Who said that people should work 8 hours a day?! I'm still employed at the same grueling job that I've continued to gripe about for at least the past year and change does not seem to be near. My position here has changed to where I only want to pull my hair out once a week versus everyday. Hooray! Sounds like great progress huh? Its amazing how many people feel trapped in this job and that everyone if looking for an out...

I recently had a job interview for a new job, still in the banking industry, but is it wrong that I'm rethinking how bad I actually want this position? Here's the story...I have had two interviews with this company, the first went great! I liked the manager, she was friendly and explained the position and atmosphere in a great light. After leaving the interview, I found myself excited about the new opportunity presenting itself. I was supposed to receive word about whether or not they would hire me in a week. I waited...and waited...My interview was originally on a Friday and by time the next Friday rolled around I hadn't heard anything. That next Tuesday, I gave them a call only to leave a message that did not get returned. The next day, Wednesday, I heard from the HR recruiter. She told me that the location I interviewed for had gotten a new manager and that this new manager wanted to speak with me about the position, so we scheduled another interview. Ok so, I wasn't getting blown off...yay! I go to this second interview on Friday and I was very optimistic. I meet the new manager and this woman brought a whole new demeanor. She was friendly, yet very down to business and numbers driven. Some of her questions caught me off guard, not understanding why she was asking them or really what answer she was looking for. When discussing the move from phones to face to face communication, I told her how I considered myself to be a "people person" and preferred face to face communication. She proceeds to ask, "Well then why did you take the position you have now?" Uhhh...I NEEDED A JOB! How am I supposed to answer that question? I was out of college not even 6 months at the time, I was only working part-time, and this job offered full-time hours AND benefits...as bad as the economy was (still is), I couldn't turn it down! I don't understand why that was relevant information or how that proves how qualified I am for this position. When I explained how I saw a growth opportunity at this company, she then asks, "You haven't found any other opportunities with your current job?" Well if you must know, I've applied for several positions only to not hear back from about 98% of them, which basically takes a hit to my confidence level, making me feel like I'm not good enough...is that the answer you wanted? What about being happy that I want to join your company? What about asking me questions about how the position at hand? No? You don't want to ask those questions? Again, another question that I don't think matters for this interview. She also wanted to ask me about goals that I had to meet at my current position with sales. Sounds like a relevant enough question...Oh, you want actual numbers? Like you really want to know how many products I had to sell in a month and what my average handle time was for my calls? I did mention I haven't been on the phone in months right, so whatever figure I throw at you are going to be completely made up!? Come on lady!

Sidebar: Your bland personality is making me wonder how the staff is taking to you? I bet this environment will change shortly, possibly causing unhappy employees. I'm unhappy and I don't even work for you! And FYI: interviews are not only for a manager to get to know a potential employee, but also for the potential employee to get a feel for how the company operates. Shouldn't a manager want to make a good impression for themselves and the company? Just a thought....

Realizing that I'm not excited about the position or the woman I would be working for, do I take the job if it is offered just to get out of my current situation? Would it all be worth it to go into a new job knowing that the manager has already rubbed me the wrong way? It would be a step up, as well as a raise. Sounds like this might be a lose-lose situation... -- KscaY

So I watched the Chris Brown interview on Larry King wednesday night and somebody please tell me that you also found it to be POINTLESS!

He did not talk about "that night" not one bit! Umm that's what we wanted to hear CB! He continuously told Larry that he wanted to respect him and Rihanna's privacy by not speaking about the events that occurred...gee thanks...so why did you do the interview? Besides him not telling us ANYTHING about the real details and specifics, he made a couple of comments that made no sense in my opinion...

Larry asks him, "Do you remember that night?" he responds, "No..." In rebutal, Larry questions, "So what was your reaction to the pictures?" CB says, "Wow, I was in shock." Yeah...Chris? YOU DID IT! Please stop acting like you don't know why her face looked like that. He had the nerve to say that he didn't know if the pictures were real or altered. Larry should have asked him next, "So after that last punch to her face, you didn't look back to see your work? You're not a man who liked to see his accomplishments?"

Then the next thing that made me really wanna smack C Brown is when Larry asked him,"Had Rihanna ever asked you why this happened?" He says, "No..." but the look on his face said, "No, duh! Why would she? She knows what she did!" as if this whole line of questioning was just ridiculous. I'm thinking to myself, either he beats her on a regular and this time was no different from any other OR Rihanna had just confessed to sleeping with 50 guys, gave Chris the nastiest mix of STDs imaginable, and knew this beat down was coming. Not saying that its right, but if you reveal all that to your man, I'm just telling you now to bob and weave!

My whole take on this interview was that he did it to get Rihanna back. He professed his undying love for Rihanna and how he loves her and is in love with her. He wanted her to be happy no matter what. The role that he played was the sympathetic and empathic victim but Chris...you aren't the victim! You had NO scratches, bruises or anything on you so I need you to go ahead and cut out that act. Not buying it! I bet $5 they will be back together at some point in time...and I bet $10 his new album will flop...sorry CB!

Sidebar...that zig-zag cut in the side of his head and the big baby blue bowtie were KILLIN' ME!!!!-- KscaY