OT - Amazing story about helpful people and incredible luck

"badwilson" wrote in message
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Great news, I got a job today! I'm so excited!
Here's the whole story of how it happened. It couldn't have been
easier!

Wonderful news indeed, many congratulations!!!

As a wine conoisseur of many, many years standing, I can't think of a
better way to spend your time than in the company of happy fellow
imbibers

I wish you great joy in it, and hope Vino won't be too miffed by your
absences.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

Wonderful news indeed, many congratulations!!!

Congratulations indeed!

This past week I was offered a teaching job giving instruction to
workers who were injured on the job, are on workers' comp, and now need
training (like high school equivalency or computer training) to get new
jobs that won't make their injuries worse.

It is a good week on this list!

--Fil

I've always judged the desirability of a job in part by the likely mood of
the customers. I wouldn't like to work in a medical or dental or legal
office for example.

Taxes weren't too bad as people were just to grateful to have someone else
dealing with it for them.

But a winery would have to rank very high for pleasant happy customers.
Better than a bar cause you wouldn't get the repeat drunks. Just mostly
those out for a pleasant day. My sister would just love your job, but
likely wouldn't last the week. A bit too fond of her wine.

Jo

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Great news, I got a job today! I'm so excited!
Here's the whole story of how it happened. It couldn't have been easier!
Dennis and I have been driving around the area a bit looking a houses
trying to get ideas for what kind of house we want to build. We found
this one house we really liked and pulled over and I got out and took
some pics. I was very embarrassed when I noticed that the people
inside could see me and were watching us.
We went back home and noticed that the pics of the house didn't turn
out all that well because there were too many trees out front. So
Dennis decided we should go back and knock on their door and ask if we
can look at it. So that's what we did.
The lady was home and she's British and they have been here for 3
years. They designed the house themselves and she was very flattered
that we were interested in it. She said she remembered us as being
the picture takers from the week before. They had said to each other
either "they really like it or they hate it".
She invited us in and gave us a tour of the whole house, told us all
about the building company, etc, even told us exactly how much it
cost. Then she gave us a photocopy of the plans to the house (which
they had made themselves and it took them a year to design). The
house is a bit on the big side for us, so we plan to re-design it,
chopping off
several bedrooms and making it a mirror image to accommodate the garage
and entrance to fit the layout of our land.
Then she gave us 2 bottles of wine from the winery where her husband
is an accountant. We were just blown away by the friendliness! Above
and beyond, for sure! Mind you, everyone we've met around here has
been the same way. When going to stores, it's hard to get out because
everyone's so chatty.
Anyway, 2 days after we had visited this lady and the house, I got a
call on my cellphone from this winery where her husband works. Seems
they are looking for someone and had heard from these people with the
house
that I was going to be looking for cellar door work soon. Well, I ended
up
going in there this morning for an interview and they hired me on the
spot! Woo!
I'm going to pour wine to tasters and talk about it with them, also make
cappuccinos, etc, for the people who are driving.
They are all really casual and friendly, the winery (Swings and
Roundabouts) is small and fairly new. They have a nice location in a
rammed earth building on the northern part of Caves Road. It's 35 km
from our house, but it's a nice scenic drive, so I'm sure it will be
fine. They are going to pay me what seems like a great wage to
me, considering I haven't made a cent in 5 years! I'm starting
tomorrow and they want me to work on weekends and a couple of days a
week. Perfect. I can't wait to find out what sorts of staff
discounts they have on their wine, but will wait an appropriate amount
of time to broach the subject ;-)
Anyway, enough about that. Just had to spread my good news, I'm so
excited, my first job in half a decade!!!
The work hours are very civilized, 10-5, so I'm sure I'll be able to keep
up with the NG no problem. I'm so glad I got a job, Dennis is heading out
to work again for 4 weeks starting on Tuesday. Was feeling like I might
be a little bit adrift now that we're all settled in. But now I have a
job and a purpose :-)
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

badwilson wrote:

Great news, I got a job today! I'm so excited! [snip]

What a great job, congratulations! Sounds like fun.

