Coffee to the interview

With recent discourse on TikTok about whether or not you should bring coffee to an interview, I wanted to add my two cents even though no one asked. 

A recruiter on TikTok made a video saying that, as a recruiter, if someone comes in for an interview with coffee, she perceives it as though the candidate is treating the interview as a “stop on the list of errands for the day,” like they “stopped by Starbucks or Target and are on to the next thing,” and that it “looks too casual.”

Me personally, I wouldn't bring coffee to an interview because I'm a fast drinker. By the time I'm handed my caramel frappe, it's halfway finished before I even pull out of the drive thru. I would only have coffee with me if the interview were being held at a coffee shop, which I've seen happen before. 

I just don’t understand how the recruiter got such a perception from coffee. Everyone in corporate drinks coffee. Corporate offices even have coffee machines for their employees. Coffee is primarily marketed in this country as something that helps employees be more productive. So when did coffee become something so casual that it’s considered unprofessional in the workplace?

I’d understand if someone came in with coffee and water was dripping from the cup, their hands were wet, they were swooshing it around and making noise, it was placed somewhere it could potentially spill, or they were slurping on it during the interview. If I were a recruiter, I don’t even think I would notice the coffee unless it was distracting.

But yet again, I don’t really understand corporate culture. To me, it’s too many games, too overbearing, and way too passive, especially in this economy where job application sites are filled with fake, data-farming, AI-slop listings. Everyone is hiring but not really hiring, yet everyone is understaffed. Make it make sense.

 So many people are being laid off and spending months on end applying to jobs and barley even receiving a call back or even a rejection letter. Also to add on top of that no one is paying a livable wage. Why are jobs requiring you to have 5 plus years of experience, a bachelors degree ,and open availability, but the pay is listed as $15 - $20 or $40,000-$50,000 ? Now how can a functioning adult live off that ? 

I feel like recruiters and people in HR positions are sometimes people who don’t experience much ascendancy outside of work or even socially, so when they do get into these positions and they it as an opportunity to prove their worth, they go overboard trying to prove that they are worthy of their position, if that makes sense. 

IDK yall .  Let me know what yall think. I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions. 

Journal Entry: First Week of School

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a great week so far. This week is going by so fast, I can’t believe we’re already in September.

Last week, classes began for me. I only attend class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which isn’t bad. I just really hate commuting. I have class tomorrow, and I’m already debating whether or not I should show up.

I get out of class at 4 PM, and that’s when everybody and their moms are on the highway driving. I hate driving in general, but I especially hate driving past 3 PM because I always feel like I’m going to get into another car accident. I’m traumatized from last year. I got into two car accidents within six months, and now I feel like I drive with so much anxiety on the highway.

Anyways, last week was pretty rough because I had a trip planned, and I spent my time preparing for it just for my parents to cancel it. Which left me devastated and distraught. SO much so that my left eye swelled up, was red, and was hurting from feeling so agitated. I have viral keratitis in my left eye, and I often get these flare-ups whenever I’m feeling stressed, uneasy, exposed to certain chemicals from cleaning products, around lots of dust, or even sometimes during my menstrual cycle. I’m already taking medication daily to prevent these flare-ups, so I’m surprised I had an episode over the weekend, but it’s gone now.

I’m actually excited about my classes this semester. I’m taking six classes when I normally take four. I’m trying to graduate in Summer 2027 or, at the latest, Fall 2027, so I have to take six classes for the next two semesters. I think for my last semester, I need to earn my final three credits through an internship. I’m almost done OMGGGGGG! I can’t wait to graduate, even though the job market is shitty right now. I’m just soooo over school.

Two of my classes are in person, and four are online. I’m a healthcare administration major, and it’s in the College of Business. I finally finished my business prerequisites last semester, so I’m finally taking classes that are geared toward my major, and I’m having fun so far learning about the U.S. healthcare system.

Y’all... get rich and stay healthy because it’s not looking good. Did y’all know that the Biden administration (2021) passed a pro-competition executive order requiring hospitals to post how much they charge for services, and only 30% of hospitals posted it because all the other hospitals, 70% were mostly committing fraud? Also, my professor told us that UnitedHealthcare, a health insurance company, denied like 80% of the treatment for their cancer patients, and I have UnitedHealthcare 🫩. And in order to comfortably afford Medicare/health insurance after you retire at 65, you need to have retired with $2.7 million. Guess how much the average American retires with? Only $250,000.

