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gridloreLong-time readers will remember that for a time I was working very hard to get a job as a public safety dispatcher. I was in the 99th Percentile on the POST exams, interviewed fairly well, and even made a few hire lists.
Then I got back to driving. When that ended due to my health, I came close to applying for a few dispatching jobs, but they would have required relocating, and withkshandra starting at EarthBaby, I didn't want to upset that apple cart.
Then I had my stroke.
Today, I keep hearing how the San Jose Police Department is hiring 19 dispatchers. Dates for the POST tests, hiring dates, starting salaries, the whole nine yards.
And I can't do it. Besides the aphasia, I get tired too fast. So one of my dream jobs is opening up literally two miles from me, and I can't bloody do it.
Yes, throwing things at the walls. Just the thing right now.
Then I got back to driving. When that ended due to my health, I came close to applying for a few dispatching jobs, but they would have required relocating, and with
kshandra starting at EarthBaby, I didn't want to upset that apple cart.Then I had my stroke.
Today, I keep hearing how the San Jose Police Department is hiring 19 dispatchers. Dates for the POST tests, hiring dates, starting salaries, the whole nine yards.
And I can't do it. Besides the aphasia, I get tired too fast. So one of my dream jobs is opening up literally two miles from me, and I can't bloody do it.
Yes, throwing things at the walls. Just the thing right now.
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Date: 24 Sep 2014 12:03 (UTC)[In all seriousness, if you could look into a crystal ball and see How It Would Have Been, you might laugh, albeit in a bitter, ironic way. Check it out - I didn't get the job anyway!
Believe me, I know all about lost opportunities. I also know that some of them never existed, and others I did better to miss.