Special K

I am going to see my friend dj tonight at a bar. Typically at a dubstep show i would go all raver style but this will be at a local bar and grill in town (suburbs) so i dont want to stand out. So any suggestions as to how i can combine a "bar" style with a raver style to create an outfit? Also it is winter...

These are questions I found online that they will most likely ask:

Why do you want to work at Panera: I love the atmosphere of Panera. I have always had wonderful experiences here and great customer service and would love to be a part of that.

Tell about when you were flexible in your job: At my last company I would often help out at other stores that were short staffed when other employees would not because they didn't feel comfortable doing it.

Something you did outside your job description: At the other stores I helped out at, I would do visual merchandising and help clean the store since they were usually short staffed and needed the extra help and without being asked to do it.

Favorite foods, how and where you enjoy them: Overall I enjoy healthy foods like organic products and all natural ingredients, specifically though I love chicken and pasta because there are unlimited ways to prepare it like different sauces and different types of pasta and even cooking the chicken in different ways. I love to cook at home and create a warm, almost romantic atmosphere. In the summer I often picnic at the river downtown with my favorite meal from Panera: Panini and broccoli cheddar soup.

What work accomplishment are you proud of: Overcoming my shyness right out of high school when I first started working and becoming awesome and comfortable at customer service.

Difficult customer service situation: A man came in looking for outfits at my last company and didn't speak a lot of English but needed help finding outfits for 3 little girls. He didn't know what they liked or their sizes but definitely didn't want a gift card. It was difficult to break through the language barrier but eventually I found him a ton of things he liked and he spent over $2000.

What makes you happy at work: When the customers and staff are happy and everything is running smoothly and on time.

Most stressful work environment/how you handled it: At my first job, we didn't have scanners so all pricing and cashiering had to be done manually, wasn't so much stressful but very time consuming and exhausting. It was hard to balance the tasking with customer servicing. Typically since we were a slower store, I would have one or two people just customer service while my other associates would do the cash register and tasking.

Most challenging day at work: On a busy Saturday there were only two of us running the store and we were running round like mad women but had a lot of fun and kept the customers happy by joking with them about looking so crazy as we ran around. Ended up not having any upset customers despite the situation.

Favorite manager and what you learned from them: My first manager taught me to be confident and break out of my shyness and taught me how to be a leader. She is how I got my first promotion to assistant manager.

Why did you leave you last position and apply here: Timing. I am at a point in my life that I would like to start having a career involving something I am really passionate about. I have always enjoyed cooking, food, and customer service and Panera specifically so I decided to take charge and apply.

Please let me know how these answers sound and if there is anything you would change or re-word. I really appreciate it! I like to be as prepared as possible before an interview.

I suffer from severe anxiety and it cost me my last job. I had a panic attack and walked out in the middle of my shift (fight or flight response). After I returned I was told I was terminated for violating a serious policy (job abandonment) and I was fired for misconduct. This means no unemployment. Even though they can only say my dates of employment there, it has made it extremely difficult to find a new place to work because I am always asked why I just stopped working there all of a sudden without something lined up first. I try to just simply say that I am looking for new opportunities for growth but I think employers have a hard time believing that I would just decide to leave one day after 3 years of working there. It is now at the point where I can no longer afford to live in the apt I am in. I will most likely be evicted if I can't find employment soon and the chance of me finding another full time job is close to nonexistent and a part time job would not sufficiently pay the rent here. I also live with my boyfriend of 7 years. We are not legally married but we do put all our personal income together. He has had a steady career of over 5 years, and if we did get evicted he would need to move in with his grandfather who lives close by to be able to keep his job. The eviction would be horrible on his credit and it would essentially be my fault. The other problem is there would be no room for me at his grandfather’s house. I would literally have nowhere to go and no income coming in. I don't have any savings except one more pay check coming my way. Because we chose to combine incomes, our extra what would be savings money went to large expenses do to a large court fee we both owed, my medical expenses, and my boyfriend’s credit card debt. I love my boyfriend completely but sometimes I feel my problems with anxiety and not being able to keep a job (because this isn’t the first job I lost do to panic attacks) are having negative effects on his career and he by all means doesn't deserve it because he worked hard to be where he is and I goofed off too much in my younger days and got no college education and now I am stuck in retail which is the worst thing for people with anxiety. I want nothing more to go back to school but with no money and nowhere to live I don't know how to make that possible. I don't have any family close by and they are not the type to help out in these kinds of situations. All they say is you screwed up and now you have to figure it out good luck. Well now I'm trying to figure it out and I'm not quite sure what to do. I don't have any friends to stay with and I would need a permanent address to use for job applications. On top of it all, I don't even want to work retail anymore because it causes me anxiety and it is an endless cycle. I would love to go to school for office administration by can't afford it without steady income and a place to live. I feel ultimately like I am going to be homeless and lose my boyfriend and it is causing me so much stress that it is making me feel totally unstable. To top it off I don't even have a car because it broke down last year Please I'm desperate. I don’t want to end up on the streets. I understand I have caused all these problems and I would like to make a change in my life but I don’t know where to start and I don’t have the money to talk to a professional. I don't know where to go and what to do and any advice would help. Thank you

