*flails*

Squeeeeeeee!

*runs about*

*flails*

*flaps*

Eeeeeeeeeee!

I got a call from Kay! A telephone call!

Eeeeee!

Granted, I wasn't home so the poor fellow had to leave a message, but still! :D


Kay! Email me your number? I wanna call you back now! :D (Hmm... must check with phone company to make sure they don't charge me an arm and a leg for overseas calls...)

I feel all warm and fuzzy and special now... :)

Did I mention I love it when my friends from overseas call me?

I like it when local people call too, of course. ;)

Then again, I'm almost never near my phone. *sigh* Must figure out way around that. I'm probably going to have a second phone line installed for my work, since I can't really afford to miss calls while I'm free-lancing...

*flails*

Squeeeeeeee!

*runs about*

*flails*

*flaps*

Eeeeeeeeeee!

I got a call from Kay! A telephone call!

Eeeeee!

Granted, I wasn't home so the poor fellow had to leave a message, but still! :D


Kay! Email me your number? I wanna call you back now! :D (Hmm... must check with phone company to make sure they don't charge me an arm and a leg for overseas calls...)

I feel all warm and fuzzy and special now... :)

Did I mention I love it when my friends from overseas call me?

I like it when local people call too, of course. ;)

Then again, I'm almost never near my phone. *sigh* Must figure out way around that. I'm probably going to have a second phone line installed for my work, since I can't really afford to miss calls while I'm free-lancing...

Minor work annoyance

This company advertised in La Presse that they wanted a translator. English to French. Salary would range between $46, 000 to $90, 000 a year.

Too good to be true, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

It's a large Toronto-based firm called All Languages. Spoke with Mr. Maurice Penzo, who made it clear to me from the start that he didn't want me. Kept insisting that it would be "a problem" for me to move to Toronto. Well, yes it would be a problem, but for $90, 000 a year I'd swing it, you know? Then he started insisting that I didn't write French as well as English. Umm, hi asshole: we've been speaking English the whole time. How do you know what my French is like?

Then he told me I'd have to pass a test in Toronto, and if I didn't pass I wouldn't get the job. Of course they don't pay transportation to Toronto, so that's a minimum of $200 that I don't have.

It sounds like one of those sweatshops that my friend Christine works for who work her to the bone and thus actually underpay her even though her salary is reasonably impressive.

In conclusion, they can bite me.

Minor work annoyance

This company advertised in La Presse that they wanted a translator. English to French. Salary would range between $46, 000 to $90, 000 a year.

Too good to be true, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

It's a large Toronto-based firm called All Languages. Spoke with Mr. Maurice Penzo, who made it clear to me from the start that he didn't want me. Kept insisting that it would be "a problem" for me to move to Toronto. Well, yes it would be a problem, but for $90, 000 a year I'd swing it, you know? Then he started insisting that I didn't write French as well as English. Umm, hi asshole: we've been speaking English the whole time. How do you know what my French is like?

Then he told me I'd have to pass a test in Toronto, and if I didn't pass I wouldn't get the job. Of course they don't pay transportation to Toronto, so that's a minimum of $200 that I don't have.

It sounds like one of those sweatshops that my friend Christine works for who work her to the bone and thus actually underpay her even though her salary is reasonably impressive.

In conclusion, they can bite me.