Have you seen the movie "Sideways"? You might enjoy it, it's all about
wineries, and one of the main characters has a similar job.

Joyce

On 2006-06-02, badwilson penned:
Great news, I got a job today!

Nice! Sounds like a great fit for you. And you must have really
impressed the couple whose house you admired.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2006-06-02, Enfilade penned:

This past week I was offered a teaching job giving instruction to
workers who were injured on the job, are on workers' comp, and now
need training (like high school equivalency or computer training) to
get new jobs that won't make their injuries worse.

Congrats, Fil!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Congratulations. Sound like you live in really friendly place. You picked
well.

Yowie
(Now I have even more of a reason to come and visit!!!)

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Great news, I got a job today! I'm so excited!
Here's the whole story of how it happened. It couldn't have been easier!
Dennis and I have been driving around the area a bit looking a houses
trying to get ideas for what kind of house we want to build. We found
this one house we really liked and pulled over and I got out and took
some pics. I was very embarrassed when I noticed that the people
inside could see me and were watching us.
We went back home and noticed that the pics of the house didn't turn
out all that well because there were too many trees out front. So
Dennis decided we should go back and knock on their door and ask if we
can look at it. So that's what we did.
The lady was home and she's British and they have been here for 3
years. They designed the house themselves and she was very flattered
that we were interested in it. She said she remembered us as being
the picture takers from the week before. They had said to each other
either "they really like it or they hate it".
She invited us in and gave us a tour of the whole house, told us all
about the building company, etc, even told us exactly how much it
cost. Then she gave us a photocopy of the plans to the house (which
they had made themselves and it took them a year to design). The
house is a bit on the big side for us, so we plan to re-design it,
chopping off
several bedrooms and making it a mirror image to accommodate the garage
and entrance to fit the layout of our land.
Then she gave us 2 bottles of wine from the winery where her husband
is an accountant. We were just blown away by the friendliness! Above
and beyond, for sure! Mind you, everyone we've met around here has
been the same way. When going to stores, it's hard to get out because
everyone's so chatty.
Anyway, 2 days after we had visited this lady and the house, I got a
call on my cellphone from this winery where her husband works. Seems
they are looking for someone and had heard from these people with the
house
that I was going to be looking for cellar door work soon. Well, I ended
up
going in there this morning for an interview and they hired me on the
spot! Woo!
I'm going to pour wine to tasters and talk about it with them, also make
cappuccinos, etc, for the people who are driving.
They are all really casual and friendly, the winery (Swings and
Roundabouts) is small and fairly new. They have a nice location in a
rammed earth building on the northern part of Caves Road. It's 35 km
from our house, but it's a nice scenic drive, so I'm sure it will be
fine. They are going to pay me what seems like a great wage to
me, considering I haven't made a cent in 5 years! I'm starting
tomorrow and they want me to work on weekends and a couple of days a
week. Perfect. I can't wait to find out what sorts of staff
discounts they have on their wine, but will wait an appropriate amount
of time to broach the subject ;-)
Anyway, enough about that. Just had to spread my good news, I'm so
excited, my first job in half a decade!!!
The work hours are very civilized, 10-5, so I'm sure I'll be able to keep
up with the NG no problem. I'm so glad I got a job, Dennis is heading out
to work again for 4 weeks starting on Tuesday. Was feeling like I might
be a little bit adrift now that we're all settled in. But now I have a
job and a purpose :-)
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Enfilade wrote:
Wonderful news indeed, many congratulations!!!

Congratulations indeed!

This past week I was offered a teaching job giving instruction to
workers who were injured on the job, are on workers' comp, and now
need training (like high school equivalency or computer training) to
get new jobs that won't make their injuries worse.

It is a good week on this list!

