So goes a line from one of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' most beloved hits. A line I can't take off my head after being put in the freezer the moment our biggest client pulled the plug on their brand awareness campaign.
The long break was full of uncertainty. I pondered on the kind of future (if there were any) that awaits this fifty year old worker. It was mentally draining to say the least.
Am I through with the industry? Is it time to start a business? Any other way to generate income? Questions, questions aplenty.
After thirty days of inactivity, I decided to hunt for another job. I'm done waiting. I reluctantly printed out a copy of my resume to try my luck with a prominent BPO company.
Fortunately, I passed the exam and interviews and was done after more than seven tedious hours of, yeah, waiting. The caveat though is they won't take me in unless I'm officially separated from my old employer.
With that in mind, I headed towards the direction of our office which incidentally is just a few blocks away. Somebody's usually in at half past eight. Perfect timing I said to myself.
I reached the building still with a few minutes to spare. To kill time, I chatted with the guards and again waited.
At around nine o'clock, I texted my co-worker and asked if he's still coming in. Got a response not long after but it turned out he's out on sick bay. Told him no problem, everyone's coming in after an hour anyway.
So I waited, yet again.
But at half past ten, I finally gave-up. There was no one in sight. Everybody must've been bitten by the the holiday bug since they were coming off the day after the Memorial Day celebration in the U.S.
The very next day, I was notified to come back to work because an old client of ours just renewed their contract. For how long, I really don't know. Again, all I can do is wait.
