The ones who give us a chance

There are some people that we are thankful for giving us a chance in hiring us because others just wont without experience. Sometimes when we least expected, our luck returned our hard work. Once we are given the chance, we feel like we can do anything in order to return the gesture. Even though, our greatest potentials are some of the time ignored. This happened to me a while ago.
Recently, I applied for a job in a place that would have been my experience in the hospitality industry. I called the manager and right away an interview was scheduled. I thought, wow, this is really happening. I went to the interview, filled out an application, and spoke to the interviewee. That day was a Friday. I was hired on the spot and wanted to start right away not only on that one place, but in another one as well, which could have been a great hospitality experience as well. I was excited that I was given the chance to finally shine as a metaphor to this happiness I felt. By completing my interview, I told the interviewee that I had three weeks before finishing my semester and then I could start full time. The interviewee said, “Okay.”
Saturday came and the interviewee called me asking if I could go to work at a specific time. I wanted to so bad but I could not due to my studies. I told him that I have three weeks left and then I will be available to work. He apologized and said again, “Okay.”
During those three weeks, exams and finals go by, and I decided to give the manager who is also my interviewee a call to see if everything was still okay with my position. I spoke to him and he said when I am available to work, to give him a call. Three weeks pass and I call him the day of my last final.
I call him and no one picks up. That was a Friday again. I called him again and when he picked up, he told me to call him in half an hour. Half an hour rolls by and I call him again, this time he doesn’t pick up and so I left a message. I call him Saturday (I believe) and he picks up the phone and says that he will call me in forty minutes. Sunday rolls by, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday comes and he calls. I speak to him and he tells me that I have to tell him right away if I want the job or not. That week I called him and called him, left messages and no call back. Finally when he picks up and asks what I intend to do, I tell him that I called Saturday and he had said to call me back in forty minutes and in the end I receive no call back. He simply says, “I got that” and asks if I want the job or not. I said no right away and he thanked me and hanged up.
Now, many of you might be asking yourselves why I said, “No” but I had my reasons. I did not want to be manipulated anymore. I called him when I said I would be available and waited by the phone for a call back. It seems that when he needed me, he called. I do not need to put down my reputation and be stepped on all the time because someone gave me a chance. I too am an individual who needs to be treated with respect as everyone else. I believe I have done the right thing, even if I blew my opportunity.