To be or Not to be?

When I first applied for Asda, I was immediatly sent a letter of rejection, and I put it out of my mind. Then the following day I was called to be asked in for an interview. I was surprised as I had told them I was pregnant and was unsure if I would be offered any job, despite the non-discrimitory laws here in the UK. Those laws mean little if you cannot prove that they are discriminating on any documents or words.

However I went to the interview with a cheerful heart. I was told at the end of the two hour session that I would be contacted in the next few days, with one of three options. Either a) you were accepted and there was a spot available immediatly, b) you were accepted but no spot was available immediatly (for your hours), or c) you were not accepeted.

I went home and waited anxiously for a call or letter. What I received was answer B. So I called to see if there was anyway to be bumped up that list since I knew there was a discrepancy between the hours I wrote as available on my application and the hours they had asked us we 'preferred' in the group session interview. I took the preference litteraly not realizing I was just being silly as I should have written what was already on my application.

Anyways, I called today and was told I would be called since I had cleared that up. Now on the phone I was told specifically what group B meant, and the kind personnel lady told me "You were accepted but put on a waiting list until your specified hours become available for the job you applied for." I know they probably tell everyone this to avoid discremination claims, however, having cleared that up I hope it means I will get the job sooner. It also means they now can't reject me on the basis I am pregnant because of not being rejected all togehter. If that makes any sense. However if they do reject me at this point, I will seek legal advice. I don't want this to continue happening simply because I intend to continue having children. This won't be the first time I run into this problem, and I want to figure out a way to show my best with out needing to dance around the pregnancy subject. I didnt even mention it in my interview since I had plainly put it down in my application, and had they wanted to broach the subject they could have. The only thing they asked that could have been vaugly related would be asking if I'd had any booked holiday time planned for this year. And no I dont. Maternity leave is not holiday, and it won't be this year :P I do feel a bit underhanded for not mentioning it now that I think on it, but I really didn't even consider it because of those lines of reasoning. I take things too literally some time I think.

So now my wonder is, do I continue to pursue this job..or just wait and see what happens? I've been praying and I'm not sure what to do. I need a job, and I need to do my artwork, but so far no one is interested locally in art lessons, and my caricature client fell through. I am not going to give up from a few set backs but I think I need to widen my clientel range, which requires going to different cities. Maybe Carol will help me?

Also, my husband made a wonderful suggestion to offer commision drawings on DND forums. I think this a great idea. I hope it turns out, Anyone else have some creative helpful hints?