The finest room in the house
As of two weeks ago, I work in a bookstore.
It's kind of like getting paid to be in my living room all day, as it's warm, I sit around a lot drinking tea and reading books, occasionally I answer the phone and sometimes I leave to get food, collect mail and put stuff in the bin. A few times during the week, my friends come to visit and we sit around outside in patches of sun. Also, if I don't keep it relatively tidy someone will probably bitch at me.
On the other hand, lots of strangers can see in, so I can't sit around in my underwear if I feel like it. Since I work by myself, I can't leave that much either. There's also the matter of having a cash register and the occasional customer.
So really, it's more like I'm getting to paid to spend time in the living room of someone who is quite fussy and likes to enforce a dresscode. However, they've got a much nicer living room than I do, with better stuff in it. So much so, that sometimes other people come and look in it, take away things they like, and pay me a small penalty for doing so.
It turns out that I enjoy this arrangement.
It's kind of like getting paid to be in my living room all day, as it's warm, I sit around a lot drinking tea and reading books, occasionally I answer the phone and sometimes I leave to get food, collect mail and put stuff in the bin. A few times during the week, my friends come to visit and we sit around outside in patches of sun. Also, if I don't keep it relatively tidy someone will probably bitch at me.
On the other hand, lots of strangers can see in, so I can't sit around in my underwear if I feel like it. Since I work by myself, I can't leave that much either. There's also the matter of having a cash register and the occasional customer.
So really, it's more like I'm getting to paid to spend time in the living room of someone who is quite fussy and likes to enforce a dresscode. However, they've got a much nicer living room than I do, with better stuff in it. So much so, that sometimes other people come and look in it, take away things they like, and pay me a small penalty for doing so.
It turns out that I enjoy this arrangement.