Is a little perfection too much to ask?

One of the things I hate is empty promises, even when people don't promise, saying they'll do something and then not, it makes me annoyed, pisses me off.

I pride myself in being patient, and most the time I am, but when people say:  "I will do X on X date." And that date rolls around and nothing happens, I get annoyed. I guess it stems from my organisation, I like to be able to plan things: What I'll do, where I'll go, or who I'll see. When I plan around something that someone has said will happen; say, clear a day, I get annoyed because I have to put things on hold.

I guess in a sense I am a perfectionist, I don't like missing deadlines myself, and if I say I'll do something I usually do. By no means am I suggesting that I'm infallible, but when I forget about something and then remember it later, I tend to apologise profusely.

Mark is the same way, and I guess that's why we go well together. If we say we'll do something we do it, and that's that. We keep things clean because we are clean people, and if things are out of place we both get annoyed.

When our broadband was meant to be installed and the supplier called us to change the date, we were both annoyed. We'd planned to spend that day at home, and had to now make sure we were around for another date as well.

It's not as if we're busy people, or even people who had plans on said day, but neither of us like the feeling that we're caged in any way.

Last Friday I had an interview, in which the person conducting it told me they'd call me on Monday to tell me whether I got the job. Monday was yesterday, and there was no call. For the last 48 hours I've been glued to my mobile phone, something that I wouldn't normally do. I've been gaming with one ear outside of my headphones so that I don't miss the call.

I was worried about that call yesterday, wondering what the outcome would be, but today I'm just annoyed that the call hasn't happened yet. It's as if the company doesn't care about potential employees. If this was a permanent job I would consider declining if they offer the job. But as it's just a temp position (and, let's face it, I need the money and experience) I will probably take it anyway.

The only thing I can hold them accountable for at the moment is not being organised, though admittedly this does annoy me.

In the meantime, though, I will continue looking for work, maybe do some freelance writing on the side. It's about time this writer showed her colours to potential employers of a different nature.