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July 5, 2005
Jobs In Flux
Jobs.
Yes, I'm working.
I have two… part–time jobs. One at a book store, the other at a 'convenience store.' A gas station, if you will.
I am battling with myself as to what I want to do next.
I have wanderlust bad.
With the part time work, in theory I could just pick that up almost any old place.
There are more IT openings in these parts… stuff I could get hired for.
What I want to avoid more than any–fucking–thing, though, is repetition and feeling trapped by the time clock.
And I feel the trap. Ungrateful fuckers will fire you for being 3 minutes late even when you bail them out time and time again by working extra shifts or staying late.
I don't want to give anyone that satisfaction anymore. You don't get that power over me.
I've thought about going to school for programming again. The reason I loved computers to begin with! And also why I quit: because Captain Distraction hated working with main–frames.
But todays PC development environments seem like a return to the glory days of on–the–fly compiling on the Apple ][.
And I have also thought about obtaining a less useful but entertaining degree in language, or in religious studies.
I was a student of French, a long time ago. I realized a few days ago when I wanted to speak to a friend that I couldn't remember which verb tense to use any more to say what I meant. It really has been too long.
And I have been an arm–chair student of mythology for a long, long time. I've read some of Joseph Campbell and his unified–field theory.
What I really like is the enmeshment (Is that a word?) of archeology and mythology. I think it has more to say about who we are (homo sapiens sapiens) as a race than many are willing to admit.
Or maybe somehow I could get in somewhere where the work of Terrence McKenna or Timothy Leary is being forwarded.
Just… Please, God, stop using time as a weapon against me! It's my Kryptonite. I will always lose that battle.
[+] Posted by Sinner, who was transgressing at the time (July 5, 2005 2:16 AM) by revealing evil. [+]
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Heh. Convenience stores are ick, no? ;)
It is definitely the hardest job I have had in quite a while!
There's no break room to speak of. Sometimes you can take a break if there is nothing going on.
Customers have absolutely insane expectations of how little time it takes to perform a transaction—whether it means getting a gas pump turned on or whether it means verifying the 40 lottery tickets they saved up…
But it will do for now.
And I will *so* not feel bad about leaving it when I need to.
Working in a bookstore is pretty cool ~ been there and wouldn't mind going back...as for wanderlust, wander down this way baby and I'll try to help get rid of the lust!
(*working two part time jobs is sometimes better than working one full time job ~ at least if you get pissed at the one you can quit and still have a job!)
See? I told you that taking a journey to Southeast Asia is in your future!
As far as the dumb jobs... they all teach you something. I've done some of the stupidest jobs in the world and look where it got me? (Ah... on second thought, don't bother.)
But, who knows. Customer service jobs mean you are in contact with more people. Perhaps you'll find the sub of your dreams during a lottery ticket transaction, or browsing the pet-care aisle.
Ya never know.
Hugs,
rg
I forgot to add:
If you are in the mood for wandering, get an English As A Second Language teaching certificate. It's not easy - 3 weeks of hell, actually - but once you are certified to teach IELTS or TOEFL, you can travel anywhere in the world and land a job that will feed you. Honestly, it's the single most flexible accreditation you can have and it takes less than a month to get certified.
Hugs,
rg
Lottery people really piss me off. i may be smiling as i'm scanning (individually) their 20 scratch-offs and adding up their winnings, but on the inside i'm saying, 'i really hate you, yo.' ;)