I headed to Arch Ford first thing this morning so they could take my fingerprints. When I got there, they first said I needed an appointment and scheduled me for the next morning, but then I asked about my incorrect birthdate. That prompted another lady to come out, and they ended up calling the Department of Education to see who had to make the correction. Unfortunately the person that could answer that question wouldn’t be there until 8:30, so I waited about 20 more minutes to hear an answer. Once they felt good about that, they went ahead and fingerprinted me today so I didn’t have to drive back.
From there, I stopped by Green Bay Packaging to talk to Gary. It was less of an interview and more of a quick introduction for him to tell me about the place. He seemed really happy to be there, but didn’t want to mince words about how unpleasant the place might be for me if my expectations were incorrect. It basically all boiled down to how blue-collar it was as an industrial plant. Outside of that, it sounded like a bit of unpaid overtime due to an on-call rotation, but they would pay fairly well for what sounded like entry-level tech work.
After that brief meeting, I drove through the countryside to get to work, where nobody seemed to notice I was gone. Kim and I ended up starting inventory at the elementary building, and quit as school let out. I don’t think we made it quite halfway through the building, but it took us a bit to find our rhythm.
The rest of the afternoon was super quiet, and I was left alone for most of it. I messed around with PRTG to try and come up with some useful monitoring, and eventually headed home through one insane person and a bunch of other slower traffic. When I got home, I received an invitation to take the pre-employment test for Entergy, which was basically the third callback in two days. These other jobs simply pay too much for me to ignore them, but I feel guilty for Two Rivers. If they have any sense at all, they’ll work with me to adjust the salary schedule appropriately.
Dad grilled pork chops for dinner, so I went to eat with them before finally heading up to Summer’s house for the evening. She got her vanity license plate, so I installed it for her before she went to bed. Then we watched an episode of Modern Family before I wrapped things up to go to sleep myself.
Gotta catch ’em all… Interviews!