Saturday, February 02, 2008

Denied

Lately I have been feeling a bit stir crazy. Now that Aaron is no longer self-employed, neither am I. When we had our own fence company Aaron would constantly have me running errands, making phone calls, looking things up on the internet, doing paper work, running materials and tools out to his jobs and cleaning his office and bathrooms. Of course I also spent a lot of time just hanging out at the shop admiring his "hard workin' man" skills and lending him my oh-so-valuable moral support. Of course all of this has come to an end and I am finding myself with more time on my hands than I am really comfortable with. A woman can only browse at Target so many times and remain fulfilled. I began wracking my brain to come up with a job I could get that wouldn't cut into my time with my kids. I could only come up with one idea: a school lunch lady. Within days of coming up with the idea I looked in the paper and discovered our school district was indeed hiring lunch ladies! I rushed right out and filled out a job application for the first time in thirteen years. I eagerly waited to hear back from them, sure that I would be given the position. A couple days ago the letter finally arrived. It politely thank me for applying for the position but unfortunately I am underqualified. How can I possibly be underqualified??? I slop food on plates and clean tables every day! Oh well, I didn't really want to be a lunch lady anyway. Besides, I would look terrible in a hair net.

5 comments:

Leah Dozier said...

Do they expect a degree!!??? That is too funny, I would like to know what they consider "qualified."

Meggan said...

what?? how can a mother be underqualified for a lunch lady?

can you look for another part time job somewhere?

i am dying that you are bored. that is just beyond my realm of thinking right now.

Anonymous said...

Umm, no. I think that must have been a typo. They meant to say you are OVER qualified! I'm mean, come on, you're young, cute, thin, you have all your teeth, and you don't even serve your kids with a ciggarette hanging out of your mouth (am I stereotyping?!:) )!

ldahospud said...

Next time write your qualifications thusly: "Thirteen years' experience preparing and serving nutritious yet gustatorially satisfactory food for children. While I have not prepared nor served said food in an institutional setting, I consider my regimented, sanitary cooking habits as fit for any institution, be it educational, medical, or mental. Especially mental."

Mandy said...

That's the funniest thing I've ever heard. But it's also extremely funny that you WANTED to be a lunch lady. You're so cute.