I suffer from severe anxiety and it cost me my last job. I had a panic attack and walked out in the middle of my shift (fight or flight response). After I returned I was told I was terminated for violating a serious policy (job abandonment) and I was fired for misconduct. This means no unemployment. Even though they can only say my dates of employment there, it has made it extremely difficult to find a new place to work because I am always asked why I just stopped working there all of a sudden without something lined up first. I try to just simply say that I am looking for new opportunities for growth but I think employers have a hard time believing that I would just decide to leave one day after 3 years of working there. It is now at the point where I can no longer afford to live in the apt I am in. I will most likely be evicted if I can't find employment soon and the chance of me finding another full time job is close to nonexistent and a part time job would not sufficiently pay the rent here. I also live with my boyfriend of 7 years. We are not legally married but we do put all our personal income together. He has had a steady career of over 5 years, and if we did get evicted he would need to move in with his grandfather who lives close by to be able to keep his job. The eviction would be horrible on his credit and it would essentially be my fault. The other problem is there would be no room for me at his grandfather’s house. I would literally have nowhere to go and no income coming in. I don't have any savings except one more pay check coming my way. Because we chose to combine incomes, our extra what would be savings money went to large expenses do to a large court fee we both owed, my medical expenses, and my boyfriend’s credit card debt. I love my boyfriend completely but sometimes I feel my problems with anxiety and not being able to keep a job (because this isn’t the first job I lost do to panic attacks) are having negative effects on his career and he by all means doesn't deserve it because he worked hard to be where he is and I goofed off too much in my younger days and got no college education and now I am stuck in retail which is the worst thing for people with anxiety. I want nothing more to go back to school but with no money and nowhere to live I don't know how to make that possible. I don't have any family close by and they are not the type to help out in these kinds of situations. All they say is you screwed up and now you have to figure it out good luck. Well now I'm trying to figure it out and I'm not quite sure what to do. I don't have any friends to stay with and I would need a permanent address to use for job applications. On top of it all, I don't even want to work retail anymore because it causes me anxiety and it is an endless cycle. I would love to go to school for office administration by can't afford it without steady income and a place to live. I feel ultimately like I am going to be homeless and lose my boyfriend and it is causing me so much stress that it is making me feel totally unstable. To top it off I don't even have a car because it broke down last year Please I'm desperate. I don’t want to end up on the streets. I understand I have caused all these problems and I would like to make a change in my life but I don’t know where to start and I don’t have the money to talk to a professional. I don't know where to go and what to do and any advice would help. Thank you

