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All right. So what is a blog post without elaborating on one's personal qualms. So onto the next chapter of my life...unemployment and not in school. But wait. Do they consider the service industry as a form of employment for a recent college grad from an elite private liberal arts school (as pretentious and sarcastic as that sounds, yet still holds some weight)? Right now I'm currently employed at Applebee's. The coworkers and management there are very nice. However there are some who get on my nerves, even moreso than the customers if that's even possible.
When people ask if I'm making money there, if they had asked while I was working during the summer I would have replied no. But for some reason or another, I'm making decent money. Either, 1. I'm a better server now (I do notice a I incur a reduced number in mistakes and accidents ) or 2. People are more giving during the holidays.
Anyways I'm just scared this bad habit of working in the service industry will be hard to break and that my worst nightmare will come true. I'll be 40 and still working at Applebee's. I need to find an internship or a real part time job since I'm going back to school this January. It sucks because all my coworkers on the congressional campaign are getting REAL jobs, such as constituent work or chief of staff, except for me. My parents just won't let me find one. They just want me to be in grad school so I can supposedly land myself a better job (aka better salary), but it just sucks because I feel as if I have not advanced in life when everyone around me is. I want to start being my own person and make my own money. I understand they are just looking out for me and don't want me to live pay check to pay check. But I don't want to live with them either!
And this segue to my final qualm of this blog post: with this abundance of free-time comes an abundance of time spent with my family and being driven into insanity by them. After four years of living on my own, Indiana, Spain, and then Chicago, I have no idea why I'm back living with my parents. Oh wait, because it's free. But who says freedom isn't cheap...
When people ask if I'm making money there, if they had asked while I was working during the summer I would have replied no. But for some reason or another, I'm making decent money. Either, 1. I'm a better server now (I do notice a I incur a reduced number in mistakes and accidents ) or 2. People are more giving during the holidays.
Anyways I'm just scared this bad habit of working in the service industry will be hard to break and that my worst nightmare will come true. I'll be 40 and still working at Applebee's. I need to find an internship or a real part time job since I'm going back to school this January. It sucks because all my coworkers on the congressional campaign are getting REAL jobs, such as constituent work or chief of staff, except for me. My parents just won't let me find one. They just want me to be in grad school so I can supposedly land myself a better job (aka better salary), but it just sucks because I feel as if I have not advanced in life when everyone around me is. I want to start being my own person and make my own money. I understand they are just looking out for me and don't want me to live pay check to pay check. But I don't want to live with them either!
And this segue to my final qualm of this blog post: with this abundance of free-time comes an abundance of time spent with my family and being driven into insanity by them. After four years of living on my own, Indiana, Spain, and then Chicago, I have no idea why I'm back living with my parents. Oh wait, because it's free. But who says freedom isn't cheap...