Looking for a job.....

I'll be honest I've been looking for a job for 2 years. I've never had a career except motherhood, which is worth squat in the job market. But I have worked some good jobs in my past. My bitch today is about job applications. In this age of computer and the internet what is the deal with these companies and their stupid worthless job apps.? I tried getting a job, not a career, just a J.O.B. at a chain pet store. They had 36 pages of the stupidest questions ever. Would you ever get mad at a co-worker? Would you ever get angry at a customer? Is the customer always right? Would you ever steal from your employer? By the time I hit page 16 I realized I had lied more than I had ever lied in my entire life. There is no right answers to these questions. I realize that they are in place to weed out certain people, who I don't know. But really no one and I mean NO ONE is that perfect. Do I think I have a temper? No I don't, but do my children think I have a temper? Sure they think I'm the wicked witch of the Northeast. But what really makes me mad is that some teenager is going to breeze through that 36 pages of questions, lying the whole way, without a care in the world and get that job washing dogs. All the while I'll still be trying to fill out these forms and struggling with my conscience.

Change

Well this blog didn't become what I wanted it to. So I am are going to change direction. Every day my 17 yr old comes home from school and asks the same questions. "Who let Mom on the internet? Why are you watching the news channels? You know I'm going to come home from school one day to find you dead on the floor from a stroke."

I'm fed up! And I need a place to vent, and if no one ever sees this or comments, no big deal. Maybe it will keep me from having a stroke and have the 17 yr old from finding my dead body being gnawed on by the dogs.

Today I was reading a blog and the writer said that the economy was on the up rise, except the state of Michigan. And that we should all be grateful that this year long nightmare is over.....I live in Michigan, our source of income comes from the auto industry. ( The company that didn't take a bail out) And we like most families in the state have cease to live, we are just existing. For most of us this nightmare has lasted a hell of a lot longer than a year. Our house is two and half years in to it. We have a house we can't afford or sell. We did not buy over our heads. We just never thought that we would be living on a third of our income. Our oldest children have little or no job opportunities, even with college degrees. They will have to move out of state in order to find work. As a mother this makes me sad, but I understand what they have to do. I can't find a job. I was a stay at home mom for the last 24 yrs. I've worked off and on for the Christmas season or just to get out of the house. Now I'm competing for jobs at the local stores with people who are engineers and managers of Fortune 500 companies just for a chance to become a cashier.
So here is my proposal....come here and vent.....just keep it clean and respectful, I am a Mom after all. And if this doesn't work I'll go back to gripping at the 17 yr. old until the dogs get to me........