Today something happened to me that has never happened to me before in my life. I got turned down for a job.

I have had many, many jobs. I have done everything from serving tables to cleaning houses to selling cars. I have always gotten any job that I applied for. To be denied is a little shocking.

I keep thinking to myself that this is the first time I have looked for an adult job. I mean a job that is a salaried position versus and hourly position. Hourly positions are surly easier to get then salaried ones.
Also the job I have now I didn’t apply for I just moved up through the ranks. So these were the first real interviews that I have ever had. The experience was pretty scary.

Did they not like something I said? Was it because I said I would be a horse when they asked me what animal I would come back as if there were such a thing as reincarnation? Was it what I was wearing? Or was it because I’m FAT? Now, I am not the type of person who would typically play the fat card, but maybe that’s why I did not get this job. My headhunter just said they did not give a reason. Why would they not give a reason? I can’t say that I really blame them if they did not hire me because I am fat. I think the impression of fat people is that they are lazy. I am lazy…at home. At work I am a machine. I work approximately 60 to 70 hours a week sometimes more. If they didn’t hire me because of they think I’m lazy its their loss. Maybe they thought I would eat all day long. Maybe I asked for too much money.

I actually would feel kind of relieved if I knew they didn’t hire me because I am fat. It’s like that t-shirt that says something like, “yeah I’m fat but you’re ugly and I can go on a diet”. Being fat is something I can fix (in theory). If there were something wrong with my interviewing skills or something wrong with my personality, I would have a harder time fixing that.

All in all I am not too upset about it. I knew that if I had gotten the job I wouldn’t have been happy there. Even though I just planned on doing it until I got my real estate license I felt it was beneath me. I guess they thought I was beneath them.