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"These days, I've met many folks with advanced degrees working behind a counter."
Is the service any better? |
Anonymous
LOL, service is the same. Their diction is better. |
Anonymous
Yea, I saw the 20/20 it was because his dumb ass bought a house at the peak of the market he could not afford. IF you are a CEO, wouldn't you have enough brains to have put away TONS of money to have for emergencies? Sounds like he should be delivering pizzas. Can't feel sorry for him (or his wife who can still afford her highlights). |
Anonymous
I'm the former teacher PP who took a lower position for those reasons. I worked in a school in my general neighborhood, so there were many occasions for social contacts with the parents in my capacity as a mom in the community, but I often felt like I received what I called "the nanny treatment" from them. It is entirely possible that I was oversensitive, but I do feel like my decision was poorly understood and created a difficulty as to how these other moms should regard me socially. Goodness knows your lunch lady plan represents honest work, and we need more patient, helpful lunch ladies out there. And I'm one of the posters who thinks there's no shortage of mind-numbing white collar jobs in DC, so no judgment on that count. I'll submit, though, that I have found adults almost as likely to stigmatize as their children. |
Anonymous
Grocery stores in this area are union and pay top dollar. Plus raises every few months. Not bad at all. |
Anonymous
| Growing up there was no stigma in being a lunch lady. They were more often known as so and so's mom. And, oh yeah, she also works in the cafeteria. |
zumbamama
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perhaps there are part time positions at the library, a museum, clothing store, nursery, photo lab, flower shop or an upscale salon or restaurant. It could be a service/cashier job somewhere cool.
Maybe Night Dreams is hiring. just kidding! |
Anonymous
Do they give discounts to employees at Night Dreams you think??? This is a good point though - if the job is only part time, it doesn't have to be a dream job, it can just be something you like to do. If I had to get a "non professional" part time job I think it would be fun to work in the library or a bookstore. I also wish I could teach exercise classes like you! I'm too lazy to get certified though - maybe when the kids are older. I think it would be fun to be a personal trainer or lead Stroller Strides or something. Not that I'm in that good of shape anymore but it would be fun! |
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| Whole Foods isn't unionized. I worked at one while I was in grad school, behind the cheese counter, about 6 years ago, and it's really not a bad gig. I found it pretty interesting! I know more about cheese, cheesemaking, cheese certification, etc. than most people. And a few perks - a) they encourage sampling, and b) the cheese counter also sells high-end chocolate. Oh, and you get a break on groceries - I want to say it's 15%. Not a lot, but anything helps at Whole Foods. |
Anonymous
| I can see how cheese countering would be a fun job for a foodie. |
Anonymous
| Fine cheese is different from cashier and lunch lady. |
Anonymous
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I heard if you work at Krispy Kreme you get all the free donuts you want.
I can't imagine...I'd have to get ANOTHER job just to pay my for a new expanding wardrobe. |
Anonymous
Doooonuts... (Passover wistfulness) |
Anonymous
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This is a sad, pathetic thread. Where are the interesting part time jobs? I don't want to be a lunch lady or sell groceries, but I can't work full time. DH has this outrageous idea that when our youngest starts kindergarten I'm going to find a great 10-2 four day a week job that's fun and intellectually stimulating. Where is such a job???
I used to be an adjunct professor at a college, teaching one course at a time, but I quit because the pay was so low my sitter made more money than I did. It actually cost me money to work. I've worked part time two other times -- once during a difficult pregnancy and another time when I was in graduate school. I was so incredibly efficient as a part timer that I basically did my full time job in half the hours. I've given up on the idea of finding an interesting part time job. I don't have to work, but I want to work, and I want to be paid for my skills and experience. How on earth does one find an interesting, reasonably paid part-time job? |
Anonymous
| Can you consult or work as an independent contractor? |