Deep sorrow...

[Lady Kara]

*sigh* It's w/ heavy heart that I write this, after being on Cloud 9 for the past 3 days. Sadly, when I got home today, I recieved a phonecall from my boss saying that they'd discovered that my name is on Nintendo's "Banned For Life" list because of some stupid crap that happened to me working for them in 1998.

Guess there's no such thing as "second chances" after all.

*pauses for a few moments to take some cleansing breaths*

I definitely have to say that that stupid policy is the lamest I've ever known of, and that it's totally unfair to anyone inexperienced and just starting out in a job (as I'd done back in 1998...). Thanks to that assanine policy, my dream of ever achieving a decent job for the company I love most in the world, has been dashed to pieces.

I've certainly learned volumes from my actions in the past, and also a lot from the past 3 days as well. But it hurts so bad for me to learn like this...

Thanks to everyone who rooted for me and who'd thought I'd gotten fantasticly lucky. Guess my luck wasn't as great as I'd hoped for. *sigh*

And I won't lie about it: I do horribly regret what happened in 1998. I mean, I was 19 years old and utterly naive - a complete dork. But now there's nothing I can do about it and I'm stuck having to live with the shame and the pain of it all. At least now that I've gotten some major motivation to work, I can use this energy to heatedly go off in search of another job. And who knows, I might get something else just a nice (or even better!).

*gives all her friends a big group hug & flashes a little smile*

Hey, at least I got to see the GameBoy Micro, cool rare posters, eat lunch at Café Mario (awesome fancy lunchroom, w/ the walls decorated by fan art), and of course that my dad still thankfully works there (and he just got promoted to the Order Processing department!). He still intends to pass along information to me, and I shall in turn pass it along to you guys...

[redeyes15]

sorry to hear that u got fired.............. why did u get banned in the first place though?

[praetoritevong]

That's right, take a few breaths first. I won't presume to know that feeling, but I've made really stupid mistakes and felt the repercussions from that. The way I see it, acknowledge it, then put it in the back of your mind. Use it as a reminder, use it as inspiration, however you feel like it, but things like that do strengthen you. It makes you feel terrible, but leave it and move on. Don't let disappointment dominate the future. You made a mistake a few years ago, so what. You'll rise, you'll do better, you'll learn and you'll achieve that much more. Having a dream is simply another way of saying it's very hard to reach. Events like this, if you accept it, make you grow taller. There'll be other dreams, I know enough to say that at least. It was written that you can see life as either tragic or funny; you can stick inside pity or move on with a brighter outlook. Neither of these exclude the other completely, but the latter allows you to deal with both. There might not be much to be happy about, but it'll come. It will be a challenge. After all, all this means is you'll be reaching for even greater heights, but you can do it. Humans have the ability to be stupid, crazy, irrational and arrogant. But our capabilities of learning far exceed any other animal. You are not any of the former. But you can prove me right in the latter. More importantly, by undertaking that, you can prove yourself right too, because rising again... that goes beyond simple words posted at a forum. It's human. And you can do it.

[ImJessieTR]

Stick it to them ... go work for Sony or Microsoft. :D

I'm really sorry to hear about that. What incompetent bosses! They hire you and after 3 days realize your status with them? You probably wouldn't have liked working for such brainless drones anyway.

[Blaziking]

I'm... very sorry to hear that. I can only imagine how much it hurts to be fired by your fave company. Nintendo is my favorite company too and I would be heartbroken if they did that to me. :(

Oh, and redeyes15, I don't think Kara wants to talk about what she did. And I don't blame her. Stupid Nintendo...

[stephanitis]

I am very sorry to hear that you lost your job. Here have a Swedish Fish to make you feel better *hands Kara a fish*

But you'll find a great job, I know it. Relax and get yourself together ... thern knock 'em dead at a new job! ^_^

Yes I know ... easier said than done ... but I wish you the best of luck!!

[Lady Kara]

I apologize for my absence the past week or so, but I've been very depressed lately (not just for this, but I recently got turned down for a job at an Anime store that I'd had an interview for 2 weeks ago).

What I did back in 1998 is a stupid reason to get fired - I was late from a few breaks (I was addicted to playing the game "Nightstalkers" and kept losing track of the time).

They are very rude to "temps" and only give kind treatment to the "more important" workers like the game testers and call center people (or namely anyone who makes more than $15 an hour; I was only making a lousy $9). It's sickeningly pathetic.

And my dad is currently having a cow at his job. They can't make up their mind as to where he'd be useful to them, and keep sending him to different departments (he misses being in the OP - 'Order Processing'; it was fun to see all the cool stuff that people order from them and the like). And something that really ticks him off lately, is how they throw away old merchandise instead of letting the employees get to take some stuff home.....such a complete waste!

Life has never felt more craptastic to me than it does now... *sigh*

[redeyes15]

hope u feel better soon!

[praetoritevong]

Oh don't apologise Kara. If they want to waste just about everything they can think of, you let them waste everything. Bugger them, they're not important. Look to the future. There are a multitude of jobs out there, you just need to find them. The old-ish song went, I get knocked down, and I get back up again... But whatever happens, don't ever lose belief in yourself. You're strong enough to get through this. And when you feel weak, we'll be here. We're behind you.