I'm really sorry to threadjack you Bobby
but I thought that was better than a thread stomp.

I applied for a job at a chambers months ago and didn't hear anything so I assumed I didn't get it, but they've just invited me for an interview. I'm not sure what to do, here I'm bored and fed up, but I get to sit on b3ta all day unnoticed. If I started this job it would be a lot more involved and I'd be a hell of a lot busier. However, that's a good thing really, I can barely be arsed to do the work I have got here and since the office manager came back of maternity leave she's just giving me all the shit that she can't be bothered to do.

Neither job is in my career path and I've heard that the woman I would be working under is a bit of a mega bitch, especially to other women. Plus the interview is on Saturday and I'd have to dye my hair normal coloured about 3 hours before my party, plus if I got the job I'd have to keep it normal.

What would you do kids? Safe and comfortable or new and scary?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:05, 7 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

That's twice now you utter biiiiiatch.
If it means you post less go for it.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:06, Reply)

Go for the interview,
do as well as you can, you don't actually have to accept the job.
Your hair is the stupidest fucking excuse I've ever heard for not going for a job.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:06, Reply)

it's not just about the hair
it's the principle.

but I agree. Go for the interview. You don't have to accept. Unless you are weak.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:08, Reply)

You don't even apply for Law jobs if you've got principles.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I dunno, 50% are probably ones with ethics who go into it to do charity work and 'make a difference'
the other 50% are horrible money-grabbing cunts.

the first half soon become part of the second.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)

humph
well screw you too!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I don't see you denying it ;-)
I don't mean it's a bad thing. Evil rich women in suits with pencil skirts are pretty hot.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:19, Reply)

i have principles
and pencil skirts. i'm not evil or rich though.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

*starts to lose interest*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Pretty hot though

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

now i am blushing
but you are only half forgiven for the bunnies
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Tbh, it wasn't meant as a way of apology, but I'll accept half off my sentence!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

it's an application to be a PA
so I'd only be getting coffee for the unethical vultures.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:14, Reply)

I know that sounds stupid
but it does mean taking out all my piercings every day and dying my hair a colour I don't want it to be, so it's not as superficial as it sounds.

The main dilemma was sticking with what I know or venturing into the relatively unknown.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

We all have to make sacrifices for work
and you're saying there is no office acceptable hair colour that you'd like?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:17, Reply)

no we don't.
I haven't shaved for a week (around my beard, obviously I haven't shaved that bit in a lot longer), I'm wearing flares and trainers.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

he wasn't far off the mark with that tramp thing was he?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I just look like I work in a 70s office
not like I live on the street.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

Still you have to drive 70 miles for the next few months etc
I'm not talking purely about your appearance.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

damn you
with your logic and stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

well yeah brown is fine I suppose
I just prefer pretty colours like blue and purple and pink. Although I suppose bright colours like dark purple and pink are becoming more acceptable so I could just make do with an XXL purple or something.

You've stopped reading by now haven't you?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

dye it black
both Wiggy and I will prefer it like that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

hahaha
he fucking said that in the supermarket the other day when I was choosing which shade of brown to put between the blue bits
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

you should definitely do it then

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I read from the bottom up so yes.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

How much more money do you get?
Yes, Jews only think about money.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:06, Reply)

I love this

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:08, Reply)

And killing Christian children...

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:08, Reply)

And how much money you can get for the skins.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Is there a good market for childskin?
I have a cousin you're welcome to, we could go 60/40...
(berk, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Depends how big it is and the weight
I might be able to make a nice little change purse. Or maybe a page of vellum.

Safe journey back? Was lovely to meet you!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)

and boiling them in a big pot and eating them.
Or is that Gyppoes? I do find it hard to keep up with modern thinking sometimes.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Gyps, Jews - all the same really, aren't they?
In that they are not British.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

-hisses-
I don't know why I said that. Neither of my parents are very British but I'm not a jew either.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:15, Reply)

Too late, Juden.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

Paternal grandfather.
I have the yidstincts but all my genitals, thanks!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

I'd get £4k more.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Do it.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:14, Reply)

I'm not all about the money y'know
Wiggy has money so I don't need to.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:31, Reply)

yeah but if it's 4k more for the short term that's 4k+ for cupcake corset mong business isn't it.
Plus Wiggy might want to spend his cash on something else.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

Not really, it's 4k before tax
So, likely 3-3.3k, split over 12 months = about 250 quid a month extra.
That's how I'd look at it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:37, Reply)

Well sure, tax, but it's still more isn't it. And more cash for a new business is a plus.
You horrible pedant ;)
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:38, Reply)

250 quid a month is certainly nice
But it's easier and more realistic to weigh up that against what you potentially give up, than try to picture £4k.