--Fil

Hey, congrats! That's great! It is a good week indeed
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Marina wrote:
badwilson wrote:
But
now I have a job and a purpose :-)

That's amazing, Britta! Congratulations! Everything just seems to come
together for you. Wow.

Shhhh! Don't say that too loud. Dennis and I are shaking our heads
about it too.
--
Britta ---- knocking on wood

Yes, compared with the mood of the customers of my previous job, this
will be really great! At Minolta, I only ever walked into the tense
atmosphere of an office with a broken copier. Stressed out folks with a
deadline, blaming you for their machine not working. Crawling around on
hands and knees in the hallway where they keep the copier, while people
are stepping over you. Ugh. I will not miss it a bit!
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album


Jo Firey wrote:
I've always judged the desirability of a job in part by the likely
mood of the customers. I wouldn't like to work in a medical or
dental or legal office for example.

Taxes weren't too bad as people were just to grateful to have someone
else dealing with it for them.

But a winery would have to rank very high for pleasant happy
customers. Better than a bar cause you wouldn't get the repeat
drunks. Just mostly those out for a pleasant day. My sister would
just love your job, but likely wouldn't last the week. A bit too
fond of her wine.
Jo

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Great news, I got a job today! I'm so excited!
Here's the whole story of how it happened. It couldn't have been
easier! Dennis and I have been driving around the area a bit looking
a houses trying to get ideas for what kind of house we want to
build. We found this one house we really liked and pulled over and
I got out and took some pics. I was very embarrassed when I noticed
that the people inside could see me and were watching us.
We went back home and noticed that the pics of the house didn't turn
out all that well because there were too many trees out front. So
Dennis decided we should go back and knock on their door and ask if
we can look at it. So that's what we did.
The lady was home and she's British and they have been here for 3
years. They designed the house themselves and she was very flattered
that we were interested in it. She said she remembered us as being
the picture takers from the week before. They had said to each other
either "they really like it or they hate it".
She invited us in and gave us a tour of the whole house, told us all
about the building company, etc, even told us exactly how much it
cost. Then she gave us a photocopy of the plans to the house (which
they had made themselves and it took them a year to design). The
house is a bit on the big side for us, so we plan to re-design it,
chopping off
several bedrooms and making it a mirror image to accommodate the
garage and entrance to fit the layout of our land.
Then she gave us 2 bottles of wine from the winery where her husband
is an accountant. We were just blown away by the friendliness! Above
and beyond, for sure! Mind you, everyone we've met around
here has been the same way. When going to stores, it's hard to get
out
because everyone's so chatty.
Anyway, 2 days after we had visited this lady and the house, I got a
call on my cellphone from this winery where her husband works. Seems
they are looking for someone and had heard from these people with the
house
that I was going to be looking for cellar door work soon. Well, I
ended up
going in there this morning for an interview and they hired me on the
spot! Woo!
I'm going to pour wine to tasters and talk about it with them, also
make cappuccinos, etc, for the people who are driving.
They are all really casual and friendly, the winery (Swings and
Roundabouts) is small and fairly new. They have a nice location in a
rammed earth building on the northern part of Caves Road. It's 35 km
from our house, but it's a nice scenic drive, so I'm sure it will be
fine. They are going to pay me what seems like a great wage to
me, considering I haven't made a cent in 5 years! I'm starting
tomorrow and they want me to work on weekends and a couple of days a
week. Perfect. I can't wait to find out what sorts of staff
discounts they have on their wine, but will wait an appropriate
amount of time to broach the subject ;-)
Anyway, enough about that. Just had to spread my good news, I'm so
excited, my first job in half a decade!!!
The work hours are very civilized, 10-5, so I'm sure I'll be able to
keep up with the NG no problem. I'm so glad I got a job, Dennis is
heading out to work again for 4 weeks starting on Tuesday. Was
feeling like I might be a little bit adrift now that we're all
settled in. But now I have a job and a purpose :-)
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with
happiness overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album