Tuesday, July 17, 2025
Another foggy, muggy day in Manhattan.
Last night was a bit of a heartbreaker spirit spirit-crushing for Michael. I came home actually in a good mood, not hangry at all, and I was able to maintain that attitude for most of the evening. Mike was excited and had some good news and a favor to ask, so I asked him what the good news was.
He told me that he had a job offer for a company that was asking for $65 to train him and a job that he could start right away. That sounded fishy to me, and I did some research on this position. There’s a company down on Beaver Street in the financial district named SCNY. I looked up SCNY and didn’t find much information at all.
Michael had been communicating with them via text, so I jumped into the text and communicated on behalf of Michael. I asked them what SCNY stands for, and they replied Just that SCNY. I mentioned that if it were an acronym, what do the letters stand for? They replied INTERVIEW CANCELLED. Apparently, I asked too many questions for their satisfaction and hindered their attempts to prey upon employment seekers who may be desperate and might have $65 to throw away.
So Mike was a little upset with that, but it was just for his own good and my own wallet, since he was going to ask me for the $65. And like yesterday, today I am sending him as many job postings as I can, not really researching them myself but looking through them and forwarding to him.
I have been on him, or in Mike’s words, hounding him, to go to the library near his house and get a library card. If he gets a library card, he can sign up for computer classes at the library since his computer skills aren’t that good. He’s impressed with my computer skills, and I’m impressed with Bill’s computer skills. Mike just has a ways to go before he can get on board.
I feel awful about the situation that he’s put himself in, he acted hastily and now he’s paying the consequences for it, and all the pieces are up in the air, and who knows where they will land. He’s in a state of desperation, and he has to take any job that he can get because he has no prospects and there’s no safety net like unemployment helping him out.
I actually fear for him and his well-being, and I really want him to get a job, a good job, but any job will do for now.
Well, I just got off the phone with Bill, and he’s going to call up Mike to check in on him cuz Bill is also concerned.
And then there was the visit from Stevie, who works in the other office where I started. He was set to tour the offices where I’m at, and it was supposed to come with our boss Yancey, but Yancey canceled it, but Stevie did not know. So I basically had to babysit Steven for a few hours this morning, and we don’t really get along. We’re like oil and water or as the British say, chalk and cheese.