Darn helpful people

So I guess the red panda was too easy. Oh well, I'm already bored of this game anyway. Also I forgot what I was going to do next, although I remember it was awesome.

So I still can't find anyone willing to hire me, though at this point it's probably because I no longer have any confidence that anyone would want to. It's not that I'm useless, it's just that nobody really needs me. I feel like a hammer might if it were brought to a new construction area where there were already more than enough hammers that were already being used. The hammer would still be useful, if anyone wanted to use it, but everyone already has their hammers.

I thought about being a volunteer firefighter. And by "thought about," what I mean is I tried. Turns out this fire station doesn't take volunteers. They only take paid employees. So I was going to apply, but there are TWO THOUSAND applications already on file. I'm not kidding. There are TWO THOUSAND people lining up to run into burning buildings. So much for that.

So then I decided to volunteer at the wildlife refuge just outside of town. I perused the website. As it turns out, they apparently take volunteers, but the application process is as bad as applying for a job. You fill out the application and send it in with your resume, and they put it in a file and if they need someone and like your resume/application, then they'll call you and set up an interview. And then you have to buy your own uniform. I mean, Boy Scouts makes you buy your own uniform, but at least they don't make you suffer through a stinking interview first.

The problem is that the people in this city are too darn helpful. I'm not kidding. I was driving to Safeway the other day, and I saw flames beside the road and traffic was stopped. It was a bad car accident, and I got there probably less than a minute after it happened. The car was on its side, engulfed in flames about twelve feet tall. By the time I got out of my car and ran up to see if I could help in some way, people had already pulled the girl away from the burning car, there were three or four people tending to her and another person on a cell phone, presumably calling 911. Figuring the best thing to do was get out of the way, I got in my car and turned around and saw two or three other people who had gotten out of their cars and were directing traffic.

It's awesome that people here are so helpful and willing to take the initiative. But it means there's nothing left for me to do. Those jerks.