Ok, so I know the title sounds bad, but bear with me – I had my reasons.
So, I have been really struggling to find a job since I graduated. I’m searching in a highly competitive field (think finance), and yesterday was the first time I was invited to an interview.
I took a few shots of whisky when I woke up, just to settle my nerves a little.
However, by the time I was sitting in the company’s waiting room, the effects had completely worn off. I started to feel sick with nerves – the pressure of the interview stage was getting to me after months of writing applications. I decided to sneak off to the toilet to take a couple of pre-interview shots to calm my nerves. The interview that followed actually went really well – I had great chemistry with the interviewer, and we were laughing, flirting etc.
The problem came when I, very stupidly, decided to sneak in another shot (for good luck) before the final interview with the CEO. Sadly, she emerged from her office precisely as I was mid-gulp. She looked horrified and told me to leave the building. I tried to explain to her about my anxiety, and how I was simply medicating it, but she wouldn’t listen and called security to take me away. Afterwards, I sent the company an apology e-mail and asked for another chance, but they haven’t yet replied.
My mother thinks I’m an ***hole for drinking at all and called me an alcoholic, (she doesn’t really understand alcohol,) but my brother ‘doesn’t see the issue’ as long as I wasn’t drunk.
Am I wrong? Come on!