OMG I can't believe that. You ever have part of an email or blog or whatever, and then you accidentally hit the wrong key and you delete it all? Well I just had that happen here. Thankfully I didn't have a whole lot typed up just yet, so I'm glad for that. So here we go again!
Happy Father's day to all you dads out there!
This past thursday, I finally had my over the phone hearing with iowa work force about the unemployment. They tried to call securitas but were unable to get anyone on the phone. I got a few answers to some of the things that I wasn't able to find out when they fired me. They said that Eric had said some things about me, and that there were discreptancies (however that's spelled) with my report, but wouldn't tell me anything else. Well to start the phone interview off, when the lady came back on the line and told me that securitas was unable to be reached, we talked about what they said in their report about why I was let go. This caught my attention, because it was 2 things that were complete bullshit. She said "Their report said that the reason you were let go was because you had a vehicle towed, and said that you notified your supervisor, and this was a violation of company policies. Did you have a car towed?" I was like "NO ma'am I did not. I had a vehicle 'ticketed,' but the car was still in the lot when I left. They told me that the hospital paid for teh parking ticket, but I know nothing about it being towed." She was like "that's interesting. So you did not have the car towed, you only had the car ticketed, right?" "That's correct ma'am." "What did you have the car ticketed for?" "They were parked in a traffic area. I have a photo that I took as well as the police officer that issued the ticket. In the photo you can see at least half a dozen spaces near the vehicle that they could have parked. There was no reason they should have parked there, and I felt that it was a safety concern for other drivers coming into the parking lot." "Oh, I see. Well yeah, it makes sense to me Christopher, if they are parked like that then they should have been ticketed." "Exactly my thoughts on it ma'am."
She asked me how many written and verbal warnings I had received prior to this. I said "I only received one verbal warning about something about 8 months back, but otherwise in the year and a half that I had been there, I had a spotless record." She simply said "sounds great! I think that's all I need. I will make my decision and you and securitas will receive notice of my decision. If either party doesn't agree with the decision, they can contest it." I simply said "Sounds good. Thank ou ma'am."
So, now hopefully by next friday I will receive my first unemployment check in the bank. It'll be for 4 weeks, so that should be pretty nice. If it doesn't happen by then, then it should definitely take place by the following week. I'm just anxious because I don't know the "official" decision. I guess it worries me because there's always that chance that she decided not to award me the unemployment. I'm sure I have nothing to worry about. I am applying with jobs each and every week, and focusing on my algebra and hospitality class. So far so good with those. I think I have a B in both of those currently, not that i'm 100% positive that algebra will remain there, but we will see. All I can do is try my best and see what happens.
I'm hoping that after finding out that their report wasn't exactly the truth, that I should have no issues with getting the unemployment. It made me stress a bit though because I'm like "why would they say I had the car towed?" Also, when we talked about them saying I didn't contact my supervisor, I explained that I contacted him through black berry messenger, and sent him the photo that way. She asked me "and you two had always communicated that way and never had any issues till this incident right?" I was like "that is correct. Working the grave yard shift, if it was something like this, we never used to have to call anyone and get permission. It was not a very big deal and I feel I made the right decision. Eric was notified though, whether he claims he was or not, and the vehicle was never towed, so I'm not quite sure why they are saying those two things."
It made me go "oh, that makes sense though, becaues they claimed there was a discreptancy between what happened and my report, and said that I had an integrity issue. Well if they are claiming that I towed the car and didn't contact eric, and I actually did contact eric, and didn't tow the car, and wrote my report exactly how things did really happen, they could easily claim that I wasn't truthful in my report. It makes sense that they would not tell me that when getting fired becaues they knew that if they tried to not say too much about what they were claiming, maybe I wouldn't fight them on it. And I would have. I kept the photo of that car for a reason. I still have it, not that it is much good to me anymore.
So it's interesting, I am loving my HTC Thunderbolt phone from verizon. Ever since I upgraded from my blackberry, I am so addicted! I love the android network! There are so many free apps that you can get! Plus compared to my blackberry, I can download songs for free. I have gotten into this game, Live Texas Holdem. I play with the chips that I win for free every day. every day that I log on, I get awarded 5,000 chips. I only do the low stakes tables because I don't like losing a lot quickly. Plus, for some reason I win a lot more on the low stakes tables than on the high stakes tables. Erin was like "Just don't bet with real money though." I was like "oh trust me, I'm not. I don't want to lose real money on it, that'd be too depressing.". I like the "idea" of gambling and possibly getting rich but at the same time, I'm scared to death that I would lose a lot of money. But I want to know how to play cards a little better, and I have noticed that I am picking up more on the different types of "hands" you can get and then knowing when to bet more, but also knowing when I might be better off to fold. I downloaded an actual poker game and I didn't like it because I had to put money into the pot each hand no matter if I folded or not. I couldn't just check. So I uninstalled that app and will stick with my blackjack game and my live texas holdem. The blackjack is against the computer but the texas holdem is against actual players.
So other than that, I just felt like with the new news about the unemployment, and stuff like that, I knew it was time to once again get on here and post. I went on facebook to post happy fathers day to all the fathers I know, including a few friends (or one that I thought was a friend). This other guard named Matt Kestel, when I got fired, I blocked Eric on facebook and deleted matt because I was trying to sever connections with past employment. Matt texted me by that night complaining and asking why I deleted him. I re-added him and said that I really did not have any issues with him, just with eric, and I thought things were good. Well, I went to try to look him up on my friends list and he wasn't on there. I was like "well that's very interesting." I was able to look him up so apparently he didn't block me, just probably deleted me, and he did so after acting like I offended him by deleting him. I'm like "um, ok? Why throw a fit just to turn around and delete me instead?" If he wants to be childish like that, when he claimed that he and I were good, then that's his problem. OH WELL
But it did bug me quite a bit today. I was making lunch and doing the dishes really quick, and erin came in there and asked me if I was ok. I just shrugged. She was like "what's wrong?" I told her that I was just thinking about the things with work, and what they claimed in their report, and the fact that matt de-friended me, and although I know it shouldn't bug me, it does a little. that I thought that the main problem I have is that they weren't honest in their report. If they said "he had a car ticketed and didn't follow chain of command, and that's why we let him go." That's actually what they told me, but then to turn around and say "he had the car towed and never contacted the supervisor, and lied on his report." I'm like "huh?!" So, apparently I just have to let it go. There is not a whole lot I can do about it. I had to keep explaining to Erin's mom why I don't think I will apply at securitas out in Philly. After this, I don't know if I want to work there again.
I look forward to being out there though, I really want to get into a flight school and start working on my pilot certs. That will be really awesome!
So anyway, at least all bills except rent and the cell phones, are paid up till the beginning of august, so that is great. I am getting another refund from my school that should be deposited in my bank account by monday morning, so I will be able to send off rent for the month and pay the cell phone bill. As long as the unemployment begins, I wont have to worry much.
On that note, I will call it a night! I will have to get back online in a little bit and do one assignment. I already did algebra for the week, I just have to do my hospitality class as well. Talk to you all again soon!
C
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