if it’s not one thing, its another.

The recruiter called me today. I was supposed to start work on Monday but they're changing it to Wednesday. The IT manager wants to be there on my first day and he'll be out of the office Monday and Tuesday. That's fine by me. More time to be lazy :)

My drug tests results came back. My "sample was too watered down for any type of definitave result" so I have to go back and take another one. Watered down? They make it sound like I turned on the sink to fill the cup. This place that I went to... they didnt even have a sink in the room they sent me into and they had one of those toilets that only use water to flush. How could they think I'd cheat? Well, in fairness, they didnt actually SAY they thought I cheated but I dont know what else could be implied. I woke up at my normal time. I'd only drank 3 cups of coffee and half a glass of iced tea all day, and the test wasnt until 1:00! Thats 5 hours! How could this sample be watered down? Anyway, I have to go back on Tuesday and take another one. This time I've been advised to not drink anything all day. It's just more bullshit.

Speaking of bullshit. I got another email from those background checkers. This time they want (and I'm pasting the actual text here so I dont misquote them)

*Pay stub or 1099 indicating that you received income. XXXX(company name)XXXX asks that you supply documentation that shows both the starting and the ending dates of employment.

*Another contact name and number of an authorized party that is currently employed with the company that can verify your employment.

Now. 2 things wrong with this request. First, they want pay stubs from the day I was hired and another one from my last day of employment. Who keeps paystubs for that long? We're talking 2003 here. I dont have paystubs from 2003! The other thing wrong with this request is this... they KNOW the company filed for bankruptcy and closed their doors. Exactly who do they want to hear from? Nobody works there anymore!! I offered to give them names and numbers of people who worked there when I did but they dont want that. They're insisting on speaking to someone who still works there to testify that I used to work there. Arent my tax records and W2's enough??

What kind of Mickey Mouse operation are they running over there anyway? All they've done on their own is a credit check. A credit check that wasnt authorized by the way! Everything else they've needed to check on is being supplied by me. Exactly what are they getting paid for?

I cannot believe that I have to go through so much shit for a temp job.

Toyota called. They've finally gotten permission from the extended waranty department to replace my transmission. They're ordering a new trans today and hope to have my car fixed in the next few days. NEXT FEW DAYS?!!? If they ordered the trans today, they MIGHT have it in by Monday (probably Tuesday). Then a day or 2 to put it in. I have to start work on Wednesday at a job 33 miles away at 25 cents a mile. Not to mention the 35 a day they're charging me just to have the car. I've already had the car for 3 days and now including the weekend I'm looking at at least 4 or 5 more days until I get mine back. OK, the trans and labor are covered under the waranty so I wont have to pay for that. But where am I getting the money for this other stuff?

I need a drink :)