So, after Friday’s awful drive home from Chicago (2.5 hours of sleep + 14 hour drive = BAD!) the last thing I wanted to do was jump int he car and drive some more. But drive I did, departing Sunday afternoon for Gastonia, North Carolina (conveniently located about 20 miles west of Charlotte). I spent the night in a Courtyard By Marriott which, though relatively undistinguished, at least had high-speed broadband in the hotel room.
This morning I woke up at 6 AM, cleaned the grease stains out of my dress shirt (well, maybe that’s why those cleaners were so cheap…), re-ironed my dress shirt, put on the rest of my suit and packed everything else into the car. I was at Noveon at 8:50 AM. The interview there seemed to go well – I had answers for all the questions they asked, my lack of experience in their specific technology didn’t seem to be a probolem, and I seemed to get along reasonably well with my potential bosses. I should know if they are interested in me by the end of next week, or so.
More to talk about, but I’m too tired. Maybe tomorrow.
Good luck, Duncan *HUG*
Now are these grease stains they failed to get out of your dress shirt, or brand new grease stains they managed to apply to your shirt while it was under their care? If it’s the latter, that’s pretty darn impressive. Dry cleaning is hungry work, I suppose, and there are some good places for hot dogs and fries nearby…
No, they were grease stains applied by the cleaners, oddly enough. The stains were on the front of the shirt, near where the sleeves join; it looked like it had been dragged lightly across oiled metal rails. Fortunately, a vigorous application of Shout took most of it out, and a run throught he wash should improve things even more.
I think I may not use that cleaners again…