Kentucky and getting a job

(I wrote this a few weeks ago but just now have the time to post. More to come later)

For the last several months we have been working on getting a Job and apartment in KY. Our hope was that we wouldn't have to make a special trip just for those reasons. As time went by it was becoming pretty clear that no one wants to hire someone without interviewing them in person. And that no one will give you an apartment without proof of employment. So, James made plans to go to Lexington. His last day of work was Friday, July 24th. He had made appointments to interview at 2 different places and had a list of several others that offered walk-in interviews. He left Sunday afternoon and made the trip in 9 hours. His first interview was Monday at 11:00 am. It was for a forklift operator position and was really the only one that seemed to have any promise. The interview went well but they told him that the whole process to get hired would take at least 2 or 3 weeks and that they would call him to get things started. We were planning on moving that weekend so we just figured that we would have to wait another week or two to move. So, we pretty much started making plans that way.

In and effort to "come home with a job", James went to another interview on Monday afternoon. It was for a staffing agency and they said they would call if anything came up that fit his qualifications. Nice, but not "move our family 600 miles away" worthy. He had one other interview lined up for 2 pm on Tuesday but since the forklift operator job seemed so promising that we started to talk about him coming home. We eventually decided against it and he went to the interview.

The interview was scheduled for 2 and he got there about 20 minutes early. There were about 5 people in line and 25 others sitting filling out applications. He waited in line and got his application, filled it out and went to stand in line. They told him that he had missed something, so he went back, filled out what he had missed, and waited in line again. When he got to the front of the line this time, they gave him a stack of 25 - 30 papers and told him to go fill them out and bring them back. So he did and then went back and got in line. They found a few pages that needed more info and back he went. He finished the papers, got back in line and they said, "Thank you. Have a seat and someone will call you in a little while." It was after 3 o'clock by that time. Thinking it was a HUGE waste of time, he took a seat. While he waited, he got a text from Reed that said, "I have a feeling you are going to get a job today." James laughed and sent a text back that said, "I think you are going to go to jail today." =)

Well, they finally called James back into a smaller room. The lady sat down and asked him if he wanted days or nights. He said nights because he would be going to school in the mornings. She asked if he wanted 'picking' or 'packing'. After she explained the difference, he said picking. She said, "OK, your orientation is at 10:30 Thursday morning and you start 6:30 pm next Tuesday." He said, "Does that mean I have a job?!?" After reassuring him that he did, he told her that we have an apartment that has us approved, we just need proof of employment. She said that she had just printed it. He took it and went to the apartment and signed the papers. He called me and yelled, "AAA!!!! I HAVE A JOB!!!!" We were SO very excited. James will be working in the largest AMAZON.com warehouse. So when you order from AMAZON, James will be one of the ones that runs and gets whatever treasure you have bought and takes it to the packers to be sent to you. (Hmmmm.....wonder if we get a discount.) So after almost not even going to the interview, he came home with a job. KENTUCKY, HERE WE COME!!!!