Don't you hate it when you put yourself out for a so-called friend, only to find that they've changed their mind without telling you so you end up looking a fool?
About a week before Christmas, my old school friend (admittedly not known for her reliability - she bailed out of our other friend's wedding 2 days before because 'she was moving house soon and had lots to do') contacted me to say she was applying for a job where I work. Appropriate grade for her experience, 1 year contract, open to possible extension. So, I found out as much as possible, and, as asked no more than a fortnight ago, put in a good word for her with my boss.
Tonight, she pops on MSN, so - with the interviews being tomorrow - I ask how she's feeling about it. At which point, she tells me that she's already taken a job elsewhere. Because it's a higher grade. It is only guaranteed for 2 months, but she thinks that a few months of experience in this desperate NHS will get her a full-time, permanent post at that grade. The girl is living in a dream world! We live in fear of having our existing posts downgraded, and she knows from experience that jobs are few and far between, hence her desperation to get one now. If she thinks that's changing in the next 3 years, she's on a different plane of reality to the rest of us NHS employees.
Add to that the fact that she has made me look like a numpty whose judgement of even her own friends can't be relied upon, and I am one p*ssed off muff! Especially as I have to face my boss tomorrow afternoon, when she will undoubtedly pass comment. I could swing for my 'friend'! Worse still, I could swing for myself for actually doing anything for someone with no loyalty or scruples.
So, off I go to bed, slapping myself firmly in the face for every step. That'll learn me.
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