job applications & mail-in rebates
I still haven't had any job offers, so today I decided to apply for Old Navy. I figure working retail while I wait for something else is better than not working at all. Anyway their whole application process is online now, so I sat down in my floor with all my information to fill it out. Well, as it turns out, they are more interested in honesty and integrity than your work experience or anything else. There were lots of questions about stealing/lying/pilfering money etc. One actually said:
I always tell the truth. ☐ True ☐ False
Interesting....
Anyway, this went on for about an hour (which, FYI, feels like about 3 hours when you're sitting indian-style with a keyboard in front of you on the floor) before I was finished. If they have any positions open that match my profile, they're supposed to contact me in 3 - 5 days.
In more exciting news...We had 2 mail-in rebates from Sears for the appliances we've taken to collecting lately. I was all excited because we'll get back almost $200. So I took them with me when we went to church yesterday, planning to drop them in the mail on the way home. Unfortunately, when we got to the mailbox and I handed them to J, they were much less "them" and much more "it". So I started freaking out. (Really, J will be happy to confirm my hysteria.) What could I have possibly done with the other one?!? We searched the apartment, and in an attempt to calm me down he even went back to church to check the parking lot and ask if anyone had found it. We found nothing. I was devastated. That's a lot of free money to lose.
Fast forward a day: I got a phone call from a wonderful woman named Emma. She found my rebate form opened and tossed into the back of her truck. She got my name and number off the form and called to see if I wanted to come and pick it up. I am so thankful that she took the time to look at it and call me rather than just throwing it away. Turns out she lives here at our apartment complex, so I must have just dropped it on the way to the car. What a great ending for my story! :)
I always tell the truth. ☐ True ☐ False
Interesting....
Anyway, this went on for about an hour (which, FYI, feels like about 3 hours when you're sitting indian-style with a keyboard in front of you on the floor) before I was finished. If they have any positions open that match my profile, they're supposed to contact me in 3 - 5 days.
In more exciting news...We had 2 mail-in rebates from Sears for the appliances we've taken to collecting lately. I was all excited because we'll get back almost $200. So I took them with me when we went to church yesterday, planning to drop them in the mail on the way home. Unfortunately, when we got to the mailbox and I handed them to J, they were much less "them" and much more "it". So I started freaking out. (Really, J will be happy to confirm my hysteria.) What could I have possibly done with the other one?!? We searched the apartment, and in an attempt to calm me down he even went back to church to check the parking lot and ask if anyone had found it. We found nothing. I was devastated. That's a lot of free money to lose.
Fast forward a day: I got a phone call from a wonderful woman named Emma. She found my rebate form opened and tossed into the back of her truck. She got my name and number off the form and called to see if I wanted to come and pick it up. I am so thankful that she took the time to look at it and call me rather than just throwing it away. Turns out she lives here at our apartment complex, so I must have just dropped it on the way to the car. What a great ending for my story! :)
posted by Katie80 at 6:24 PM
5 Comments:
No really she was freaking out. But I still love her, cuz nothing says lovin' like free money?
Yes, I can se you know freaking out-Bean style. If your anything like your brother when it comes to money (I know you are) I know exactly how you would respond. Isn't it great to know there are still nice people in the world
True or False:
Working at Old Navy might cause one of your brothers to excommunicate you.
Did you really mean to spell it sabre or can you not get away from the mother country?
I think working at Old Navy would be great. (not to mention that you would probably get a discount....... don't forget about your little sis who can always use new clothes!) I'm really glad you found the thing. Congrats. Oh, and my present got here today. I'm so glad you can now torture me until the 8th. Yeah. :) (once again, can you hear the sarcasm?) Well, this is probably another one of those comments that is so long that no one will bother to read, so i guess I'll wrap it up. :)
I hope your Old Navy job turns out well -- did you know that you get a discount at Gap and Banana too if you work at Old Navy? I like anything from any of those stores, if you want to add them to your Christmas list! =) We loved seeing you over Thanksgiving. It's been so long that it was like getting to know you again, and we really enjoyed meeting Justin. Happy moving!
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