Twenty days left.
Budget:£760
For the past few days Dan had been doing interviews and searched for job notices.
As a matter of fact, he was up early, and in bed late. This had led to Dan not talking to Blanka or Sakura, too tired to engage with his cohorts. On the third day he decided to check in with his team, and let them know how he got on.
"Horrible." Dan had replied to Sakura's query of how he was doing.
"Is that it?" Sakura frowned. She knew Dan would have trouble getting a job, but did not expect her sensei to be so down.
"Let me tell ya, kid, those interviewers are evil. Most kicked me out because of my clothes! I mean, it's crazy! I thought you should judge people on their personality! By that standard, I should be an astronaut!" Dan moaned.
"Ok then. Tell me what went wrong. Tell me exactly what happened."
"Well," Dan began.
"Hi, I'm here for a car washing job." Dan said to the guy behind the desk of the car wash. The man snorted.
"Yeah, so what?" The man glared at Dan. "Get outta here, cupcake!" Dan recoiled.
"Fine…" He said, dejected. As he went past the snack section, he decided to get his revenge on this punk. Grabbing as many chocolate bars as possible, he ran. Ignoring the shouts of the till-person, he kept on running.
Eating a Mars Bar, Dan was already looking for a new opportunity. As fate would have it, there was a notice outside a hairdressing shop. It read:
Hairdresser wanted: Must have a lot of experience.
Now, Dan had little experience in hair. The only thing he could do with it was turn it into a ponytail. Ignoring this, he walked into the shop, carrying the notice.
"Excuse me I-"
"Oh, my god, you are so hired!" The man behind the till cut Dan off. Giving the pink man some scissors and hair gel, the till-person led Dan to the only empty chair in the shop. Almost immediately, someone walked in, asking for a pair of pigtails. A bewildered Dan was pushed next to the chair.
"Hi!" Dan said eager to just flounder his way through the week to get his pay.
"Hello!" This was the client, a female of around thirty, with brown messy hair.
"Just a pair of pigtails, right?" Dan asked. The woman nodded and turned to her magazine. Dan brought the scissors to her hair before realising he had no idea what pigtails are! Thinking about the name, he arrived at the conclusion it must look like a pigtail, that is, a thin Mohican with a few wisps of hair.
"What the fu-"
"What's the problem?" A bald man wearing a badge that read MANGER ran over to the angry woman.
"The problem is that guy," She pointed, "Made me nearly bald!" She shouted, rightfully angry. As the manager turned to Dan, Dan began running…
The manager was dumbfounded.
"Who hired that guy?" He asked his staff. One man raised his hand. Sighing, the manager tried to talk to the fool that cost him a customer.
"For the last time Miguel, a gay person does not make a hairdresser!" Dan, who had been hiding around the corner, was outraged. However, not keen to stick around, ran home.
"That's it! Jobs suck!" Dan sat down, facing away from Sakura and began crying.
"Sensei, didn't you think to get a job that you might be good at? Then it would be easy!" Sakura cheered. Dan shook his head.
"Like what, kid? The only thing I'm good at is fighting!" Dan appeared defeated. Sakura laughed nervously.
"But no-one will come to the dojo!" She said. "So what do we do?"
An hour later, they had nothing. Another hour later, they had nothing. Another hour later, Dan had a headache.
Nineteen days left.
Budget:£760
I apologise if anyone was offended by the gay joke. I 100% support the gay community. Anyway, Dan's job search isn't going well. If there's a job you would like to see Dan try, don't hesitate to message me!