The Pyramid Scheme.

Do you know how much I hate pyramid schemes? I despise them. That's how much I hate them. I think that anyone who becomes involved in one is naive, and easily brainwashed. No, you're not entrepreneurial, you're just being fooled. I have experienced a few of these attempts to get me to join the dark side, and I have yet to falter. Mainly because I don't have the $399 star-up fee, but also because I am not THAT motivated. Why you ask? I don't feel like trying to drag my all friends or recent aquaintances into a new get-rich-quick-scheme. I don't want to make everyone I know hate me because I won't stop emailing and texting them about my exciting opportunity. I am normally a motivated person, and I try to be productive, but selling whatever product these "mentors" are trying to dupe people into buying, well that's not something I call entrepreneurial...

Take yesterday for example: I had a job interview. Yes, me, the girl who has been trying for almost a year to find a decent job. I went on Craiglist the other day and started sending out resumes, like I usually do. So I get an email response back from one of them, they were in need of an assistant. I figured, awesome, I am great at being an assistant, I did it for almost 4 years at my previous job; I got this; I can do this...

How wrong I was. Where shall I start? Ok, first of all, when I received the email, it said to confirm by text. So texted her, and said I could make it. Mind you, the meeting was to take place at a Starbucks...Anytime someone you have never met wants you to meet them at a Starbucks for an interview, just say no. Everytime that I have said yes to it, I meet brainwashed people, or just plain weirdos. And I'm not the only one, I know a couple other people who have had the same experiences. Nothing against Starbucks, I love them, it just seems like people who have no life decide they need to meet there on a regular basis. But I digress...After texting her, I didn't hear back from her, so the next day, I had basically forgotten about the whole thing. It wasn't until about an hour and 10 minutes before our meeting that she finally texted me back! So of course I think to myself, I can't back out of this, I've got to do it. So I rushed to get ready, I mean, in 20 minutes I had taken a shower, dried my hair, actually picked out something to wear, and even managed to get a little makeup on. I never ever get ready that fast, really, it's almost impossible. So then I was trying to print my resume with not much time to spare, and my God damned printer was not working! I finally got it to print, got my shit together, and ran out the door. Traffic was not bad, so I got there about 10 mintues early. Whew! Or so I thought...I called her. Just so I could ask where she was sitting so I would know who to go up to. She says, "Oh sorry, I'm not there yet, but I am leaving and will be there soon". So I wait. And wait. She shows up like 10 minutes late, and proceeds to tell me she's late for almost EVERYTHING. Red flag. I got a good look at her, and she's practically a kid. Maybe 24 at the oldest. But I doubt it. Another red flag. We go inside and she starts to try to ask me questions and immediately I can tell she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. Red freakin' flag. She asked about some of my interests at one point, and I told her about my acting and whatnot, and mentioned that I also do makeup on the side. Her face lights up and she says, "Wow, that's great, we at World Wide Dream Makers just came out with a makeup product that you should so try!" Hmmmmm.......And she goes on to tell me about her work with AMWAY products, and how her "mentors" are wonderful people and how I should meet them. Did I say RED FLAG??? At this point, I am just angry. She asked me if I consider myself entrepreneurial, she said she thought that her "mentors" would see what they could do for me. Oh God stop me from grabbing her by the hair and calling her a sneaky bitch...

I kept my composure. Even when she stepped around the real subject, with her "I need an assistant" bullshit. All she really wanted was someone else to rope in so she could make more money. Assistant my ass. In my head I had already started making up excuses as to why I would have to decline. I told her that I would check my schedule and we would go from there. This stupid, gullable kid, who doesn't know shit about shit, was trying to get me involved with what I think is the scum of the Earth. So mad...so very mad. So I left, teeming with frustration as I got into my car. What a waste of time. A wasted hour of my life on crap that makes my blood boil when I hear about it. Great.

So, my plan is to tell her that I went to the Disneyland China auditions, and got in, and I will be living there for the next 9 months. It's not all a lie, I mean, the auditions are next week, and I am going, so just put out the good vibes for me, and maybe I will actually get the gig :)