So yeah... stay healthy and get your money up because these health corporations just want money.

Anyways, y’all, I’m going to end the post here. Let me know how your week went and if you’re in school.

BYEEEEEEE 💕

Forgot to mention, I went to Miami with my cousin and siblings. 

Most Influencers are Grifters and Characters

Back in the 2000s and even 2010s, most of people's entertainment came from cable TV.  You wanted reality TV, click on Bravo TV. You wanted sitcoms and soap operas... ABC Network. Teen dramas like Vampire Diaries and Smallville... CW. You wanted to listen to music while cleaning or getting ready... Music choice. Documentaries.. PBS, and the list goes on. 

Now that we've moved on from cable networks, so many of us find our entertainment on social media like TikTok and Reels, causing the rise of influencers. Influencers often feel so close to us as the audience because we're scrolling on our phones rather than having that distance of watching stars on a big TV screen or at a movie theater. Which is why people feel so parasocial towards influencers. When creators post storytime content, it's not rare to see that one comment, "This feels like a FaceTime call." That parasocial relationship often makes viewers forget that the people they’re watching are actually strangers.

The stories they tell could have sprinkles of lies, or be told only to promote a product. We only see what they share. At the start of some creators, their posts had more variety, but as their platforms grow, they stick to the content that makes the most money or the character that they best play.

With recent press about Nara Smith denouncing that she's a tradwife or that she even acted like one on the Call Her Daddy podcast, even though she used the #tradwife hashtag on her videos, dressed in shirtwaist dresses, drinking raw milk, having kids really young, her husband being raised Mormon, and slicking his hair back with that toothpick like he's in the 1950s. She definitely played the character. I've been following her for a while, and I enjoy her content, but I always knew she wasn't a real tradwife. Tradwives don't work or make money for themselves, especially the amount that she makes. I wouldn't be surprised if she was the breadwinner in her household, not that it matters.

We see this tradwife trope being pushed by women in the media that are actively working, like Erica Kirk and Candace Owens. Both women support the traditional lifestyle of the husband being the head of the house while the woman submits to him, bears all his children, and does not work, but their job is to promote that lifestyle, and they're not doing it for free. Lol

There are so many other media personals and influencers like Jools Lebron, a TikToker famously known for her viral "very demure, very mindful" sound. She is currently suffering from the stress of being cancelled after setting up a GoFundMe page for people to donate for her to get her teeth done. Mind you, she was on the Tamron Hall show stating that companies that once would offer to pay $2,000 for a video were now offering $45,000 and even $85,000 for videos.

Another influencer that comes to mind is GripBaby. A story came on the internet claiming that she paid for an e-class with GripBaby but never got it. You should NEVER buy e-books or e-classes from influencers that claim to teach you how to get rich or how to become an influencer. If you want to be an influencer, just post every day. There's really not much strategy to it other than being consistent in something that brings people in.

WooLadyTV, who's famously known for going live on TikTok to teach girls how to find a trick, once went on live with another influencer and told her that she couldn't attract a trick because she's on live eating boiled peanuts. Instead, she should be eating steak and mashed potatoes so that the tricks keep up with the lifestyle. This is the same influencer that is currently under fire because, according to her, the U.S. Post Office lost 300 orders that were placed by fans from her website. How could the U.S. government lose 300 packages without an investigation of some sort? IDK.

Honestly, it's so funny watching people fall for the scams of these influencers that are obviously about their coins. This is why media literacy is so important and why people under a certain age should not be on social media. These people are playing characters and trying to get some money. We are no longer watching Disney Channel; instead, we are watching their channels.

                                       

Fall Bucket List

*:･🥧 ೃ࿔ Fall Bucket List *:･🥧 ೃ࿔

ITS' ALMOST TIMMEE FOR THE BEST SEASON !!!!!!!!

What's on your fall bucket list ? 

 

The French Are Weird

This summer I spent a day in Paris, and there were some peculiar cultural differences that struck me about the city. 

1. Their drinking water is undrinkable ! Absolutely disgusting . I'm not super picky when it comes to water I'll drink any water as long as it doesn't taste like sink water and spit, and thats exactly what the bottled water in France tastes like, spit. It was so thick. I survived off of the leftover Aquafina I had at the Miami airport before taking off.

2. So many stairs ! Walking all of those stairs had me questioning how to people with disabilities and families with strollers get around the city. There are lot of places that are within walking distance from each other, but you'd have to go through 5,000 flights of stairs to get there. I spent only a few hours there, but I definitely felt like I lost some weight. It was definitely a wake up call to get my big fat American self in the gym. 

