Waves

Back then, trivial little things that I couldn’t change about myself didn’t bother me, I just didn’t care as I was brilliant.

Basically running a shop, six months away from a promotion to my very own store, happy with life, happy with work, happy at home, but it all came crashing down. Getting sacked from Game was just the start. Then came the almost year long search for a job. I thought I could work anywhere, do anything I put my mind to, I was so confident in my abilities, but I just got rejection after rejection… but it didn’t bother me as I knew I was destined for better.

Eventually, I got a new job, at Poundland. Went into the interview for a Senior Sales position thinking “Yeah, give me three months, I’ll be running the place”. Stupidly, I said in the interview that if I didn’t get the Senior Sales position, I’d gladly take a regular, sales assistant role. Guess what happened? I got the basic role. Undeterred, I thought “Give me six months, I’ll be Assistant Manager, I’ll show them”. After a week or so on the tills, I was moved to the warehouse as the Stock Controller guy. I figured it was a nice step up, but later found out they only moved me there as I was a big strapping lad who could lift the heavy boxes.

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