Peons

As my first post, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. Even though I got straight A's all through high school, was an All-State clarinetist, went to a prestigious private college, and did a year of AmeriCorps service, I am a 25 year-old peon. For the past two years or so, I have not been able to find a job, a real job, for the life of me. I have worked in retail and as a waiter at such prestigious jobs as Target, Chili's, Spaghetti Works, and Dillard's, where I was a perfume boy. I have made at least $2.13/hour (plus tips) and at most $9.00/hour. I have not had health insurance since my college graduation. I live from paycheck to paycheck, day to day, month to month. I know millions of Americans do this everyday, but sometimes (here is where you will see how I'm a little arrogant), i feel like the most highly educated peon on the face of the planet.

Have you ever had a manager, who was just a freakin' moron, who was uneducated completely, who was on a power trip from hell? An untrained monkey could do their job? And you are stuck as their lackey? Stuck as the object of their power trip? Stuck. I think this is my biggest pet peeve.

At least in college I was surrounded by intelligent, educated people. But out here, in the real world where I pay bills and work at any job I can find to do that, I am surrounded by mental invalids and borderline schizophrenics. It is seriously about enough to make me want to slit my wrists and buy a one-way ticket to Hell (unless I'm already there...).

Anyways, I think that may be enough of a jaunt into my current career situation. Next time: my online graduate school...what the fuck am I doing?