finding and holding down a job; working towards a career; relating to paid work, not including sex work
I’m a writer. I get paid almost nothing, at this point, for writing. Like most other writers in the world (the ones who have jobs at all), I have a crappy day job that barely pays the bills, and sometimes not even that. On Thursday, after I had finally clocked out, I took my usual …
So, I work in a retail store wherein Christmas songs are playing nonstop every single day from November 15 until Christmas Day. I don’t dislike Christmas songs, generally speaking, except for “Santa Baby” and “It’s Cold Outside”, but hearing any song over and over and over for any extended period of time is going to …
NOTE: This is more the story behind why I watched these two movies in the first place, and why I’m featuring them here together, rather than an actually honest-to-gods review of the material. Fair warning. At the end of March, one of my coworkers—Nate—and I were closing the store and since it was slowish, we …
Dear strange woman who didn’t want the “drink” I made you because you thought I was sick because I was wearing a convention bracelet that apparently looks like a hospital bracelet, YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE. I do not work in a tiny, corner coffee shop. I work at a place that has a behemoth corporation …
So, I apparently have a reputation at work for being able to cover other people’s shifts and come in early or stay late if it becomes necessary. I’m pretty low on the totem pole, but I get the work done and so far no one has complained. Last Sunday morning, I was working with a …
Sometimes, it’s not worth it to chew through the restraints in the morning. Today, I had an appointment to meet with my writing professor at the community college I attend (mostly for fun) to go over the new part-time position I’ll be holding for the college’s literary journal, Eclipse. The intern who is leaving was …
I found this card on my way to work yesterday on La Granada Way around 1:30 PM local time. (I walk up to Foothill and catch the bus from there to work on days when the bus runs.) Front (I assume): It reads “20th amendment.” in orange marker. Back: The back is written in black …