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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in college, I worked at a donut shop on the weekends.  During a conversation with my dad, I complained about the hours, job etc.  He reminded me the only thing about the job that I needed to learn was that I didn’t want to work there the rest of my life. Good lesson to learn.[/quote]

One college summer I could only secure a 4 day/week job in an office, so I worked 2 more days at a fast food joint (Fri/Sat/Sun).  I was a highly motivated, top of my class kid attending a T20 university.  Yet it still made me highly motivated to do well and not end up in a job like that.  Always said everyone should be made to work a few months in Fast food in HS, as it would motivate many many kids to strive for more.  I mean, I worked with kids who were going into their 3rd attempt at 11th grade, had never been allowed to work cash register in their 2 years there (think 35 years ago, back when people paid with cash and the cashiers had to actually make change), would call in sick if they just didn't feel like working that day, etc.  Meanwhile I was trained on cash register for lunch rush my first day because we were short staffed (manager did drive thru, I did the main register) because they trusted me more than anyone else in that day.  I hated that job because I was working with people (mostly except for a few) who had no motivation in life, no desire to do more than the bare minimum, etc.  So as a lower income kid who had the goal to change my direction in life, I was extremely motivated by those working conditions and knew I never wanted a full time job doing that---it was hard work, boring, and you were surrounded largely by people who didn't care and often didn't do their job.  [/quote]

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