It’s the old saying “One door closes and another one opens”…and here I sit waiting for the other door to open, but I think I’m gonna have to kick some doors soon as my patience is running out!

Nah, seriously…I’ve found myself unemployed for the first time in over 15 years! The company for which I have worked for the last 7 years unfortunately chose to close their office doors and with it went my job (& that of 2 others).

I can certainly understand their need for closure as its best to save what little is left of their business and themselves. Its sad though…we were a great team and I wish them well, but of course…back to me…now I’m jobless and finding the whole ‘job seeking’ task quite an ordeal!

Once upon a time one would see an advertised position in the newspaper, write a cover letter, attach a resume and post it to the prospective employee then wait for the call for an interview or the “Dear John” letter. Oh how that has changed…

Now one must peruse the online job market daily,find positions of interest under the most unusual titles and hopefully local, complete an application form, address key selection criteria, write a brief cover letter and upload it along with ones curriculum vitae…all online, never to be seen again. Then with fingers crossed hope the application etc actually gets to the person it was intended for and not lost somewhere is cyberspace for all and sundry to read!

hmm…maybe I’m just getting old? Perhaps this old dog needs some new tricks (or at least training)

Let me know if you have a job available…I can do most anything and if I get desperate…most likely will

Did you know that the body has approximately 50,000 bacteria per square inch. These are harmless and beneficial to the skins protection and health.

But hands on the other hand (hmm…not sure thats grammatically correct!) come in contact with more foreign objects and pick up bacteria and germs by touching door knobs, telephones, toilet seats, shaking hands and by getting sneezed into or coughed upon…and THAT can be harmful to you.

Which brings me to my story of yesterday…I was leaving the local shopping centre when the trolley man loaded with a large line of supermarket trolleys stopped to blow his nose. Now whilst this was annoying to me as I was in a hurry and had to wait for him to move all the trolleys before I could exit the centre…it wasn’t a biggy UNTIL…

…he blew his snotty grotty nose into his hanky like a trumpet. Then he held it in his hand and proceeded to push the line of trolleys out of my way. Nice gesture except I was nearly vomiting at this stage as he did this with his snot ridden hanky still in hand. (on the handle of a public supermarket trolly!) OMG!!!

Now I can only hope people try to understand why I carry around my personal sanitiser and wont touch the railings on stairs or escalators. I mean who would know if there was snot or other disgusting bodily fluids on them, or even on the next supermarket trolley they push? (unless of course it was still wet…ewwww I’m cringing!)