my interview at the Velvet Hookah. So, I am pretty tired now, but i pretty myself up, drink a Dr. Pepper and head on in for the interview.

So, I meet Ehab (the interviewer), we shake hands and sit at a small table by the bar. He runs to the back to get my resume and joins me again. He then says something along the lines of: I notice from your application and resume that you are interested in a waitressing position, yet you do not have a lot of waitressing experience. I answer with yes that is true, but I am a quick learner. He then proceeds to ask me about my cooking skills (I am thinking to myself, what the hell do you need to know that for, you chauvanistic bastard), but i tell him that my cooking skills are pretty damn poor. I make a joke and say my mom's skills are great, but they have not brushed off on me yet. He then asks me about my Arabic speaking skills. I let him know that I can read and write Arabic ok and that i can carry on a conversation if I needed to. He seems happy with that. Well, then he tells me that he does not want to offer me a job that I am too good for. (Again, in my head, I am thinking, but that is what I want, I want a shit job where I dont have any responsibilities, I make some good money, and I get to meet cool people, but i obviously do not say this out loud). so, he says to me that the Velvet Hookah is just a front, they have much bigger plans in mind. he says that they are traveling to Mexico this weekend becasue Club Med is going to start selling their hookahs and tobacco. he also tells me that they are starting a clothing line called Hookah Wear. he then says that I am too educated to be a waitress and that he has always loved working with educated people. He says he would like to work me into "the company" and that there should be some job openings more suitable for me than a waitress in the next few months. Basically, the interview ended with him saying a few more times, you are too educated. oh yeah, somewhere in there he asked me about my computer skills, which i was able to brag about a bit. :) Anyway, he basically said that he would call me in about a month when they figure out what the future holds for them and their hookahs and their hookah wear.

I guess the whole experience was a mixture of flattery and frustration. It is nice to have someone tell you that you are too educated, but i really just want to have a job where I can just have fun and make some money. Just becuase I have been motivated and worked my ass off to get this schooling doesnt mean I cant be a waitress. anyway, it is kind of frustrating, almost like reverse discrimination or something. well, it has been quite a day and i am pooped. So, peace out and if anyone has any ideas of a low responsiblity job that makes good money that I am not too qualified for, please let me know. :)