The one where I do a job I absolutely hate

I was watching friends the other day, as I so often do, and 'The One Where Rachel Quits' was on. If you have seen this episode before you will be familiar with the rant she breaks into when Gunther asks her to take more training, and this really spoke to me.

RACHEL: 
"I am a terrible waitress, do you know why I’m a terrible waitress? Because, I don’t care. I don’t care. I don’t care which pot is regular and which pot is decaf, I don’t care where the tray spot is, I just don’t care, this is not what I want to do."

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I think this speech is one of the most relateable speeches to people in 2015 (even though the original airdate was 1996.) Underemployment is a massive problem with this generation who have graduated and find there are simply no jobs out there, (I know that is not Rachel's problem but I fear the days of walking out of a coffee house to a fashion house are long gone) although this is not entirely the problem I am faced with.

I recently graduated, which you can read about here, and have started a Masters degree to support myself whilst doing this I work in a pub. Over summer I worked full time, then went down to a few days a week at the beginning of September and now I work every Sunday. So technically I am a full-time student, but, if I thought I would be able to have a proper job in September I would never have started my Masters degree, because what would have been the point?

Now this is just coming off bitter but thats not what I am intending to say, I really do enjoy studying and love my course (I just wish I didn't have to work alongside it), and I certainly don't think I'm above working as a waitress, I just don't care about my part time job.

I know what you're thinking, fine whatever you don't have to care about your part time job because in a year you will be doing something else, but when you don't care about a job you have no energy to even do it. I don't care about being a waitress, I don't care what food people have ordered, and I don't care about giving good customer service (but I do anyway don't worry).

As I said before I think there is many people here who are in a similar position to me, but hopefully one day all those hours spent in a job you hate will be replaced with a job you love. Or as every one and their mother tells you think of the money sigh.

(Sorry for all the shameless Friends quotes, well I'm not that sorry)



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