Phone Call.

Well, I was at work last night and after performing my combined mahgrib and isha prayers (evening and night prayers.I had to combine them;it was a busy night!) I hurried back to my work area and started to operate the forklift again. I just then realized I had a missed call. It was a number I did not recognize.

Usually I ignore these, but it looked like a private number and I thought "what the heck."

I called the number back and the person on the other end seemed rather surprised. The conversation ran something along the lines of this:

Him: "Hello?"
Me: "Hello."
Him: "Yes?Who is this?"
Me: (thinking to myself 'you called me!')"Yes hello,I just found this missed call on my phone and thought I'd call it back."
Him: (the hesitation that suggests confusion)"Oh...well, I had called a few people about their resumes;did you send one in to us?"
Me:(???) "I don't know...I may have; my name is Mark DaSacco,who is this?"
Him:"My name is Bobby. Oh! It looks like your school sent me the resume."

At least now we were getting somewhere.

"Ah yes"I said"that's probably it."

He told me he was sorry he called so late but he had gotten the resumes late (it was nearly 7:45p.m.).He didn't sound too enthusiastic. He said he was calling to see what kind of experience I had. I could tell by his voice that he must have taken a closer look at my resume and realized I had no business experience.

Him: "Can you talk now,or is this a bad time?"
Me: "Well I'm at work right now; could I call you back tomorrow?"
Him: "Yeah that would be fine. So, you're at work right now?"
Me: "Yes"I said. "I'm on the forklift right now."I added.

He suddenly seemed interested.

Him: "Oh...you drive forklifts...?"
Me: "Yes."
Him: "What type? Large? Small?"
Me: (thinking 'Big or small, I drive them all!') I said "Yeah,all kinds. I drive all types of forklifts and heavy equipment type stuff"
Him: "Oh yes? Hmm."
Me: "Yes...yeah, I've been driving forklifts for about 20 years. Just went back to school to try to learn to do something different."
Him: "Yes. Well, I don't want to keep you from your work. Give me a call tomorrow."
Me: "Okay! About what time?"
Him: "Uhhhm, make it for after lunch; I'm going to be pretty busy up 'till then."
Me: "Okay(I had no idea when 'lunch' was for him),so maybe after noon or something like that?"
Him: "Yeah, that'd be great! We'll talk about your resume...and I think we might also have some forklift positions open too."
Me "Great! I hope to talk to you again tomorrow! Uh, your name again?"
Him: "Bobby."
Me: "Okay,thank you very much! Goodbye."
Him: "No problem. Goodbye."

So it would appear I at least have a decent opportunity to check out another forklift job if not an office position. I will be bringing both resumes if I get called for an interview, insha Allah. Here's hoping for the best, and hopefully a better job will come out of this!

And oh yeah, one more teensy little thing...



In my excitement, I didn't even ask what the name of the company was! Haha!