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After 16 days of absolutely no contact I got a call from the Supervising Commander for the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop C Emergency Dispatching Unit. His first words to me, "You still want the job?"
Needless to say I told him yes. It was pretty odd, I got back from JIS training and saw a post it on my computer telling me to call him and I didn't recognize the name at all. I asked my deskmate, Kristi, who it was and she had no idea. I did a search for his name in our database of defendants and then attorneys on record and nada.
So I originally throw the post it away because I figure it's someone annoying. Then I think better of it, pull out the crumpled post it and call the number. Someone answers and presumbly said Missouri State Highway Patrol but I had no clue because they fucking said it so fast. I'm blinking and I say I'm calling for the superviser, guy who talks fast tells me he's busy but would I hold. I say yes and immediately am greeted by Seal singing Kiss From A Rose. Kristi asks me who it is and I say I have no idea and am on hold.
He gets on and asks if I want the job, I tell him yes. He says I would start on May 14th. I wince and look at the calendar and say I'd be on vacation but would be back on May 15th, he says that's fine. I tell Kristi who it was because almost everyone in the office knows about my big interviewing debacle with the MSHP. She's excited for me but then curses me for leaving, soon Deb and Amy also know about it.
I finally worked up my nerve to tell Natalie and I started the conversation with, "Nat... you're going to hate me for this." Nat says, "You're going to leave me, aren't you?" I say yes and she starts squealing in anger in a funny way. She was really great about the whole thing and honestly, her being so great is why I was torn for the longest time about leaving. I mean, everyone at the court is super nice but... god. I make nothing there. It's barely $1,400 a month right now at that job with taxes taken out and at the highway patrol I'd be making $2,283 a month with taxes taken out. That's almost a $900 difference! And I'd be on probation. Just imagine the money I'd get after I pass the three different probationary periods, each raising my salary.
But anyway, she thinks that I might have to call them back and ask if I can start at a later date because she figures my vacation time might make it so I would be leaving with less than two weeks notice making it so I would leave in bad standing with the court. Which would look very not good on my record.
Other than that and me being nervous as fuck about going to a new and possibly way stressful job I'm feeling pretty good about myself. Mostly I think about how I would actually be helping people, get paid decently for it, be guaranteed raises for both passing skill levels and hitting length of employment anniversaries, and get vested for retirement after three years.
Plus I'd wear a nifty uniform like this!
Bwah. All right. Maybe not so nifty. To celebrate this good news and to keep me in a positive and not scared as shit mood about my impending career change I'll share this super fun song which I've been rocking out to for the past day. It's called Lounger by Dogs Die In Hot Cars which has to be most awesome Public Service Announcement band name I've heard in awhile.
The one thing that sticks with me the most besides the fear/excitement over a completely new job that I have no idea at all how to do is how fucking weird and hilarious it is that the Missouri State Highway Patrol played Kiss From A Rose by Seal as their hold music. lol. So odd!
If only it had been the Jack Black version...
Needless to say I told him yes. It was pretty odd, I got back from JIS training and saw a post it on my computer telling me to call him and I didn't recognize the name at all. I asked my deskmate, Kristi, who it was and she had no idea. I did a search for his name in our database of defendants and then attorneys on record and nada.
So I originally throw the post it away because I figure it's someone annoying. Then I think better of it, pull out the crumpled post it and call the number. Someone answers and presumbly said Missouri State Highway Patrol but I had no clue because they fucking said it so fast. I'm blinking and I say I'm calling for the superviser, guy who talks fast tells me he's busy but would I hold. I say yes and immediately am greeted by Seal singing Kiss From A Rose. Kristi asks me who it is and I say I have no idea and am on hold.
He gets on and asks if I want the job, I tell him yes. He says I would start on May 14th. I wince and look at the calendar and say I'd be on vacation but would be back on May 15th, he says that's fine. I tell Kristi who it was because almost everyone in the office knows about my big interviewing debacle with the MSHP. She's excited for me but then curses me for leaving, soon Deb and Amy also know about it.
I finally worked up my nerve to tell Natalie and I started the conversation with, "Nat... you're going to hate me for this." Nat says, "You're going to leave me, aren't you?" I say yes and she starts squealing in anger in a funny way. She was really great about the whole thing and honestly, her being so great is why I was torn for the longest time about leaving. I mean, everyone at the court is super nice but... god. I make nothing there. It's barely $1,400 a month right now at that job with taxes taken out and at the highway patrol I'd be making $2,283 a month with taxes taken out. That's almost a $900 difference! And I'd be on probation. Just imagine the money I'd get after I pass the three different probationary periods, each raising my salary.
But anyway, she thinks that I might have to call them back and ask if I can start at a later date because she figures my vacation time might make it so I would be leaving with less than two weeks notice making it so I would leave in bad standing with the court. Which would look very not good on my record.
Other than that and me being nervous as fuck about going to a new and possibly way stressful job I'm feeling pretty good about myself. Mostly I think about how I would actually be helping people, get paid decently for it, be guaranteed raises for both passing skill levels and hitting length of employment anniversaries, and get vested for retirement after three years.
Plus I'd wear a nifty uniform like this!
Bwah. All right. Maybe not so nifty. To celebrate this good news and to keep me in a positive and not scared as shit mood about my impending career change I'll share this super fun song which I've been rocking out to for the past day. It's called Lounger by Dogs Die In Hot Cars which has to be most awesome Public Service Announcement band name I've heard in awhile.
The one thing that sticks with me the most besides the fear/excitement over a completely new job that I have no idea at all how to do is how fucking weird and hilarious it is that the Missouri State Highway Patrol played Kiss From A Rose by Seal as their hold music. lol. So odd!
If only it had been the Jack Black version...