Sad Day

Well this completely and utterly sucks. My husband was anticipating getting a job at Les Schwab. He had done the interview, they loved him! He submitted the back round check, the driving record, everything. Only thing he had left to do was submit to a urine analysis and was told as long as it was clean that he had the job. So we yet again for about the 4th time took a trip into Spokane (we live an hour away) so that he could submit his UA. We patiently waited for three days before the results came it, just waiting for the call that said he had the job. We this morning we got the complete opposite. The manager that had interviewed him and liked him so much was calling to say that he didn't have the job.

Driving record, clean. License check, cleared. Urine Analysis, clean. So why didn't he get the job? The manager had initially pulled up my husbands criminal record and saw that he had a felony back in 2007 but assured us that it would not bar him as they hire people with felonies all the time. Well apparently the corporate office had contacted the manager yesterday and they informed him that they would not be hiring Tyler because the nature of his felony.

The manager explained how sorry he was and such. But because my husbands felony was for a forgery, they could not hire him. The saddest part here is they told him that had his felony been drug or violence related, that he would have the job. I cannot wrap my brain around that. A convicted drug felon could potentially run drugs in and out of a company (high risk), an assault felon has the potential to harm or even kill a customer or fellow employee if the circumstance arose (also high risk), but because my husband forged his friend's check he cannot get the job. What risk is he? He would only be working on cars. Does his teenage stupidity from 5 years ago inhibit his ability to work on a car? Is he a risk to his customers or fellow employees? No.

At this point I just don't even know what to say or do. This whole thing just seems so ass backwards to me  (excuse the language) But I am very upset. We had wasted so much time and gas to do what needed to be done for this job, but in the end all we received was a big slap in the face. I guess that's all I can really say right now. I'm really just trying to find the positive in all of it. Like maybe this was meant to happen. Maybe something better is in store for us. God I hope so because we are at the end of our ropes and running out of resources. Something has got to give.