Reply To: A crappy job is better than no job at all….right? How low would you go?

[Thomas J. Johnson]

That’s great… and you haven’t walked in my shoes either. Wanna share sob stories?

In my experience, being flat f*ing broke sucks no matter where you are or who you are with. 8 hours is 8 hours. Man up and do the job until you can afford to make a change. Not everything you dislike can be classified as “life passing you by”.

If you have a trust fund, then great, knock yourself out and quit that job you don’t like… go do whatever you want whenever you want. The rest of us have to work. It’s not a matter of priorities it’s a matter of necessity. Food, rent, insurance, cell phone, car, gas… those are pretty basic to modern existence and $8/hr, even if it’s at a job you love, doesn’t cut it.

If I had a chunk of change I sure as hell wouldn’t be sitting in my moms basement right now. Unfortunately, the reality is that I’m unemployed and don’t have enough gas money to get beyond the mid-west much less to make a deposit on an apartment and hold me over while I find work… I guess when you live in Hawaii all you need is a beach to sleep on, a pair of shorts, flip-flops and a can of Spam…