sorry for the rant ahead of time but...this really sucks.
I retired dancing two months ago and just recently moved to L.A. Years ago, prior to dancing, I had extensive background as a nanny and teacher's assistant at a private school (off the books). Now I want to return to that, but the possibility of someone finding out I was a dancer is terrifying. I had a OUI/DUI in March and it says right on the police report that I was a dancer employed at so-and-so stripclub. I also pulled my credit report and found that when I financed my car six years ago, the fact I was a dancer ended up on my f*cking credit report. So if someone does do a background check on me, this will come up, correct? What information does come up in a background check? Also, until the day I die, will anyone with access be able to pull up my OUI police report that says STRIPPER all over it?
This is so disheartening. L.A. feels like it is going to knock me on my ass. I've got a bachelors in english and it seems the only thing I am qualified to do here is to wait shitty tables -and I am not even qualified for that apparently as today I had two big-man restuarant owners interview me and then tell me they "weren't sure" if they needed anymore help..well WHY interview me then?!! After asking me a MILLION personal questions, "What do you need to make per week here? Who do you live with? What does your boyfriend do?" and on and on while writing it all down. This sucks. For the price of such high living here, you think they'd make getting JOBS a little bit easier. If anyone can hook me up with a decent job here I'd love ya for life..
The truth is, the reason why I probably bombed the waitressing interviews is because I've waited tables before and I absolutely hate it. My heart is not in it but (aside from nannying) it is the only way to make what my bills require. The only thing that makes me feel motivated and happy has always been working with children, and now the chance of that ever happening does not seem to promising. Sometimes I wish before I started dancing, I had thought about what I was ruining for myself down the line.


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