Lately, things have been slowing down in the website business.  I raised my prices about a month ago,  and now things are really starting to slow down because of Christmas comming up.   Most of my clients are middle aged women who are starting small businesses in jewelery and Reiki, and all that stuff.  Most women have families and/or grandchildren to look after for the holidays, and are putting off getting websites until after Christmas.  The clients I do have, are dragging it on.  Not meeting deadlines... and I think it might have to do with not wanting to pay me before Christmas.   I've witnessed slow downs before, but nothing like this. 

    Christmas is coming up for me too, and taking a pay cut right now, wouldn't be good.  So, I figured I would try and find a part time job, that will allow me to get through Christmas without spending everything I have saved.  I have a pretty extensive general labour experience, but the industrial job market in this area has taken a huge shit because of the local John Deere plant moving to Mexico, this year.    I like general labour.  It's mindless, physically demanding, and the people you work with are often pretty nice.    But unfortunately, not too many employers would choose a 20 year old, 120lb female with a few years experience, over a 30-40 year old man who's been in this field for most of his life. And there's a lot of well experienced men, unemployed right now, in this area.

  So I guess it was time for a "career" change.   I applied at the local Call Centre, but that haven't called me back.  I've walked up and down my busy street to every store front, only to hear the same story.  "We're not hiring at the moment, we actually just cut hours here. Leave your resume, and I'll be sure to look into your application in the future".  So... I did what I never wanted to do, and that was..  Go to apply at Tim Hortons.

 I went in there, bright and early this morning.  I approached the smiling lady at the counter, and asked for an application form.  Her expression changed from "How can I help you? :)"  to  "I'm going to make your life a living hell, bitch, just you wait!" in a blink of an eye.  Two other  female workers heard me, and turned there heads to look me up and down.  The guy waiting in line behind me saw this, and actually laughed.  My throat became dry, and my instincts told me to high tail it out of there.   The lady sighed, reached under the counter, and ripped me off an application from the notepad of lost hope.  I thanked her - she grunted a "yuh".    As I walked out, there was a girl who was washing the door windows.  She looked at me, smiliing.  Looked down at the application in my hand, and gave me the once over with her dirty look of hatered, that I swear I could have slapped off her.

 GAWD I HATE BITCHES! Every time I walk into a work environment of mostly women, it's hell on Earth.  Every one of them is out to get you, and to have you fired, whether or not your friends with them.  As soon as you leave, they talk shit about you to all of the other gossip whores you work with. 

  One time I worked at a mail sorting plant, and most of the staff were women.   There was one girl in particular.  Her Aunt was the Health and Safety rep. but it might as well have been her, as she narc'd on everyone, especially the temps.  If your shoes didn't look like they were steel toes, she would tell on you to the highest supervisor she could, and listen in or even stand there, when you were being investigated. 

  Because we used elastic bands, we needed to use safety glasses.  One day, I mentioned it to the person I was working with (a guy), that it was funny to imagine the meeting they had about whether or not they should make people wear them.  The bitch over heard this, and narced me out to health and safety.  I was pulled aside, and was told that I was creating a "toxic work environment" and it would be appreciated if I didn't mock the safety regulations.  I agreed and went on to my work.  While using the "bander" for the first time, and failing, she and another worker actually pointed and laughed at me. They snickered, and huddled together, talking shit, as if it were Grade 8.  The next day, while the bitch was playing her Avril Lavienge radio station really loud, and talking over everyone, she mentioned her disgust for lesbians.  "How could any girl want that?  It's digusting! It's wrong!"  I heard this while working on the other side of the plant, being careful to what I say, as that bitch might narc me out again.   Me, being bisexual, and good friends with more than 5 lesbian and gay couples, was having none of it.  I'm 5"3, and she was at least 6 foot tall. I walked over to her and the supervisor she was talking with at the time, and said: "Listen, you of all people should be aware that, what you say here, can be held against you.  It's important that you be aware, that not everyone will agree with your hate for some people, and their choices. Those types of opinions are best left outside of the workplace."   She was shocked.  She stormed out calling me a carpet muncher. At break, she was sitting in her car, still unable to keep her mouth shut, bitching to the poor soul at the other end of the line of the phone call she was having.    Later that shift, I was told that I was being fired for causing a scene.  No big deal. I was going to quit anyway. Since then,  I've never been excited to work somewhere with all women.  I've only worked with one other female that I could stand, since that incident.  (Granny, she was the shit!)

I don't know what I should do with my application to Timmies, as I fear it might land me in jail, or worst... hired.  I don't think I could learn drive-thru with 5-6 pmsing cunts waiting for me to fuck up, so I can be the topic of gossip during my one and only smoke  break.  But, I need a job, and you can't always pick who you work with.   I don't know what I should do.