friend got hired at a dream job that i got rejected from a week prior
I F19 have been looking to be a serving job for some months. i have two years of experience, and just left my old serving job in hopes of getting more hours. i’ve applied to 40+ places (half online half in person) being sent left and right. i’ve had countless interviews. My dream is to become a bartender despite little experience. My friend, K, F17, started looking for a job some weeks ago. she looked at camp places, and i helped her find a hostess job that pays hourly. She called me a few days ago and told me found a second job. This extremely high end Brazilian restaurant that will pay excellently and gave her the busiest hours.The problem? I applied to that restaurant exactly one week before hand, and they told me they are not hiring. I told them I have experience and they insisted they nor any of their other locations are interested.
I can’t understand why my friend got this job over me. She has zero job experience, she isn’t even old enough to work behind a bar and yet they put in her training that she is going to be trained behind the bar as well as on the floor? This job was my dream, and as happy as I am for her I am also unbelievably jealous. She even texted me saying how “it’s horrible” because she got so many hours and “she didn’t sign up for this”. she even told me i have to “teach her how to make the drinks!” i love her to death but it is driving me insane how undeserved and unwarranted she got this job, and then just texts me complaining about it. I wanted this so badly, and I fear i’m not going to get it. All i want is a job.
Edit: to clarify a few things;
- i left my job before securing a new one just because my old job was so toxic. i still live with my family so me finding a new job immediately is not life or death, and i really couldn’t handle staying any longer.
- a lot of people are asking if my friend is pretty/prettier then me, i would say yes. i’m fairly overweight and she is brazilian and likes to put on makeup.
- this vent post has helped me get motivation to continue applying, and of course hold no resentment over my friend. i am going to apply to their other location and keep trying!