Jobs

Jobs are like a bad relationship: When you finally find one you get really excited and the first few days are awesome and then after a while you start getting frustrated with it and realize you aren't being paid enough to deal with the shit you have to deal with. And then, while you're still trying to "work things out" with the job you have, you secretly look for a new one.

Jobs are an enigma. Everyone needs one to live but no one will give you one you deserve. You may have a college degree and a world of experience to have the job of your dreams but, the thing that people don't tell you, is that those "dream" jobs just don't exist. They aren't real. They are made up stories like the Easter Bunny and World Peace.

Careers, on the other hand, can be a job very close to the job of your dreams. For the most part it is just people settling with the sad, crappy lives they've somehow managed to obtain for themselves.

Now, I am not saying my life is awesome. I am, in fact, that sad person with a crappy job.

I firmly believe that everyone should work in customer service at least once in their life to realize how terrible people can really be.

You are not more privileged than I am just because I am making your coffee and you are wearing a suit. You do not have the right to tell me how to do my job because I do not come down to your office and back-seat drive your daily duties. This is not the job I want to have for the rest of my life. This is not my career. I am still poor even though I work here. The last thing I need is someone like you to make me feel like I am less than a person.

A bit of advice I want to leave all of you youngens with is this:

Try to work at many different places with different responsibilities. It will help you in the long run.