Friday:
- Discover a hitherto unknown English school, five minutes walk from my home, run from someone's basement. And it urgently needs a teacher.
- Phone them up, get promised they'll arrange and interview later in the day.
- Get called three hours later to say...can you come in on Monday.
Monday:
- Go to the interview, get told a lot of nebulous stuff about how the school works. Short version: Keep a dozen fourteen year old's occupied for four hours a day - plus whatever's needed.
- The age and nationality of the children is to be confirmed. And so's their level of ability, if any, in English.
- They'll let me know on Tuesday whether they need me, but seeing as there's no other applicants, they should.
Tuesday:
- Nothing.
Wednesday:
- Phone the school.
- Listen to a whispered conversation between two collegues about how a third collegue's not there and hasn't done their job, plus some stuff about the other applicant.
- Get told they'll phone on Thursday.
- Mention the other applicant. Get told there isn't one.
I have a rule. Tell me the truth and give me respect, and I'll do everything I can to help you. Bullshit me, and I owe you nothing, least of all loyalty.
Great rule.
ReplyDeleteUnless you work on a roundabout, you should be run around in circles.