that'll learn ya
McJob is slang for a low-paying, low-prestige job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of intracompany advancement. Such jobs are also known as contingent work. The term McJob comes from the name of the fast-food restaurant McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status job - regardless of who the employer is - where little training is required, staff turnover is high, and where workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers. Most perceived McJobs are in the service industry, particularly fast food, coffee shops, and retail sales. Working at a low paying job, especially one at a fast food restaurant, is also often referred to as flipping burgers.
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In other news, this article does a good job outlining my current stance re LOST. It's like a bad boyfriend you just can't quit because it was so good in the beginning.
The rules of break-ups do apply to television shows, says Laurie Helgoe, a self-help author and psychologist with a special interest in pop culture (she cites Bob Newhart as an inspiration for her career choice).
"If you really admit it's gone downhill, or it's not fun anymore, or he's not what I thought he was, then you have to face the grief," she says. "It can be easier to just hang on and pretend you have something that you used to have."
Prison Break was easy to let go. In the final seconds of the first season I just let out a long groan threw my slipper at the screen and never turned back. I can't do that with LOST. No matter how much I know that it will never be the same. I have to see it through to the end for better or (zombie season 17) worse.