It is 10pm and I have just drunk a cup of tea. In hindsight, the drinking of caffeine-filled drinks could be the reason that I seem not to be able to sleep until quite late every night.
I woke up at a reasonable hour again today, and set about a very similar regime to yesterday. A morning spent scouring the internet for available jobs revealed very little for me to apply for, unlike the last couple of weeks when there was a lot more. The bloke at the job centre last week told me that as get on into December they tend to dry up a bit, as firms seeking Christmas staff will have already hired their quota for the month. He said to keep applying, but not to be surprised if I have to sit out being on the dole into January, which was never really the plan.
All this makes me even more angry about how Reed (the job agency) have treated me, having promised me a job, a job which I had thought of as a definite which I could use as a back-up plan. My back-up plan seems to have failed. It was over 3 weeks ago (http://tomsadler-rtbc.blogspot.com/2011/11/job.html) that I was given a definite start date, and since then they seem to have done nothing more than muck me around - firstly telling me I was starting a week later, and then that they need to get some paperwork back from the auditor. Next, they told me they needed my reference details so that they could send it to the auditor, then they told me they were waiting on that and then I could definitely start working. The last time I phoned they said it would be very soon again.
That was last Wednesday and, to be honest, I have all but given up on that prospect. If they phone then fine, if not then bollocks to them. I applied to do voluntary work at the hospital today, at least this can keep me busy in the weeks ahead, and it will no doubt be fun to help out somewhere that they need it.
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