No Job Yet

It's been a while since I've written a post. I was so gung ho on the idea of starting a blog and then it fizzled. I'm trying to get back in the habit. Well, as the title says. I have not found a job yet. Correction...I did find a job.

And it sucked!!!

It was for a telephone answering service. They answer phones for websites and doctor's offices. Pretty run of the mill stuff. I'm not going to disparage them and say the job was horrible (even though I already said it sucked), because I'm really not used to that industry. I know the restaurant industry like the back of my hand, but not telephone answering. In all fairness these people provide a great service. Plus any job in this economy is a good job right? Wrong!

The job was a good job, but it wasn't right for me. I'm a gay man. One of their biggest customers was a Catholic store. I cannot sell Catholic products and violate my very beliefs. Another customer was a pro-life organization. I do not want to get into discussions about abortion issues at work. They also took messages for a mortgage loan modification company, but nobody returned those calls. The job just did not represent my own values. I would rather be out on the street begging for money than selling Catholic products.

I was also told that I would have to field phone calls for a female vaginal stimulant as well as a male enhancement product. I was down with the male enhancement product. I feel that every man should have a couple of extra inches. But I do not want to discuss women getting moist all day. YUCK!!!!

So I quit. In the process I learned that I almost lost my unemployment because I quit the job. But thankfully I didn't. To make a long story short...companies should disclose difficult situations that employees may have to handle before they give them the job.