I have done the unthinkable.I have gotten a second job.
Yes, that's right. In spite of my continued allegiance to slacker-dom, my Protestant work ethic (or, more specifically, my Protestant desire to not run out of money for groceries between paychecks, nor to be thrown into debtor's prison) has overwhelmed me. I applied, I was hired. I start working there tonight.
I will be working midnights. Stocking the shelves. Giving myself an aneurysm. I am completely dreading it.
This is, of course, a temporary measure. And very part time. I'm still looking for a library job, but I just can't live down here on the amount that I'm earning. Plus my folks are in dire financial straits, so I can't count on their largess indefinitely.
One guess where I'm working:
I once vowed I would never return to retail. May God have mercy on us all.
3 comments:
Do you get a staff discount?
Good heavens yes, which is part of the appeal of working there. It's only 10%, but it's a SuperTarget, which means they sell groceries there, too, so it should save me a small chunk of change. And I will also be able to afford the Isaac Mizrahi housewares collection!
All this stuff would be even cheaper if you stole. Go on. Release the upper-echelon cat burglar inside of you.
He'll never love you the way that I love you, cuz if he did, oh no, he wouldn't make you cry.
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