I have lots to write today. I applied for a position as Quality Supervisor in a mine in
Saskatchewan a few weeks ago. Last week I received a phone call from the company,
Gogema Resources Inc. indicating an interview date set up. The good thing is they sent me the ticket. They actually didn’t send anything physically. They just sent the seat information through e-mail. As my damn PC is infected I'm writing this in
SAIT lib. now!
So what I did is I started preparing myself for the interview by making up a whole story about working in
Sarcheshemeh Copper Mine in
Kerman province, south central
Iran. I was a little bit worried about the definitions and terms uses in mining industry as I have no idea about them at all! I decided to talk to my friend,
Shahrokh, in
Tehran who is currently working for a company involved in copper mine. I e-mailed him and informed him about my intention toward a phone conversation.
There’s always a problem when I have to attend an interview meeting and that’s the damn tie! Last time I missed a good opportunity just because I was late for interview! Therefore I asked
Resurrect to help me with the tie and as I’m not usu. lucky in situations like that he was very tired and cranky last night. He tied it inappropriately and I couldn’t say a thing!
When I was driving to the airport this morning while it was very cold and windy (almost
-25 ºc) I didn’t have my tie on and looked kind of silly!
I had another problem (better call it trouble!) with my ticket. The name that I applied for the career, is different from the name on my IDs! First I didn’t know what to do because I was sure I can’t board the plane. Then I simply called
Westjet and told them the seat confirmation number and they simply changed the name over the phone! Then I sighed!
I called Mom from the airport just minutes before the plane jumps and told her that I was headed toward
Saskatoon and then called
Shahrokh but his number was busy.
The plane left
Calgary on time regardless of bad weather and in a short time (in about an hour I guess) we landed in
John G. Diefenbaker International Airport.
Saskatoon is a small city and I was easily able to see the city limits from the plane window. Both
Resurrect and
Victoria are graduates of
University of Saskatchewan.
As soon as I arrived, I went to rent a car as I was going to buy a tie and ask the salesperson to tie it for me! That was the only way to recover the mess! All of the damn car rentals were out of car as one of them said that there was a conference in the city. Then I asked a green-eyed security girl about the closest mall and she introduced me
Confederation Mall. I took a cab there and started looking for a tie. Although the mall was very close but the fucking cab driver – a
Romanian bitch – charged me about
$10! The mall was so easy. Just a few people were seen around. Same shops as
Calgary were there. I went to
Wal-Mart and tried my story but it didn't work! I thought there would be someone to help me wearing that but no one showed that much interest in me as a customer!
Therefore I decided to get a cab and go to the interview. There were no taxi around like there are around malls, hotels, c-train stations, etc in
Calgary. A phone set attached to the wall, was caught by my eye. That's how you get a cab here in
Saskatoon: Radio cabs. Call 'em!
As we were heading toward the company, the driver figured out that I'm
Iranian and told me there's a community of
Iranian Baha'i's there in
Saskatoon. I was a little surprised but told them what happened to them during the revolution and aftermath. This little conversation incouraged me to ask him helping me with the tie. As I'm always a very good actor told him that I just fell down and my right hand is paralyzed and it's not good to see the company men with no tie! (I didn't tell them I was there for interview just said that I was sent there by an
Iranian company!) The driver believed my story and helped me. So when I stepped in the company and faced the young lady at reception desk, I had my tie on which has been worn few sec. ago!
This trick boosted my spirit and I was so relaxed for the interview, the position that I have never had!
There were three people for the interview, one from human resources, a beautiful woman and two from Quality departemnt. The following are chosen from a few questions that they asked:
I drove all the way to Edmonton to see Renay yesterday morning. I've had booked a car from Hertz through the net. So when I woke up in the morning I drove to 10th Ave. SW, parked my car behind Calgary Tower and walked to Hertz and got the car, an automatic Pontiac Firebird. The road was not very crowded. At first I felt a little bit tired but got better later. I got a room in Super 8 and called her. She told me where she is and I drove to the mall she mentioned. Kingsway Garden Mall is in the north of the city while my hotel is in the south. I crossed North Saskatchewan River and headed up north. Edmonton is a beautiful city. I'll be there again in summer. We were supposed to meet in a 7-11 store. She showed up almost on time. When I saw her I gave her a hug and we went to the mall for a coffee but she didn't seem very friendly and we didn't sit as it was very busy and she wanted to go to the hospital for her training program. Although she's chubby but she's beautiful, with curley hair and pretty eyes. (She wore a colour contact lenz). I drove back and parked somewhere close to river and walked around and took some photos. We were supposed to go for a dinner or movie but she said his dad has a problem with his car and ... . I guess she lied. So we made an appointment at the same place for today morning. I slept very bad last night and went to a Safeway and bought a stem of rose but she didn't come. I called her and left a message and then drove back to Calgary! Didn't even go to c West Edmonton Mall!