I could easily get 10-20k moving to London, but have to balance that against losing my chosen appearance, a LOT of my free time, plus having to pay London rates (admittedly not that dissimilar to Stratford rates).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:42, Reply)

Yeah that's how I look at it,
it's £250 a month more, but that's not life changing and is it worth being miserable for. However, I won't know if I'm going to be miserable unless I try it, so I'll give it a go and see what happens.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

I agree completely and I would do the same if I wasn't planning to start a business.
If it's only for a few years, going corporate won't hurt in the long run. We pay a price for our 'alternative' look but I won't cut my hair, lose the beard or tats for any job.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

I wouldn't shave off my beard for any job.
unless it was really easy, stress free, interesting and paid a fucking fortune.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Dream job
man from del monte
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:49, Reply)

totally
I could do that. I doubt I'd have to shave off my beard either
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:56, Reply)

It would look better when you're poncing around in the linen suit.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

this was a few years ago
hence the chubbiness
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( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:59, Reply)

Good look,
There a lot heavier than you think aren't they. Excellent beard too.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

they are indeed
I have a photo of me with a buzzard from when I was about 6 or 7. That thing was fucking massive and weighed loads.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:17, Reply)

let them offer you the job
then decide.

so go for the interview.

ooh, i can prep you with scary law questions!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)

It's only PA
so I'm hoping they won't question why I didn't finish my law degree...
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:15, Reply)

i reckon my secretary knows a shitload more law than my trainee though
the questions are probably still reasonably scary - i think everyone should go for interviews periodically, it keeps you on your toes!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:21, Reply)

That's true, I haven't had an interview for ages
and in the last one they asked me why I stopped my law degree and I nearly said "because law is boring". I did get the job though!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:32, Reply)

you were right
it bloody is!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:38, Reply)

if it's not on your chosen career path
and it would interfere with your enjoyment of life, such as having funky coloured hair and not working for a mega bitch I'd say not to go for it.

edit: I realise that this contradicts what I said above. I meant the job, rather than the interview. Although if you have no intention of taking the job then there is little point in going to the interview.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)

yeah that's the thing, if I go to the interview I have to dye my hair normal again
which is a faff if I never intend to go for the job.

But I'm so fed up here that this could be the change I need. However, I may regret sacking off my safe boring job that allowed me to laze around on b3ta all day for a job where I actually have to do work. And possibly for a massive bitch.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:17, Reply)

At some point you'll actually have to work.
Chances are at some point you'll actually have to work for a massive bastard/bitch. Might just as well start now as any other point.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

yeah true
it's just because it's not in my chosen career so I won't be climing any ladders. However, as I only intend to stay there until I can start my chosen career even if she was a massive bitch I wouldn't have to suffer that long.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:22, Reply)

no one has ever said that before......

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Fair point but I'm studying at the moment
and I can't pursue my career until I've finished studying, so it's not an empty threat in my case, it's just a matter of time. And being able to get an internship.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:33, Reply)

I was just joshing. You will do it, you have put to much work in not to.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:37, Reply)

If your chosen career is self-employment
In the areas you have mentioned, you really should develop a strong second option. Not being negative, just be realistic. You'll need a decent job to support you in the years it takes to get going, for a start.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:26, Reply)

No it's not
I'm studying to be an interior designer, so when I've got my degree I'm going to try and pursue that as a career. The corset making and the cupcakery are just little side projects that are unlikely to properly take off.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:34, Reply)

fair play, then.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

Go to the job interview and scope it out for yourself
Don't dye your hair, but if they raise it as an issue say you'd be happy to change it (if you are).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)

