Its hard to say no when youve been offered a shot at your dream job.
Miranda Peters did so, twice.
It was mostly out of loyalty, and other reasons.
Peters, who grew up gazing at stars from atop her familys garage in Humboldt and who dreamed of one day becoming an astronaut for NASA, had already accepted a job from an aeronautics firm in Wichita.
So, when the call came earlier this summer from a representative from SGT, a company that supplies personnel for NASA, a heartbroken Peters had to decline.
The first call came shortly after Graduation Day.It came time for me to be loyal, she explained to the Register in a telephone interview. I had given my word to a company that had already set aside my salary, where I knew people were advocating for me to get a job there.
A few weeks later, she received a second call, from the same person.
It seems he didnt remember calling me the first time, Peters chuckled. I had to say no, again, to NASA.
Saying no, she said, was very difficult.
Peters relayed the conversation to a coworker at Textron Aviation in Wichita, which had hired her in May, before the ink was dry on her aerospace engineering degree from the University of Kansas.
I told him how this cool thing had happened, that I got a phone call offering me an interview opportunity at NASA, but I had told them no, she said.
Peters was expecting an attaboy, or a gesture of gratitude.
His response was more on the incredulous side.
WHY DID YOU SAY NO? he barked.
Peters explained her rationale. She had a good job, at a place she liked where she was comfortable and was showing her new bosses a degree of loyalty.
