One stupid signature.

[beboots]

 Okay, guys, so remember all of that brouhaha last week? About the job application to France? And how I had originally thought that it was due in March 15th, not March 1st, and then I had to rush to get it all put together and sent off but ultimately I got it in and everything was all right? 

Apparently not. :( 

Dad walked into the study about half an hour ago - this is just before 6pm my time, or just before 8pm Ottawa time - to tell me about a phone call he had received DURING THE DAY yesterday from the French Embassy in Ottawa. Apparently I'd forgotten to sign ONE PIECE OF PAPER. But it's all right! Because I can just sign it and scan it in and I'm good to go! The lady at the other end said that she'd send me an e-mail with the document and everything would be fine as long as I got it in that day.

Dad only told me this NOW. I hadn't seen him all yesterday, because he'd been out at the range for supper so I didn't see him in the evening... and it completely slipped his mind.

I rushed to check my e-mail. Nothing. 

And then I remember that I have a third e-mail for other stuff - I created it so when my university e-mail address is no good anymore, probably sometime this may, I'd still be able to have a professional-looking e-mail address to give to employers. I'd thought that I'd set it to forward e-mails to my university one. Apparently I forgot to click ONE button to activate it.

I rush to check THAT e-mail address, and there the message sat. 

"Bonjour,
Vous m'avez envoyé votre candidature, mais vous n'avez pas signé la fiche rose "demande de contrat de travail simplifié!"
Pouvez-vous me faire parvenir le document rempli par scan aujourd'hui sinon je ne pourrai pas accepter votre dossier.
 Le document est en pièce jointe avec les instructions .
Merci."
AKA - I've send in my application, but didn't sign the pink piece of paper for the government application. If I didn't scan it  and send it TODAY (AKA... YESTERDAY) then they can't accept my application. :( :( :(

I scanned it and signed it and struggled with the beast of a computer downstairs that froze halfway through the scanning process and then the internet explorer froze and shut down and then I FINALLY sent it off... probably a day and a half too late. ;_; 

I feel like a complete and utter idiot. I feel sick. ONE STUPID SIGNATURE, guys. Fuck. I need a hug. 

Emoticons can't express the devastation I feel right now. I'm normally an optimistic person, and I really hope that they'll accept it and send it off separately anyway, but I've probably made the worst impression ever on them. I can't get anything organized. Fuck. I'm an idiot. 

Comments

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

Oh shit, girl... I'm so sorry. Maybe they'll overlook it if you got most of the application in? You never know... *hugs*

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your positive thinking, and the hug. *hugs back*

I'm just... I feel like an idiot. I mean, I can only HOPE that it'll be okay, but I get the feeling that I was stretching their patience as it was, sending the package in late in the first place, and the fact that I didn't get back to them promptly... :(

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

You never know, though. I worked in customer service/admin for awhile and there was a lot of time people would overlook flubs like that when it was SO CLOSE and the person seemed sincere.

I'll be crossing my fingers for ya!

[kuiskata]

I'm so sorry. I really hope that they accept it anyway. *big, huge hugs* (I'll give you one in person tomorrow.)

Also, and this is obviously a little late for this particular form, but would you be able to set this third email up so that it automatically forwards a copy every email you get to one of the emails you check more often? So that something likt this doesn't happen in the future?

[beboots.livejournal.com]

That e-mail forwarding thing is exactly what I THOUGHT I'd done. :( I check my ualberta e-mail several times a day. I check my hotmail one more often, but there's so much stuff in there...

But thank you for the suggestion. :) Cassidy is clever and knows all the things! <3

[kuiskata]

:((( That sucks. I've never actually done email forwarding, so I don't know how it works. Maybe if you fiddle around with it and then send a test email to check?

*huggles*

[shamanessa-wolf.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear:/ How annoying...Is therer any little chance that this can be fixed somehow? Hugs!

[mightyinkas.livejournal.com]

OH NO! *hugs*

That is AWFUL. I hate, hate, hate that feeling - the one you're having right now.

Earlier this year I discovered - because *my principal* called me into his office and showed me - that I had made three (THREE!) mistakes on some critical paperwork. Luckily, it was a fairly easy fix... but MY GOD I felt like the biggest damn idiot on the planet (still do), and if my principal had fired me in that moment, I would've completely agreed.

So please learn 2 things from this story:

1) This stuff happens to everyone, even official grown-ups with mortgages and shit.
2) You'll live through it, but meanwhile, even if you feel like throwing up, don't.

And also: *more hugs*

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hug. :) And the anecdote!

In fact - everything HAS turned out all right. Turns out that the woman at the French embassy in France is awesome and wouldn't actually discard my application. After a lot of time on the e-mail this morning, plus several tries with the scanner and then the good ole fashioned fax machine, as well as one long-distance phone call and a LOT of stress... I think my application's back on track. I wanted to hug the lady over the phone when I found out. My French was fairly good until that moment and then I kind of dissolved into a series of "merci merci merci merci - au revoir!" CLICK. ;)

Still, the lesson I learned from all of this? Double-check my due dates and read every last detail of contracts THOROUGHLY. (Probably a good maxim to abide by - I don't want to accidentally literally sell my soul away one day or something.)