Hi, you are “face to face with Shell”.
I hope you have been enjoying this series on “having fun with burns”?
As I have said before, yeah, it is no joke what burn survivors go through but these are just a few lighthearted stories that I want to share with you…it’s how I deal with my scars/disfigurement and what happened to me.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO APPLY FOR AN UNUSUAL JOB? I DID…
Please watch this video and read on:
Before Chris (my husband) and I went travelling, we would take holidays to Cornwall (for those of you outside of the UK, it is a county in England, at the southwestern tip) we totally love it down there, it is so beautiful. As it was a long way from where we stayed at the time in Central Scotland, we would take 3 weeks off work and take a road trip down, stopping off along the way. One stop-off we took was at Wookey Hole, which is a village in the county of Somerset. Wookey Hole caves have a legend of a “witch”.
We had a great two day stopover at Wookey Hole and took the tour of the caves; they were stunning. We signed up for the Wookey Hole newsletter as we were leaving.
We had a great holiday in Cornwall and on our return, I received an email that Wookey Hole was looking for a new witch. The position of The Witch of Wookey Hole was soon to become vacant and they were looking for a new one. The job would include entertaining guests at Wookey Hole. I decided that I wanted to apply.
Application photo (2014).
It was the same as any other job application; the only difference was that it was required that all applicants sent photographs of how they would come dressed to work. I just wore my own clothes and Chris and I had a photo shoot. I loved it!
Remembering my early experiences of employment, I thought it prudent to contact the Human Resources Department, to tell them that I had been burned and that my scars were visible, and was it worth me applying.
And one more (2014).
The gentleman that I spoke to was brilliant. I explained my situation and he said: “Ok, no bulls**t, no, it would not affect your application at all”.
So, I sent everything off. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the “audition/interview” on the date specified but here is my “audition” story:
“Hi, I am Shell and I have just recently arrived here from Scotland. I was found guilty of being a witch in my village and I was sentenced to burn. They tied me to the stake and as they were lighting the pyre, my friends (who were also witches) threw my trusted broom towards me. I managed to grab my broom, as they hadn’t tied me that well to the stake and I made my escape. Unfortunately some of the flames did burn me but with a little magick, I was able to heal them enough to fly down here. These scars I will be left with but I am happy that I found sanctuary here”.
Chris said that I would have been in with a good chance of getting the job.
Please click on the link below if you would like to visit the Wookey Hole site:
I have also included a link to beautiful Cornwall:
https://www.visitcornwall.com/
I hope you enjoyed this story and it gave you a little laugh. It is totally my sense of humour and how I deal with things.
Stay strong and we’ll chat soon.