I got up bright and early and hit the streets about half 9ish. places like you to pop in at the less busy times so as i has quite a lot of ground to cover it was pretty good to get an early start. i had my map in hand and about 30 resumes with me and off i went. I started looking in the area around my house - the west end. there was a few places i had researched etc and so started with them - some places weren't hiring or had just taken on their summer staff. unfort as ive been waitressing for quite a while i think ive got a bit fussy as to where i want to work, but theres lots of nice places here so it wasnt too bad. filled in a few applications, one for a place called the cactus club, its pretty snazzy but all the girls look like they are about to go for a photo shoot or a glam night out - dont think i have what it takes to be a cactus club girl. but the girl there was lovely no less and got me to fill out an apllication and said someone would be in touch by the end of this week. restaurants here pretty much want you to nearly beg for a job, for instance u hand in your resume, cover letter and application, then your supposed to call in or phone back a few days later and ask what they thought etc and then if you get offered an interview send a thank you note after - all rather official for just a waitressing job, but hey ho. if it has to be done il do it!!
about 12 i was planning on finishing up with one last place so went in and the girl was lovely, she gave me an application form, got me a glass of water for while i was filling it in and other servers came over and chatted and said hello while i was filling it in. then the supervisor came over and spoke to me and had a bit of an interview, i got the feeling she liked the sound of me as she said she had to get me to meet the manager before she could actaully hire me - so thats my plan for today! so fingers crossed! :)
I didnt want to just give up then though incase that fell through or whatever, so came back, stocked up on some food and hit the streets again after lunch. I went to the granville street and yaletown area. granville is one of the main shopping streets and yaletown is the yuppie area - ie pretty good place for niceeeee tips! handed out a few more cv's - people said they would call back etc etc and then went into one final place called the keg. I had an interview there and then and the guy was really nice! he gave me a tour of the restaurant (it has 2 floors and a rooftop patio) He said they have a meeting on a monday about taking on staff and so it would be next week before he got back to me. so that may be another option - fingers crossed! it would be nice to have a choice but also veryyy lucky so just have to see what happens. tho then deciding which to go for could be a right old dilemma as both places seemed really nice - time will tell!
at about 4ish i met up with grant and kerry and went on a flat viewing with them. we wandered about a bit and found a seat by the water. we all had pretty sore feet by now so it was nice to get a sit down. we decided to take ourselves out for some food so off we trotted to the gastown area - its kind of the touristy bit of vancouver, but really nice and has lots of character. we went to a place called the spaghetti factory which was yummy. some nice comforting pasta and there was free starters, bread, icecream, tea and coffee! all for $12 :) fabulous in my opinion!
after a bit more walking around it was time to call it a night but a fun day was had!
interview today and my feet are still sore from yesterdays adventures, think the sun is going to come out today so a perfect excuse for the beach! :)
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