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    Worst. Luck. Ever.

    OK, so I've been wanting to get a regular job lately- not quit dancing altogether, but go down to part time and have a regular job too- a transition step. I haven't had a regular job for years, so I was worried about my ability to even get one that paid decently. I saw an ad for flight attendants, pay was quite good, applied and I got it! I got the call this morning, and was so happy- it felt really right, and I really felt ready to move on to a regular kind of job, with benefits etc.

    Well. Less than 12 hours after I got the call that I was hired, the company filed for fucking bankruptcy and went under! They just stopped totally- flight attendants were stranded, the hiring commitee that came out here is stranded, customers are stranded...and I don't have a job after all!

    *cry*

    There are no other major airlines that hire flight attendants out of Vancouver, so I can't go apply somewhere else, and now I'm back at square one... just so frustrated.

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    Default Re: Got a job, then lost it

    Sorry to hear that. The good thing is that you didn't fly out somewhere and have no way back home.

    Still, sorry to hear about that.

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    I'm sorry. that sucks!


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    What are the odds of that happening? Venus is right though, thank God you didn't get stranded or anything. Look at this as a starting point though. There are plenty of jobs out there waiting to hire you, it just takes time.

    Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.



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    Wow that sucks!!!!

    But you got the job!!!!!!!

    Fuckin congrats!!!!!
    Way to go!!!!!

    Now you know you can do it.

    Dont let this sidetrack what you had going.

    Minor setback,major victory in the job hunting department.

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    Wow, that story is a trip. Like wtf happened???? how could they not know 12 hours earlier they were gonna go bankrupt?

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    Yea really ^^^^^^. Jet Blue worries me. I hear horror stories about that Airline.

    Another will come along, hang in there.

    Pamela

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stipperella
    Wow, that story is a trip. Like wtf happened???? how could they not know 12 hours earlier they were gonna go bankrupt?
    Because the top tomato heads in corporate don't exactly share this information with the people who run the day-to-day operations.

    Been there, done that. It sucks...but something better will come along.

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    Look at it this way. If they were in that bad of shape, the mechanics probably knew and were doing a really shoddy job fixing the engines.

    So, just accept that you've been saved from a really nasty in-flight explosion.


    I hope that cheers you up.
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    Oh scarlett, you would make such a cute flight attendant. Keep looking.

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    Do you have to go to school to be a flight attendant?? Hmmm....might be a possible job option......

    Anyway - that's crazy ironic. maybe it's a sign from god.... perhaps he wants you to keep your feet on the ground..... LOL
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    lol silverback, that's what my mum said!

    Thanks guys. It's all over the newspapers now, and SO many people got screwed. The pilots, especially- they all had to put up $30 000 bond in order to fly the planes, and with the bankruptcy filing they lost it all!

    I'm lucky I have something to fall back on.

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    Be thankful you have something to fall back on is right!!!! And be grateful that you weren't stranded somewhere with no way or means of getting home.. but on the other side, yeah, it sucks, but look at it like this- you got that job, so you are going to get another.. it may take awhile, but you will.... be patient.. everything happens for a reason.. God knows that motto should be tattooed on my forehead along with the big "FUCK OFF" tattoo that is seen from time to time on my forehead as well.. I have had my share of job issues that's for certain, but have realized after time that everything happens for a reason, and sometimes, it just takes a while to find out the reason.
    Hang in there...

    Hugs and loves to you!


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    Hey, hon, too bad you weren't stranded in Puerto Rico



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    Hey Scarlett! Just get right back up on the horse again, you can do it girl!! Anyways, you know that the chances of this happening again are zilch!!

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    Maybe it just wasnt meant for you.....I think something better will come along though.
    you live like an ivy vine
    you can only survive by clinging onto trees
    that's your flaw
    put down some roots so you can stand on your own
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