The New Job Postponed - my fault

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Had big problems getting to the new workplace in time. To be fair it was largely self-inflicted. The warehouse is very isolated a long way from the nearest public transport stop, and as it was 8 weeks since my interview and the job offer (with an unspecified start date), I was unsure which path was the best to reach the only staff entrance. On my previous visit I’d arrived by bus. This time I used the tram and the terrain looks very different. I ended up on a footpath that led past and round the warehouse. Seeing as I was running late I phoned in, but only hit an answering machine. In desperation I decided to cut across country, on marshy overgrown paths that were probably last stepped on by the druids. I eventually completed the arduous journey and found that my bag with much of my property in it had come off my shoulder in the undergrowth. As I was late anyway I searched for it for a while and then went into the warehouse through a ridiculously paranoid level of screening that makes me think they might be a cover for MI5. Passcards, two security officials, and in one area a retinal scan for the security men. The team preparing my induction were waiting at a table in the middle of an otherwise empty room the size of a gymnasium. I told them what had happened and that I really needed to find my bag again. I suggested they postpone my induction until they are taking on the next intake for the shift, which is a horrid four days on four days off pattern, for a part time role . They reluctantly agreed. I retraced my steps through the swamp-woods and after about an hour, feeling very thirsty, (my drinks for the day being in the bag) I finally spotted my bag buried under heather that seems to have virtually grown round it. I actually stood on the bag before I saw it, or I might not have ever found it. Horrible and now my mum will probably think I made up the whole interview story just to stop her baleful rant that I’m not searching hard enough for work. “”I’m 75 and I got in with Victim Support easily, so you should be able to find work even easier with your qualifications. Arthur Chappell