The art of fooling people

Are you a punctual person? And more - do you keep your word? Do you do what you promised another person?
And everything else that comes from these questions, tied to each other, one leading after another, all interconnected, which describes a person to be correct.

Recently at an appointment with an acquaintance, he showed up a minute early and I was like: "Wow, you're on time!" Absolutely sincere and instinctive.
As if this small and simple thing could not happen anymore. And as if the rest that results from such a behavior and way of life cannot be achieved either - to fulfill your promises to other people, to keep your word.

Maybe it's because I've been living in a vicious cycle of lies and inaction from people for quite some time. And maybe it all started or rather continued lately with that guy in February, a friend of a very close friend who was looking for someone for some online work, I wrote to him and sent him my contacts as agreed but he never contacted me. Although there was a stipulation regarding me because I need a job.
It is needless to say how many days and weeks, perhaps even months, I wasted in waiting for the fulfillment of this promise. Because it was said, suggested, arranged, it was certain and everything.

Then, even more recently, there was this company, German again, in which, after two interviews and a three-day exam, they told me: on Monday we will call to make the employment offer.

And I believed them. Why shouldn't I? The interviews had gone well, I had also passed the exam, I was calm the whole time. I knew things were going in the right direction. I was only worried about what salary they would offer me. Because, agree, two interviews and an exam, and I still didn't know what I was fighting for. That's not very ok, is it? But typical for a company that operates in Bulgaria, that's why I put up with it.

And I finally allowed myself to think optimistically about life. I even allowed myself to dream. Why not? For so long, months, a year, and more, I didn't allow myself to think like a normal person, about normal things. That I can replace my worn-out clothes, that I can replace my old, damaged phone, that I will be able to afford nutritional supplements and some medicine to try to improve my health, which has been ruined by my last job... normal human things.
And these dreams and positive thoughts lasted an entire weekend that was given to me for this.
And then Monday came.
And the wait began.
And at the end of the working day, it already became clear to me that all this was a waste of time again - the interviews, the exam, the promises and the waiting. Because 5 minutes before the end of working hours, they called me to tell me that they had chosen another person.

At that same time, I had this conversation with the manager I know, a fellow student that I wrote to you about, and who told me she would help me, of course we would find a job, she knew people, companies, she would just ring some phones...
Needless to mention how many days and weeks I spent waiting and hoping.

At the end of the past month, it was already clear to me that she would not call again.
But just then she called again, a month after the previous conversation, to put me in touch with another person, a company manager, who often did just that: finding jobs for people among his many professional contacts.

The guy was supposed to call me the same day. Needless to say, I waited for him all day, and the next day and the day after that. And further.

He didn't call until the following week with a thousand questioning questions about my competencies and skills and asking for some controversial changes to my CV.

Needless to say how long I've been waiting for him for feedback after completing all his controversial tasks...

In our country there is this saying: A word spoken, a stone thrown.
The problem is that no one cares about it or thinks about how literally true it is that when you speak words, you throw stones, you carve words into stones with a chisel, which are basically magic spells. And when you speak empty words, make empty promises and basically, don't realize what comes out of your mouth, you not only make the person opposite you suffer. You are doing much more than that, which cannot at first be seen by the naked eye or realized.

So, are you accurate people yourself? Do you do what you promise/what you propose to do yourself?

I have nothing more to add.

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The photos of this lovely church from my favorite city of Burgas turned out to be quite bad after processing and seen on a large screen, due to the lack of light in the building at the time.
But let me tell you, I post them anyway. Maybe in some subconscious urge after the recent events on the chain to show that I'm a real person and can take bad pictures too, lol. 🤭
On the other hand, photos of a church are best suited, in my opinion, to a topic concerning universal human values. That's why I wanted to use exactly them.

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	Soul's Detour is a project started by me years ago when I had a blog about historical and not so popular tourist destinations in Eastern Belgium, West Germany and Luxembourg. Nowadays, this blog no longer exists, but I'm still here - passionate about architecture, art and mysteries and eager to share my discoveries and point of view with you.

Personally, I am a sensitive soul with a strong sense of justice.
Traveling and photography are my greatest passions.
Sounds trivial to you?
No, it's not trivial. Because I still love to travel to not so famous destinations.🗺️
Of course, the current situation does not allow me to do this, but I still find a way to satisfy my hunger for knowledge, new places, beauty and art.
Sometimes you can find the most amazing things even in the backyard of your house.😊🧐🧭|