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Cars, Interviews & Life in General.
Dec. 6th, 2012 06:43 pm Alright sorry for the long wait everyone. I've been busy with my son's doctors, looking for work and other things that happen in our daily lives. But first let me stop and say there is a lot of unexpected 'common' courtesies, respect and overall niceness. I live in the city of San Antonio and over all it's a big city that still likes to think it's a small town despite ranking among America's top ten big cities. Our metro system of getting around isn't prefect but it's here and it can be a pain for a single mother hauling the stroller on and off the bus. What I've seen even in not-so-crowded buses where people are eager for you to get off the bus, is that people are willing to open the door, hold the baby, or even hold the stroller.
I've found that with others, someone's willing to give up a seat to the elderly even if it's in the back, I've noticed that more often than not that gentlemen hold the back door open for women, elderly and children. I've also found that with profound patience most are willing to wait for the children to sit down before walking further toward the back. Sometimes I'll see a young person willing to help the elderly with bags or the walker.
This surprises me sometimes because its kind of rare to see it sometimes. Everyone's pretty busy with their day and going about their errands or doing whatever they have to do. Yet, they'll stop pick up someone's receipt and yell, 'hey you dropped this!' Or if its of more importance rush after the person to make sure they get whatever they dropped. With Christmas and Winter coming this niceness seems to become even more evident. Just the other day I saw someone who handed someone else a transfer. Said she was gettin' off anyway and didn't want the young woman to become stranded with no way to get home.
Another paid for someone else's bus fare. You might not think that $1.25 or even .15 cents is much but to someone who doesn't make a lot of money or doesn't get enough that's a lot.
I'm still on for my interview with Nationwide tomorrow and I hope I nail it. I'm still waiting for a background check with Indus, an IT firm for the federal government to get back with me. I've applied at 'The Hartford,' and I've also applied at Wells Fargo and some other companies for a nice paycheck of at least 11$ an hour. I'm not willing to go for less, well yes, but in all seriousness. I can't afford less than that.
Moving on into cars, I'm exploring the hatchbacks.
I love them, their compact and sporty. I've been looking into the Chevy Sonic today, went by a dealership, explained that I'm in no way ready to buy or test drive. The salesman was still nice enough to show me the Sonics in-stock and talk about what I was looking for. We exchanged some car knowledge and took a look at Sonics and Cruzes. I liked them both, but fell in love with the Spark.
It's just me and my son so I don't need a huge vehicle. I also don't have money to waste on the sports cars, but knowing that there are nifty little sports packages for the Sonic and Cruze makes me happy but the Spark was very roomy on the inside and while yes there's a little sway when the salesman drove it around the lot. It's a tiny car, in city of Trucks and SUVs, it's gonna sway. Luckily it's not horrible, and the Spark is roomy in the back, which is kinda shocking when you look at it. I call it a clown car because there's no way you'd think anything would fit, and then it does.
I was looking at cars in the B-Spec, which goes to the Sonic, Fiesta, Yaris, Versa, Fit, Rio5, and Mazda2. I may however now look at those and others. I've got appointments with some other dealerships, I'll be heading over to Nissan for a look at the Sentra and Juke since the Versa doesn't sit well with me. I'm working on an appointment to look at the Mazda2, 3 and the Rio5. I'll also be heading over to Ford to look at the Focus and Fiesta, in their Titanium and SE/ST packages. I'll give a status report when it happens!
I've found that with others, someone's willing to give up a seat to the elderly even if it's in the back, I've noticed that more often than not that gentlemen hold the back door open for women, elderly and children. I've also found that with profound patience most are willing to wait for the children to sit down before walking further toward the back. Sometimes I'll see a young person willing to help the elderly with bags or the walker.
This surprises me sometimes because its kind of rare to see it sometimes. Everyone's pretty busy with their day and going about their errands or doing whatever they have to do. Yet, they'll stop pick up someone's receipt and yell, 'hey you dropped this!' Or if its of more importance rush after the person to make sure they get whatever they dropped. With Christmas and Winter coming this niceness seems to become even more evident. Just the other day I saw someone who handed someone else a transfer. Said she was gettin' off anyway and didn't want the young woman to become stranded with no way to get home.
Another paid for someone else's bus fare. You might not think that $1.25 or even .15 cents is much but to someone who doesn't make a lot of money or doesn't get enough that's a lot.
I'm still on for my interview with Nationwide tomorrow and I hope I nail it. I'm still waiting for a background check with Indus, an IT firm for the federal government to get back with me. I've applied at 'The Hartford,' and I've also applied at Wells Fargo and some other companies for a nice paycheck of at least 11$ an hour. I'm not willing to go for less, well yes, but in all seriousness. I can't afford less than that.
Moving on into cars, I'm exploring the hatchbacks.
I love them, their compact and sporty. I've been looking into the Chevy Sonic today, went by a dealership, explained that I'm in no way ready to buy or test drive. The salesman was still nice enough to show me the Sonics in-stock and talk about what I was looking for. We exchanged some car knowledge and took a look at Sonics and Cruzes. I liked them both, but fell in love with the Spark.
It's just me and my son so I don't need a huge vehicle. I also don't have money to waste on the sports cars, but knowing that there are nifty little sports packages for the Sonic and Cruze makes me happy but the Spark was very roomy on the inside and while yes there's a little sway when the salesman drove it around the lot. It's a tiny car, in city of Trucks and SUVs, it's gonna sway. Luckily it's not horrible, and the Spark is roomy in the back, which is kinda shocking when you look at it. I call it a clown car because there's no way you'd think anything would fit, and then it does.
I was looking at cars in the B-Spec, which goes to the Sonic, Fiesta, Yaris, Versa, Fit, Rio5, and Mazda2. I may however now look at those and others. I've got appointments with some other dealerships, I'll be heading over to Nissan for a look at the Sentra and Juke since the Versa doesn't sit well with me. I'm working on an appointment to look at the Mazda2, 3 and the Rio5. I'll also be heading over to Ford to look at the Focus and Fiesta, in their Titanium and SE/ST packages. I'll give a status report when it happens!
