Today was a thousand times better than yesterday. Today I successfully completed two interviews, although I had to go to one establishment 3 times to get it. The first time I walked into Maplins I was asked to come back after their rush hour, which was after 3pm. We grabbed some lunch and walked around until 3:20pm. I returned back and waited for the manager but after 15 minutes I was told that he was on a conference call. Not wanting to be selfish with daylight, I decided that I’d try to come back another time because my partner’s store was across the city and closed within 2 hours.
It’s hard being out in the city walking around
trying get interviews when it’s cold and raining, especially when people aren’t so willing to grant them. After we got to
the train station, traveled to our destination, then followed the walking
directions given by Goggle, we discovered that the store wasn’t where the internet said it was. We walked
into a nearby store and asked the workers if they’d ever heard of the store or knew if it ounce
existed on this street and all answered “no.”
Cold, wet, and frustrated
we stood under an awning and googled the store again this time finding a
different address. It was further away than we anticipated but we started
walking. When we arrived we were greeted by closed doors, dark windows, and no
hours of operations posted. By this time all my partner waited to do was go
back to the school to shower, eat, and climb into a warm, DRY, bed. We started
back to the school when I decided to give Maplins another chance. Thank God my
partner agreed and was willing to change three trains to backtrack. It paid off
because this time I got the interview. Mind you it’s Wednesday and we leave Sunday so the
pressure was on to leave this city with SOMETHING. I guess the squeaky wheel does
get the grease.
