Random Work And Finding A Job

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I know it's grim

I was just reminded of two guys I used to work with who could both lip read really well

They weren't deaf but it was a talent they had acquired in their lives

We got in really well but because I was aware of lip reading and call centre office politics; whenever I was speaking to anyone across the other side of the office I used to get in really close to them and make sure absolutely no one but the person I was speaking to could see my face

People probably thought I had no personal space awareness but I was more concerned with people reading my lips

I found out on my last shift that the answer was no. Admittedly, the job wasn't great anyway. I need something with more hours.

I'm taking a short break to relax, mainly for my mental health and then I'll go back to job searching.

I had a rejection from a job interview today but I did manage to get feedback from the recruiting manager which was helpful. It's rare that I've ever been able to get feedback as most companies don't want to give any out of fear of a lawsuit. I am thankful I at least got to practice interviewing and it was with a human (and not AI). Hoping maybe I can have some better luck in the future.

I hate getting bullied at work. I just can't take it. While I have the social skills to recognise patterns in their behaviour, I don't have the emotional skills to be able to deal with it.

I've been at the charity shop for less than 2 months and I have already been an hour late for the first time. I stayed later to offset it but supervisor didn't care she barely reacted when I was like SORRY I'M SO LATE, she just assigned me a task. It is volunteering I suppose, it's not compulsory. I was late because I was stuck on some text conversation with a cleaning company and they were bewildering me with weird payment plans and inflexible booking system. And I was stressing about that instead of getting ready to go. That's why I'm volunteering for now, I regularly get reluctant last minute and it makes me late.

I have my first modelling session of the year tomorrow and I've gotten used to not being there since December so I feel a bit reluctant about that. But once I'm there I'll have gotten back into the groove again and enjoy it in time for Wednesday's session. I need the money!! I need a new dishwasher and I'll make enough this week to cover half of it.

I have a sister-in-law that is deaf and reads lips.

She works in a noisy distribution center where being deaf is an advantage since she isn't fatigued by constant noise.

I'm not sure if I should try to take the civil service exam in Xinjiang. It's a long way to go, the delivery costs are high, and the culture is very different，stricter VPN regulations.

This friday I'm posing for a long painting but just for one artist's portfolio/gallery, someone I know from one of the classes. He'll be at my house because I don't have a car and his studio is in a fairly rural town miles away. Bit nervous ngl, nearly turned it down but I could use the money. I saw his other work and it's extensive enough that he's a legit artist, although he's no preraphaelite, just decent at it. So he's done this numerous times before, but I haven't I've only ever posed for groups. He's doing skin tone practice and said he was inspired by my particular look and my lack of tattoos (even though I have 2!), and my long hair and he likes painting me. Also said I'm very still. I'm sure that's artistese for attractive but as long as he's professional in person he's allowed to find me pretty in his head.

I just hope I'm not being an idiot by taking on this job. I told him that his well established gallery of both nude and clothed models in various settings makes me less anxious. He said I've no need to be anxious, but when a man says that I find it dismissive. It isn't reasurring to just be like "don't be anxious", tell me that you UNDERSTAND why I, a single woman living alone, would be apprehensive about posing for one male artist outside of a classroom setting. And THEN try to reasurre me after. I wish more men knew this.

^just happened to see this. Why can't there be someone else there?

There could but I'm not sure who to ask, my most local friend will be picking her son up from school at the time the artist comes over. My mum lives nearby but I think I'd be a bit embarrassed with her present. I could try to see if my friend can make other arrangements for school pick up but it might be short notice, worth a shot. I wouldn't know who else to ask. But I was thinking it would be good to have a plus one to ensure he's being professional. And if he acts disappointed that there's a second person then I know he's a creep and I can kick him out.

Can't he just paint around the cattle prod in your hand?

He's not painting me at all anymore! Because he's a creepy weirdo. I had to change the arrangements around a couple of times so a friend could come and chaperone for me, so I told him the reason for the changes and he just gave up and said "It's okay. We'll just leave it. Thanks for your time. I may see you at art club. All the best." Which is very suspicious. If he had good intentions he would understand why I might feel at ease with a plus one and not be deterred! There were other red flags, but I couldn't tell for sure because I was still processing it all. But I figured that mentioning the plus one would be a good test.
Dodged a bullet there.

When I worked at a care home I imagined a job where you just sit by a little table by the entrance and perform the "meet and greet" routine to any visitors and be there to help visitors find the right room or office, or perhaps take some towels to the rooms or whatever, just simple little duties where you're busy but not really under pressure.

I remember when I was 13 at school I was picked to be the 'duty student', where you got out of lessons to sit at a table by the main entrance and just go and do little duties around the school when asked by a member of staff, such as taking lost kids to their classrooms or delivering a message, that sort of thing. And you know, I enjoyed it a whole lot more than being in lessons.