Well the landscaping job is over, and I say that with a grin on my face! I worked on Friday, got up at 5 AM, caught the 5:45 bus, got off that bus, caught another bus, and then walked for about 15 minutes to show up to work about 15 minutes late. But that had no effect on the job ending, he knew I caught the first bus to get there. The actual work was ok, pretty hard because I am out of shape from not working all summer, but I could handle it. But the environment wasnt very good - wait it was horrible. The guys were alright, but every other word was the F word(understandable), but it was pretty vulgar. Also there was really no leadership from the boss. He said all of 5 words to me, which didnt include how much he was going to pay me. He seemed like the kinda guy who cheaped out of everything possible. There were no benefits from this job, which is a bad thing, becuase the work is pretty rugged(we started off the day hauling boulders around by hand). During the day one of the guys asked if I smoked pot, and I told him no, I dont. That didnt bother me, no biggy. But when we were driving back from the job site, the other guy in the truck, the other guy(the foreman!) asked if I smoked weed again, and when I said no, he asked if I cared if they did!! And he was driving!! The impression I got was that these guys did it a LOT, just from the way they talked and acted, and that wasnt a situation I wanted to put myself in.
So after I got on the train to go home, I checked my voicemail, and there was a message from a place I had applied earlier, a camera store I had been given an offer to be a salesperson at. So I called and asked if the job was still available, and it was, so I took it, went into the landscaping office the next morning, and promptly quit. The boss was kinda shocked, I think they told him I worked hard(which I did), but he let me go nicely. So things all worked out. Thanks God.
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