Don't Trust Anyone

Hello Everyone: Today was a less stressful work moment. I've checking with the new place every day for updates and, other than yesterday's equipment angst, it's been pretty chill. The equipment angst centered around transmitting payment for the fully loaded laptop (an Apple yay) and printer I'll need to do the work. They want me to send it via a cash app (i.e. Zelle) to one of their vendors at some unnamed office supply company. I was able to work through a viable solution with someone in accounting and now I'm just waiting on my bank where I deposited the money. In the meantime, I went ahead and applied for a teacher's assistant job at a local school. I have to keep my options open because you never know. Even though the company I'm supposedly employed with is a respectable place with a good reputation, I don't entirely trust the people I'm dealing with. My instinct tells me something's not entirely right. Maybe it's just the pissant I'm dealing with, I don't trust him at all. The accountant I've been talking to seems to be a little more on the up and up. I'll check in again with them in the morning before I go running. In the meantime, I'm not ready to celebrate my new job yet. For now, I just have to work through the process. Honestly, if I interviewed for and got the job at the school, I'd take it. It's not as much money but it is close by and it's stable. The only thing is I'd probably have to return the money I got for the purchase of the equipment or the equipment itself if I took possession of it. I'll deal with it if the situation arises. Maybe things with this new job will work out for the good. For now, I can't leave anything to chance.