^ this
I took my lip piercing out for my first interview, and then afterwards I thought fuck it, if it bothers them that badly I probably won't want to work for them anyway, but if the job is that awesome I'd gladly take it out.
I don't think my boss has ever even noticed it, to be honest.
(berk, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I interviewed for this job with blue dreads and piercings
They said they would have to go if they offered me the position, I said that wouldn't be a problem.
I missed my medusa piercing, which closed up within hours, but the labret stayed open. Since then I've slowly got more piercings, plus the mo, and they don't care.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

do you reckon I can get away with that?
I thought about doing that but I know they base a lot on first appearances. In the interview for the place I'm at now I dyed it brown and took my studs out and then after a week of being here I asked the big boss guy if I could leave it in and he was fine with it. I've since had my hair every colour of the rainbow (including all at once) and they don't mind at all, but chambers are a bit more specific about that sort of thing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Hmm, I don't know
I would say go to the interview as you are, but make it clear you are happy to change your hair/piercings etc if they think it is necessary. Either way, neither your current job nor this one you're being interviewed for is on your chosen career path, so no harm no foul, right?
(berk, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

yeah this sounds like a good plan

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Go as you are, but dressed smart, obviously
If it's a problem they should say so, if they don't then they're not worth the hassle.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

I'm with the Lab and the berk
Dress smart but keep the hair colour and piercings and make it clear that, given a good reason (client-facing role, say) you are happy to make relevant changes to your appearance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

well yeah I'd wear my suit and shit
but the blue hair is the kind of thing that would immediately mark me down as "not suitable" if they were that way inclined. Maybe if I tie it back and wear a beret they won't immediately notice and I could bring it up later.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

I'd have a lot more problem
with someone turning up to an interview (I assume inside) in a fucking beret then I would with blue hair...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I like my berets
sad face.

I don't wear it like a French.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

It's a hat, though.
If you wear it inside in anything other than a social situation you might as well just have "I am a stupendous arse" tattoeed on your face.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:36, Reply)

Oh I never thought about that, I forgot you're not supposed to wear hats indoors

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:42, Reply)

It's probably acceptable in pubs and at weddings
and I'm hardly one for following rules of social etiquette, daaahh-ling, but I think walking into an interview room in a beret unless you are already a member of the armed forces is likely to make the interview stupendously short ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:46, Reply)

mmmm army guys....
sorry I lost track there
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:52, Reply)

Have you seen me in my airsoft gear? ;)

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

stop hitting on me
I'll get Vipros on you.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Did I hear 'mewing'?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:02, Reply)

MEOW

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

*barges in*
Oh, hi Kitty! Didn't you say you made me a cupcake? But they're all the way over there by the rest of LAAK, what say we go over there and you can give me a lovely cupcake?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:09, Reply)

lovely cupcakes indeed
strawberry
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:18, Reply)

I only had a banoffee one
Didn't want to be greedy, but in hindsight I should have had more.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:18, Reply)

Fine :(
I've finished work so I'm going anyway
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

i am walking home tonight in the ass toning trainers
which, btw, i do not recommend on an uphill setting on the treadmill.

i might have to pounce on one of them as he runs past me all sweaty and topless.

also i have my army officer friend's wedding on 6 nov. i should have taken you as my date!!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

Oh that would have been awesome
Weddings are such pick up centres as well.

Damn Wiggy.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

AHEM

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I know, right?
I've been to 4 so far this year, and not been single for any of them. I'm sure THAT's the only thing holding me back from teh laydeez.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:10, Reply)

track my knickers and dignity
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

it happens a lot

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

I'm trying to be better, honest!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Tie back, sure, but maybe not the beret
It's not like it's entirely bright blue, it's streaked.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

I suppose
it's way more obvious than it used to be, it just used to be the underneath, so maybe I'm just more conscious of it because it's different.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

You'll be fine
Bottom line, go to the interview if you're at all curious about the job. If you'd rather coast in your cushy job, don't bother.

This is why I haven't moved to London.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Ok b3tans, I have decided to go for the interview!
If I get horribly rejected I am blaming you all and I'm going to be proper emo about it because then I'll be stuck in the cushy job AGAINST MY WILL
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:43, Reply)

I'm sure we'll deal with it
Gives you more time to be on b3ta, talking shit and gazzing folk etc...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)

new and scary!
I took on some mad shit recently. Far more responsibility than before, some more work, etc. and on top of my current job.

So far it's been scary and occasionally frustrating, but I suddenly found myself handling everything in a way I'd not realised I could.

(awaits strike-throughs)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:08, Reply)

new and scary!
took on some mad shit recently. Far more responsibility than before, some more work, etc. and on top of my current job.

So far it's been scary and occasionally frustrating, but I suddenly found myself handling everything in a way I'd not realised I could.

like it up the bum
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:11, Reply)

subtle, I like it

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)

subtle forcefully is how
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)