Failure - New and Improved!

Okay, a slightly dramatic title I'll admit. Failure might be a bit generous. But frustrating to be sure.

One of my new "angles" I've been trying to work, is responding to Craigslist ads for "Extra/Backround" work. The thought of Craigslist alone should probably make people's skin crawl to begin with. It is a place where Obi Wan's words of warning definitely apply. “Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”

But, young and innocent (read: foolish), I thought I was actually starting to make some headway when I got a call back from an Emerald City Model and Talent Agency. They wanted to bring me in for an "interview" complete with changes of clothes and different "looks" and the whole bit. I clearly should have researched them a bit more before I got my hopes up, but, I didn't. Lesson learned.

I moved around an Unemployment Class, which I know have to show up for at 9 am next week, all so I could drive all the way out to Edmonds for this interview. Personal aside, Edmonds, Washington, is a bitch to drive through. Pretty place, right on the water, but a bitch to navigate. After getting lost for a half hour, I finally find the Office Park their office is located in.

I hate the idea of Office Parks. Hey, let's have a place where all the business can be clustered together and impossible to find. That sounds great for the bottom line.

Anyway, after wandering around the office park for awhile, I narrow it down to the right building. I wander around the building for awhile, and still can't find their office. I finally take the time to look up the place on my phone, and find out that 8 out of the 12 reviews are all horrible, and call the place a scam. And the 4 that give high praise, really sound fake and made up.

I finally find their office. It is the shadiest, crappiest looking place I've ever seen. I don't even bother to call back. I just leave. Needless to say, I didn't get a call inquiring about why I missed the appointment.

Part of me thinks I should have gone in and heard them out, but I think when almost a dozen people go out of their way to comment on how an Agency is a scam, then it's probably a scam.

Oh well, as I said, lesson learned.

Might have an opportunity for some Extra work this weekend. We'll see how it goes.