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Missed my NHS job interview, feeling like a failure.

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milliegeobotandyou · 11/04/2018 15:19

I was nervous so I arrived an hour early to try and get a parking spot and realised only then that I had accidentally forgotten my bank card and had no cash. I was in a very large city centre and my interview at a hospital. I tried driving around to various car parks incase you could pay by an app but I had no luck. I parked in one multi-storey that gave no indication of how you could pay, so I parked up in a tight spot and walked to find the machine and it was cash only. Same again everywhere I went. Finally I found a car park that accepted app payments, put in the code for the location and it said sorry no parking here today. I tried to ring my husband to see if he could give me my bank card number and his phone was off. I rang department & say I cant come (25 minutes before I am due) and nearly cry on the voicemail. I then start going home and my phone rings repeatedly so I pull over and one of the ladies who was interview said to come back and told me where to park that was free. I had trouble finding it and then when I did there was not a single space anywhere, I drove around and around. I then drove into a carpark then see it says staff permit only and as I realise this I lightly hit the wall and slightly scrape the front of my car. At this point I can't see for crying so I drive home and email when I arrive home to say sorry and good luck with filling the role.

I desperately wanted that job.

I haven't worked in 4 years and it was a perfect part-time job. It was also relevant to the degree I'll be studying next September.

I'm so sad and kicking myself over and over. Sad

I guess it was not meant to be.

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maisyanddaisy · 12/04/2018 13:29

Aw OP, you poor thing. It's so hard getting back into work mode after being in the stay at home wilderness, I'm not surprised that you were so nervous - and being nervous and stressed does not facilitate the keeping of a cool head when something goes wrong! This was just bad luck, and you reacted the way you did because this was a very big deal for you. It sounds like you live somewhere reasonably big so this will not be the last opportunity for you, and you have kept communication open re this job so you never know what might happen. Be kind to yourself Flowers

Geoff1969 · 13/04/2018 11:08

How did you get out of the multi-storey without parking? Is it free if you exit within a certain number of minutes from arriving?

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