The Interview

 

One day I was looking for a job on the Internet when suddenly I found a page of a company. This was an international corporation that was starting and needed people to work. They were offering high wages and a good environment and it was only necessary to work 30 hours per week.

When I read this I was shocked a lot because I could not believe it was true. The only problem was that the company was located in another city far away from my town, my family, my friends and my favourite tree. I was bewildered because I had never been outside of my village and the idea of living somewhere else terrified me because I did not want to forget the smell of my land, the flavor of the oranges on my favourite tree and the sound of the rain when it fell on the roof of my house, but I had a big debt with the bank and I needed to get this job.

The next day, early in the morning I received a call from a woman with a scary voice that worked for this company and she told me I had an interview the same day in the afternoon and that I had no other option. I was so overwhelmed that I just thought for a couple minutes and breathed deeply. Then I called the airport and bought a ticket to travel to Cali.

Then when I was at the airport and was doing the check in, "Oh surprise,” I realized I had forgotten my boarding pass in the taxi so I began to feel desperate and started to sweat. My face was white and my hands trembled. Then the stewardess helped me, she gave me another boarding pass. After that, I was in the boarding area for nearly three hours because my flight was delayed by bad weather.

However during the flight things were no better. First there was great turbulence and we were all very scared and some passengers were screaming hysterically. Second I was intoxicated with the food because it had some cheese and I am allergic to dairy. I had rashes on my face and neck and I felt dizzy all the way.

Finally, when I arrived in Cali the first thing I did I was called the company and I said to the old woman, “I apologize, my flight was delayed because the weather was not good and I need to go to a hospital before I go to the interview”, but the woman responded to me “It is not my problem, you had an appointment, so I cannot do anything about this”.

I was devastated and I began to hear a loud noise in my ears. This sound was intense and uncomfortable and it became more intense until it woke me up and I realized that all that had happened was a dream and my phone was ringing. I really felt relieved but when I answered my phone I listened to the old, scary voice of a woman, “Hello I am calling you about the application that you made yesterday to work in our company”.