My friend just moved here from another state that had a more gay friendly community. While living there he worked at a gay night club for seven years and left on good terms. He moved in with me in the suburbs of a not so gay friendly community to help me because i am physically disabled. Now he is trying to find local employment because he does not have a car to drive to any kind of bigger city. He has filled out multiple local applications and has even had great conversations with managers but none of them are calling back. He doesnt come off as gay so we think that what might be happening is they are looking up or calling the night club and after realizing it is a gay club and deciding not to call him. We are not sure what to do at this point because he needs a job locally soon. Does anyone have any advice as to how to work around his job history so that he is not dicriminated against. Again, they are not saying this is the reason they are not calling back, they just simply arent calling back. We were even wondering if i could just say he has been my caretaker for the last seven years but we are afraid we could get caught up legally somehow. We really need some advice asap!

So, i love my job, but it's retail so my hours are wierd. i have tuesdays and thursdays off instead of weekends which results in me sitting at home all day while everyone else i know is at work. Here are some details that make it tricky: i live in a boring suburb, im really tight on cash, it's cold outside and i dont have a tv. The only thing i have found that keeps me busy is cleaning, but thats the problem...my place is always clean so it only takes 5 mins and then im back where i started. Plus i dont want to have to do housework on my days off. Does anyone have any suggestions? Im bored with sleeping all day and staring at the wall! It also doesnt help that im not very creative and dont have any hobbies...

Someone I know was busted at their apartment smoking pot and possessing marijuana and pipes. The officers came in, took all their paraphernalia, told them that since they were cooperative that they wouldn't take them into the station, and that they would call them with their charges. Three months went by and there was no phone call. Out of nowhere the police came to their apartment with an arrest warrant and took them to jail. How does this work? How could it go from "We will call you with your charges," to an arrest warrant three months later? Why wait three months to arrest the person when they could have just done it that night?

My dad is an alcoholic but in denial. He admits to drinking a lot and also admits that it isn't good for his health, but he fails to admit that he is actually an alcoholic. My whole life I was made to feel like it was just my "opinion" that he was, but I knew he was when I would find him at the bottom of the basement stairs swigging down a half a bottle of vodka at 6:00 every morning. Now, I am an adult and he is nearing his 60's. He has been developing bruises most likely caused by chirrosis of the liver. I was honest with him today about how I felt about his drinking and what it was doing to his health. He assured me that he already knew and that he in fact quit drinking last night. I have heard him say that before and it never lasts more that a few days. I told him of course that I supported him, but I don't think he will actually be able to stop. What else can I do to help and support him if he doesn't understand how bad his disease is? What if it is too late...

I have tiny little blood capillaries that are really close to my skin mainly on my face, tops of my arms, and knees. They are all pretty small, about the size of a freckle. I know is is not anything on top of the skin, but something with my veins. This condition has always made me feel insecure about myself because at a quick glance it appears that I have bad acne. When I press on the skin where the capillaries are, or pull the skin tight, they disappear and then reappear when the skin goes back to normal. I have had this since I was born and I am now 23. I don't think it could affect my health, but since I have never had it diagnosed I guess I really don't know if it could or not! I have been to several dermatologists in the past and none know what it could be. I would like to know if anybody else has this, knows what it is, or know if there is a way to treat it. Any information would help. Also include web sites if possible. I do know that it is not Rosacia.

I was wondering if anybody had any clever ideas as to how to get the resin out of the corners of my zong. (In case anbody was wondering a zong is bong but the chamber is zig-zag instead of straight up and down. I can't seem to get to the resin out of the corners even with strong 420 cleaner. Any suggestions? Here is a picture if it helps...

http://www.jupitergrass.ca/shop/media/RedEyePics/P...

My cat ran away before we were able to get the stitches from her surgery removed. It has been quite a while and the outlook of her returning is poor. I was wondering if she is suffering from any pain from the stitches or if they will fall out on their own. Other than that I have no worries about her making it on her own because she was a stray cat before I adopted her.

I am waiting to hear back from a company that said they would be doing a reference check, which I have great experience at all my previous jobs, but I left each of them without giving my two weeks notice. I was wondering if anybody knew exactly what they are allowed to tell the person inquiring.