Too Good to be True

Why is it that when something feels too good to be true it usually is? I'm getting a little hesitant about the reality show job, especially after what happened today. Andre, the 23 year old that is hiring me, and I were supposed to have a meeting today an hour before I had to go to work at Borders. I text him 20 minutes before we are supposed to meet just checking to see if things are still on. I didn't hear back from, but I just figured he probably couldn't check his phone. I arrive at Peet's Coffee to find that he is not there. I was little early so I waited for a little bit before deciding to go to Borders to see if he is over there. I knew he was supposed to be at work early in the morning and then planning on taking his lunch break for our meeting but no one had seen him around the store. I asked my manager if she had heard anything from Andre. She said that he had called in sick. I proceeded to call him twice and got no answer. At that point I knew he was a no show. It wasn't until 4 hours had gone by that I got a text from him reading, "I'm so sorry... i xalled in today i had a bit of a hangover." First off he texts me, after I call twice and secondly he tells me four hours after we were supposed to meet he's not going to make it. My manager got a call. How come I don't get a call too? And thirdly he doesn't show up because he had a hangover. This means he drank alcohol knowing he had work in the morning and a meeting with someone he wants to hire. He's not painting a solid and responsible picture of himself. I know he's excited about this project and has seemed pretty serious about really making this project a reality but there is now some question of whether he is the most responsible. I had been debating about whether I wanted drop finding a new job all together and just rely on this film job. I am now thinking that that would be a mistake. As the saying goes, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

I knew that this new possible job seemed too good to be true but I was so excited about it that I ignored that little vibration of uncertainty. If there is one thing I learned it's NEVER ignore that feeling you have because you probably have good reason to be feeling uncertainty.

I'm not saying that I'm chucking this job opportunity out the window. I'm still very much considering it as a possible job but I know now not to solely rely on it to bring home the bacon.