Although this month seemed to be "productive", last week proved the opposite. Time flies and so does life. We are full of ideas and plans but we are not skilled enough to make them true. Unfortunately, it is usually the events that prevent our dreams and disappoint us.

This month was supposed to be a great one! I thought found a great job, I had great news for the coming of Akiko, my Japanese pen-pal, I lived great events, I passed my 24th birthday, I had some beautiful moments, lots of ideas even more plans and a great optimism. It seemed to be a great month for blogging, too. The first days of the month I published almost as many posts as I had published in total up to that moment, I started creating new CSS options that are about to be uploaded and the various experiences of the month promised material for even more juice posts.

But! As it is said, "whatever shines isn't gold"! The month almost proved to be a disaster! Well, actually, to be honest, a single event managed to ruin my optimism, destroy all the majority my plans and vanish the mood for writing new posts. Exaggeration? Maybe in another point of view but as it is also commonly said in Hellas (Greece)"Out of the chorus many songs are sang".

As some of you may know, for enough months I've been looking for a job. I know it's hard to find the one you like, especially in Thessaloniki and during summer, but still I strongly believe that one should always fight and be patient until he/she finds what he/she is looking for or at least the best possible instead. So I did and at the beginning of this month, I thought I made it.

I found a great job! Just in my field – marketing – with great partners, a great boss, and well paid! What else could I ask for? I emphasize the partners – boss part. One of my basic criteria for the my new job was the partners, mostly because the job's nature is based on teamwork, fine communication and good team structure.

This is what the boss had expressed as essential factors for the company's success. She had also told me how and why she was "obsessed" with moral and honest people, how democratic she was, how she fights for her personnel choices and never leave misunderstandings to grow up and destroy the team, adding enough more relevant values and ideals.

I was amazed!!! I found at last what I was looking for! Her (the boss) honest statements and fair appearance convinced me that my career dreams were about to become true. She introduced me to the other stuff, we made the deal, shook hands and I left the office full of dreams considering my departure for training in Athens next week !

At this point, I must mention the fact that one of the colleagues was a person I knew before I get the job and the boss knew our relationship as well (it wasn't a sin that should be hidden). Unfortunately a misunderstanding was created between him and the boss because of the recruitment agency and even more unfortunately I was "involved" as well, since everything started in front of my very eyes and ears. Although this misunderstanding shouldn't concern me, both the boss and the colleague dispute about it in front of me in previous meetings and, the day I close the deal with her, the boss asked my opinion and explain to me her point of view (of course I made not a single question about the subject but I only answered honestly to her questions). To be more precise, that was the point where she emphasized on her democratic ideas of cooperation and explained to me that she would fight for her choice and the she would never leave any kind of misunderstandings to exist in the air. On the contrary, she said she always makes the necessary conversation to solve any kind of problem. Also during our long meeting, the day of the deal, she never mention that even a word of what we said, not the training part as well, was confidential. In the contrary she knew that I had to announce it at least to my fiance and his work because he had to change his vacation days that he had arranged just two days before.

As you may guess, I left her office exited for the great deal, the fine meeting and of course the great news about the training part. Actually, I expressed my excitement for the training to the boss as well.

Alas!!! Greeks are wise and warn to keep a little basket where you hear for lots of cherries! For my bad luck, the colleague I've mentioned above, who had just returned from his honeymoon, called me that very night of the deal and of course I told him how glad I was for this training great chance!!! Do you find anything wrong with it? I don't.

The next morning, less than 24 hours from the moment we shook hands with the boss, she called furious, asked me in a hard tone if I was ok and if had fixed my fiance's vacations day. I answered "of course" and before I took a breath she asked me if I had talked with the colleague I mentioned before, the previous day. Her tone was even harder so I couldn't talk for a moment and then I told her that I had talked with him. She then asked me, almost shouting, if I had told him about the training, I answered "Yes" and she shout "What is it going on here? Do you give him reports? Are you trying to make your company in mine?". Socked from the delirium of the unfair charges I was trying to answer that there was not such a case and how she thought of something like that but there was no case for me to spell more than two words since she cut me saying "I'll think about it" and she hanged up!

I suppose you may guess my shock and I don't need to describe my panic since her tone convinced that not only mine by the colleagues deal was in danger, too. Of course I expected I would have the chance at least to apologize, even if I did nothing wrong or immoral!

Guess what! I left her a couple of days, so as not to believe that I was pushing her (she had told me about this "pushing" few things and I knew the other way would be considered in a negative way). The deal was made on Thursday, she had called me on Friday and I tried to call her on Wednesday, considering that she must have thought about it because at the end of the week I was supposed to leave for the training. Of course, she had thought about it! I called her once and her secretary said that she was busy, so I thought I could ask the recruitment agency. I was convinced, because of what she had done and said up to that moment, that if she had decided to cancel the deal she would have informed them. Of course, I was wrong! The agency knew that we had a great deal!

I called her twice and her secretary asked me to wait because she was talking on another line. I did so and after few moments she announced to me that Ms M. couldn't talk with me that day because she was very busy and that she would be leaving in a business trip the next to days and next week she would leave to Athens. Also, she informed me that Ms M. asked her to informed me that our cooperation was ended and that we had nothing more to say and in case I wanted something I should call her after she came back!

Great, huh? Isn't it wonderful to collaborate with democratic bosses that always solve all kinds of problems and misunderstandings with conversations and understanding, appreciating honesty and ethics!!!

I wasn't the only one who was tricked by her and believed that she was what she said and appeared to be. Still, I am angry with myself who was that foolish to believe that I could find all I was looking for. I am optimistic by nature and look always for the best, avoiding to compromise with cheap solutions. On the other hand I've always been know as a realistic and practical mind! I knew there was almost not a chance to find what I was looking for, especially concerning the moral part of the bosses! Still, I believed in her and got excited. The fool!!!

Well, I don't regret what happened since I found out on time who she was and I avoided at least a miserable work year. This kind of behavior can't be hidden under charming words for enough time, especially from colleagues and it would definitely be harder later, since I should have waited at least for a year before I change job. You see CVs don't "explain" your career or the reasons of your choices.

Now? I'm seriously thinking of a career change since I've seen enough of the currently offered marketing jobs in Thessaloniki. I'd better urge a bit my bigger dreams and second thoughts to avoid killing them under the "democratic and professional pressure of another wonderful boss". I don't claim that all bosses are like that. I only face the fact that I need a job now and the companies with human resources know-how or even those with a simple but professional boss are a few and all booked by good colleagues and employees. It isn't strange that there's not a great hope for a vacancy before Tassos and I go bankrupt…

Well, at least we wait for Akiko for sure and I now have the chance to keep the days she will be here free, so as to be able to spend more time with her and show the country and its life. Hopefully, nothing has only a dark side. Still, I wish you meet mostly the bright sides of things and situations.