Worldly Chatter

Well, I bet you’re curious, did she get the job; does she have a place with Subway? Well after much stressing and waiting for the phone to ring for my second interview and even having lunch there, I got the call at two and was asked to come in! Instantly I had butterflies in my stomach! Was I going to get it after all? Despite the lack of Dutch and my damning age of 27, did I sell myself enough? I did, I did! I landed the job!

I went in there to have my second interview with someone else, the owner of the franchise! Nothing like having sweaty palms; I was as nervous as a person could be! He gave me a brief recap of what he had learned about me through Sander, manager and first interviewer, and asked me to tell him about Samantha, who was she? I did the best I could. I poured it on the table as smoothly as I could, gave him the best impression of myself and my abilities despite my chronic shyness trying to clam me up. He liked my answers and honesty. He appreciated my knowledge of restaurants and how things work when it comes to fast food work. He really liked my eagerness to be management but honest enough to say I thought I should learn the store, its procedures and Dutch a little better before I went and dived into something like that. Come on, would I be a good manager in Hilversum with less than basic knowledge of Dutch to talk to the employees. So, yeah that was why I said yes but not yet.

So you know my studies start in ten days! Well, private study already. We went out and bought Dutch study books after I got the news so I can start ASAP. However Dutchie is getting a month free in lessons of her choice so she chose Dutch and if we are happy, we pay monthly for me to kick butt in this language! Awesome right!

I am so excited! I will show them I can do this. I can improve my Dutch and kick butt at Subway! I have stability and I want to wallow in it! I will show them and me that I can get a permanent contract with them! Oh yeah! No more temp agency for me! Subway! Eat Fresh!

Bad picture but you get the idea! (really bad! makes my head look small!) if you forgot how things work here, read this post, it will refresh your memory!

Worldly Chatter, Subway, Working in the Netherlands