Just got off the phone, she wants me to apply to the police force. I old them they are not hiring anyone just now due to cut backs, cue argument..... 
Just graduated, looking for work, an police force was something I considered. However when I checked the local areas website careers section, there was a message saying that due to cut backs/uncertainty of funding etc they were not hiring anyone new, and would fill places with previous applicants of the last 2 years, already in their system.
My mun thinks that this is the first 'test' of trying to get a job and that I should email and ask, or better still turn up at the police station with a CV.....
When I told her that everything for applying for jobs was done centrally online and that it was closed so I could therefore not apply she accused me of not thinking outside the box.
She then said that it was all about being in the right place at the right time and that 'what if someone was off sick for a few days then I could fill in if I turned up at the right time' when I tried to explain about training etc and that I couldn't just walk of the street to fill in for someone for a couple of days, she old me that my negative attitude was depressing.
Is it just me or is she very naive about how jobs work and abou the current economical situation we are in just now!?!?