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| Sun, 12-13-2009 - 10:11pm |
Some of my friends and I attended the wake for the father of one of our h.s. friends late this afternoon. This wake has been one of many we have attended together in the past few months and we all agreed we need to stop meeting like this. We got to talking and one of the gals said, "you know what...God must be planning to have one heck of great New Year's Eve party this year because he's taken some really awesome people from us!" I agree.
We got around to telling some stories about our days in h.s. and some of the crazy stuff we did and had some good belly laughs. Our gf whose father had passed and my bff had really gotten into some hot water in h.s.!! Innocent fun.
I saw quite a few people I knew at this wake...people I didn't expect to see. Lots of friends of my Moms who expressed their sympathies to me and had so many kind words and nice memories to share. I guess that's the nice thing about living in a small town.
I also got to spend a few quality minutes with our Mayor, whom I hadn't seen in a while (she's married to a h.s. classmate of mine)...and told her I was out of work and looking for a job and asked her to please keep her eyes open for me. She promised she would and said there is one lady at City Hall who keeps talking about retiring and she'd keep me in mind for it. That job would be perfect!! We'll see.
Is it bad to network at a funeral?



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This passt year has been unkind to so many in so many different ways and funerals seem to top it for you.
Recently at my aunt's funeral, it turned out to be more of a family reunion and that was fine with me. I see nothing wrong with your conversation with the mayor and hope something works out for you.
Kathey
all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey
Kathey
Dogs have families, Cats have servents.
Hi Blu! It's nice to be able to see old hs friends and reminisce but too bad it had to be where it was. Sometimes it takes a few lighthearted moments to lift the gloom.
I dont really think its bad to network where you did. I guess what
Blu I am so sorry you have had so much grief among your friends lately. Seems like the holidays intensifies the grief. Good thing you now have the freedom to attend the funerals. You did not go to the funeral just for the sake of networking. To be honest, I have never gotten a job through an employment service, or newpapers, or anything like that. My jobs have always been through networking.
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No Blu, I don't think it's bad to network wherever you can. I hope the city hall lady retires very soon. I know you would be great in that job. I also
Be honest, Blu, you went to that funeral with the express purpose of finding a new job, didn't you?
Heavens no......
My mom said that she didn't want a bunch of crying when she all by herself got more family in one spot than she could have alive. She said if you had good times with me talk about them and laugh...it would have been easier if she had been 95 rather than 45.
We had a friend, they milked cows so that is how we got to know them. We both had 5 kids etc....one time we were talking and he said (and he was a kidder) the day of my funeral watch me in
My DF and his friends never missed an old-fashioned Irish wake. After paying their respects, the men-folk retired to the neighborhood saloon to catch up on what was happening in their lives. I'd bet more than a few leads for jobs came out of those gatherings. The women in the neighborhood met at church for service projects and I'm sure the same thing went on.
You went with a good heart to be there for your friend. What happened after that was just karma. I think that's fantastic that the mayor mentioned the job - she must have been impressed with you to even bring it up. Does your city post job openings?
Jacquie
Well...I was the one who brought it up to her actually. I've known her for years and have been waiting for a situation where I might run into her. This just happened to be the time and place. She asked me how I was doing since Mom's passing and I mentioned it was hard especially since I'd been out of work since Jan. and then asked about work. There's not actually a position open right now...in fact she said they haven't been refilling positions as they've opened. But...she mentioned that one of the gals has been talking about retiring and if she does, she'd keep me in mind.
Wouldn't you know it...I got a call today from my temp agency to work from Wed. - Fri. I couldn't take it because I'm scheduled for my colonoscopy on Wed. and then another Dr. on Thurs. and the dentist on Fri. Darn it all.
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