Am I wrong?

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  • kwoodson94
    kwoodson94 Posts: 37
    I think you already know the answer or you wouldnt be having such indecision over it. Why waste your valuable time doing something you dont want to, and could even be dangerous, when you could spend that time looking elsewhere to something you are more suited to? Good luck either way!
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    If you have other options, never take a job you know you'll hate. Life is short and it's not worth wasting it. You have instincts; follow them.
  • mytime60
    mytime60 Posts: 176 Member
    Go with your gut feeling and don't take it. If you are that uncomfortable, it is not the job for you.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    My gut is SCREAMING to run, especially after one guy offered illegal drugs and another answered in his boxers and proceeded to tell the guy I was shadowing that he should have me do it, because I was "so pretty it would convince anyone". Creepy..

    I'm a female who knows how to repair computers. My friends all hound me to start my own business fixing people's home PCs. Fear of things like this is the exact reason i won't.

    edited for spelling. :grumble:
  • BehindBlueEyes988
    BehindBlueEyes988 Posts: 433
    My gut is SCREAMING to run, especially after one guy offered illegal drugs and another answered in his boxers and proceeded to tell the guy I was shadowing that he should have me do it, because I was "so pretty it would convince anyone". Creepy..

    I'm a female who knows how to repair computers. My friends all hound me to start my own business fixing people's home PCs. Fear of things like this is the exact reason i won't.

    edited for spelling. :grumble:

    I hear ya. I was just making sure I wasn't just overreacting to all this. My mind just thinks "hey, someone can grab you and no one will know!" My crazy brain.

    And I always edit for spelling or grammar!
  • stinkpurty
    stinkpurty Posts: 148
    I once worked for a company that tracked what TV shows people watched (Most everyone in the US will know who this company is). I basically had to go to people's houses and convince them to let this company track what they watched on TV. It was fine for a while, but then a some guy doing the same job as me in my area quit and I got re-assigned to his "territory." When I first started working in this area, I always got suspicious looks from the residents (most likely because my company car looked like a cop car). I tried my best to positive, but the first time I was driving in that area and I saw someone pull a gun and start shooting at someone, I called my boss and told him that this area was way too dangerous for anyone (male or female) to be in and that this job was not worth taking a bullet for. He did agree with my concerns, but his hands were tied as the company really didn't care if the area was dangerous or not. They just wanted their data. I ended up quitting a few weeks later. I couldn't take the stress.
  • jb852013
    jb852013 Posts: 116
    I would not go back. I tried going door to door selling security alarms. It didn't work so well for me. And if you have a gut feeling that tells you not to take the job then you need to listen to it.
  • BehindBlueEyes988
    BehindBlueEyes988 Posts: 433
    So everyone knows the ending, they called yesterday and I told them thank you, but no thanks. I can find something else in the city
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    Nevermind.
  • Briko3
    Briko3 Posts: 266 Member
    Sorry if this seems a little whiny or picky. But I've been debating this all day. I applied for a job recently, got a second interview today and a day of observing. I'm pretty sure they are calling to offer a job tomorrow, but here is where my issue starts.

    The job is nothing I'd like. They were very vague on everything up until today, but to put it shortly, it's a job at a consulting firm where when you start you literally walk around to people's houses and random towns trying to convince them to sign up for this tv/internet package. The pay is..ehh, no better right now then I'm getting at my internship, but I am not at ALL comfortable walking around to random people's houses all day (2-8 at night).

    I mean, I like to thing I'm strong for my size, but regardless I'm only 5'2" and MAYBE 138lbs now. And after my first day I'd be alone. Walking around dirt road towns. Knocking on doors. With no cars around. It literally SCARES me to take a job like that. I know it's a crap economy and I should take what I can get, but this seems so terrible for me, and possibly hazardous. I've just been wondering, will I be wrong to turn them down?

    If you're interested in sales and you are good at it, it will never be hard for you to find a job. (and probably one that pays a lot better than they are willing of offer)
  • BehindBlueEyes988
    BehindBlueEyes988 Posts: 433
    It wasn't the sale part, it was the door to door thing. I'm really not interested in sales, I was looking for a decent job until I could get what I really like. Seems GIS jobs are few and far between
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    I wouldn't go door to door alone, especially after dark, in neighborhoods where I don't know the people!
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    no way in hell
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    go with yur gut!

    The gut is rarely wrong.
  • Briko3
    Briko3 Posts: 266 Member
    It wasn't the sale part, it was the door to door thing. I'm really not interested in sales, I was looking for a decent job until I could get what I really like. Seems GIS jobs are few and far between

    That's the point. This was a sales job. If you are going to do something you don't like doing, at least do it in a job that pays better.

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