Unemployment vent.

[Sannum]

I have been looking for a job for over two years.

Someone texts me to see if I have any news about an interview I had on Monday. I responded that I did not hear back, but they were going to make a decision by yesterday afternoon, so by not hearing, the message was loud and clear - I didn't get it.

Their response?

"Don't be negative"

Seriously? Yeah, I would say not getting a job I really want (or any job for that matter) is pretty fucking negative. You can be all woo woo and positive energy you want, but when the message is loud, and negative, there is no use believing in fairy tales. Life is hard, life is sad and you don't get what you want most of the time. I don't believe in fairy tales. Reality is hard and cold. And negative.

[datasuspect]

1. reality kicks you in the face after you fall head first into a pool of horse diahrrea

reality takes a superhuman fist and jams it straight up yer poop chute.

reality fucks your girlfriend

fuck reality

fuck "power of positive thinking" assholes.

[Sannum]

3. Seriously

I have been on 150+ interviews. Submitted around 2k resumes.

If I had been "positive" and convinced myself that I was going to get the job or
(a) maybe the hiring manager is out sick
(b) maybe they are just busy
(c) maybe they are still interviewing other people

I would have been suicidal. There is a point where positivity does nothing but create more pain.

I just want a fucking job. I am done with this ordeal and others that have found their way to me.

Maybe if I had been positive, the radiator wouldn't have broken and my hot water would work and my building manager would give a shit.

Doesn't work that way.

[1983law]

6. Enough of the sugar-coating.

We can take it straight.

[antiquie]

2. Platitudes often made me see red.

I went straight from five-year-unemployment to retired. The economy really is picking up now. There is reason to hope that more jobs will be brought back to America. You are NOT the problem. It is the times...

[Scuba]

4. Venting's good. Being negative when approaching a prospective employer is bad.

Somehow I suspect you're smart enough to know that, and how to deal with it.

[Sannum]

5. My acting is amazing.

Sometimes I can even convince myself that the situation isn't as desperate as it is.

And then I fall back to earth after being kicked in the ass once again.