3. The food is quite bland. I had sandwiches, steak and fries , ice cream ( that was pretty good ) , McDonald's and Haitian food . The steak tasted like water, and the salad I had at McDonald's tasted  like school lunch salad. However the chicken tender in the salad was pretty good. Even the Haitian had a different taste. It wasn't bad, but it tasted like it needed a bit more epis (green seasoning).

4. Everything closes so early. I still haven't recovered from Walmart changing their closing time from 24 hours to 11p.m. In France, everything like grocery stores, seems to be closed by 6. I get it. Europe has better work-life balance than we do in the states , but if Publix closed at 6pm, I don't think I'd be able to survive.

5. No A/C . Before I landed in France, I was told by my older cousin to bring summer clothes because there was a heat wave in France. When I landed in Paris, it was around 80 degrees Fahrenheit . It felt like Florida, but much hotter because there is no A/C. I was able to get by the weather with my 5 Below portable fan that blew like 5 pieces of air . I don't understand why they don't have A/C. Its not news that the weather is changing across the globe. Also, their fridges are warmer than the ones in the States. I felt like my drinks and food barely got cool. Maybe that was just the Airbnb's fridge that I was at , but considering that they don't have A/C , its probably a French thing. 

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I love Paris. Its one of my favorite places that I've been to. I loved the architecture. While I was there, my younger cousin wanted to take the bike to go to the mall. While riding, I lost my family, so I followed my GPS. the bikes were electric, and I've never ridden an electric bike. My anxiety was through the roof. The bikes went so fast and they're right next to traffic . My phone fell out of the phone holder. I fell off the bike TWICE . At one point I got off the bike and just walked the rest of the distance. 🙃

All I got to see was the Eiffel Tower, which was beautiful and surreal to see in person. Next time I return to Paris, I'd love to go see the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles , Notre Dame, Palais Garnier, Galeries Lafayette and so much more. I want to give the food another try. Also, the people DO NOT wear deodorant and its very apparent when taking the metro. It smelt like Eau du Funk up in there. 🥴

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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My last post was more of introduction to the blog, but I wanted to take the time to introduce myself, the one behind the screen. 

My name is Johann, pronounced (Jo-ann). My mom added an H to my name to be different, but it just caused people to mispronounce my name in all types of ways like Jo-HANNA, Yo-han, and even Joan. 😭 

I was born May 6, 2005 in Broward County Florida, and I've lived there ever since **954**🍊

Im currently in college for healthcare administration. I choose this major because I wanted to go into the healthcare field for the stability since I'm not a nepobaby ,but I learned in my senior year of high school that I hate looking at sick people, I hate touching people , or watching people suffer. I pray that no one ever has a health scare in front of me because my immediate reaction ,besides panicking, will be to call 9-1-1 and not do CPR. I took the CPR class but never got certified. I'm lowkey kinda regretting my major  but I'm too far in it to really change my mind. I'm really trying to hurry up and finish graduating. I'm so tired of being in school lol. 

My favorite color has always been pink, but black, turquoise, yellow, and green are close favorites. My bedroom is painted pink and when I move out or even get married, my room will be painted pink 

Favorite foods/meals are grapes, penne pasta, chicken, and medium steak. I love grapes so much, lol when I die I want to be cremated and have my ashes planted in a grape vineyard . 

Favorite flowers are lotus, lilies, roses , hibiscus, and hydrangeas 

Favorite artist is Michael Jackson 

I've been in 2 car accidents within a span of six months. I hate driving 

Dream career, to be on Love Island USA 

That's it for now. As I continue to post more,  I'll drop more lore, like how I lowkey went blind throwing the trash out

bye for nowwww 

ttylxox🤍🩷🩵💛

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Heyyyy, Eva Venus here! 

First and foremost thank you for tuning in ! I can't wait to share my thoughts and experiences, build new connections and see how far this blog grows. 

A little backstory on what led me here, on my thirteenth birthday my mother gifted me a journal and ever since then I've been collecting journals. In total I have fourteen journals including an online journal that I created during the 2020 pandemic. 

Journaling became the pathway that led me to finding my love for wiring. As per my description, here on Eva Venus I'll be writing on various topics like fashion, pop culture, lifestyle , beauty and beyond. 

Eva Venus is technically my fifteenth journal. 😆😭

all of my physical journals

a little insight on what was going through my mind in 2019