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"Well that made me feel worthless"

Two weeks ago I started a job in WHSmith, as unpaid film work doesn't exactly pay the bills.

Today an old semi-friend from school came in after getting home earlier today from Uni. He's studying to become a doctor of some sort and it made me realise just how much I'm wasting my time putting out ink cartridges and magazines in a shop. He was asking who I still see and all the names I could think of were the lowlifes who just wander around not achieving anything.

There's good possibilities of a fantastic, unbelievable job coming my way sometime after September...but that's months away and isn't confirmed. I don't know how much longer I can continue getting up at 6AM for this job every day.

Plus I'm really considering Uni next year. For the meantime I think I'll ask about going on a supervisor course that the manager mentioned to me as it'll make my CV look a bit better.

Yeah, it's actually fulltime work that I do. I'm there all day every day. I'll get used to it soon and when the money starts coming I'll be happy.

CDouch wrote:
> The thing is though, my energy and motivation is being sucked away by
> slaving away at what is basically nothing. I like to get home and
> feel I've achieved something. When I film, I'm working towards
> targets and creating something that'll stick around and I can be
> proud of. I don't get satisfaction from selling a pack of fags to
> some pikey. I can't get excited by retail.

Strafio wrote:
> Now unless that doctor friend has fortunate wealth then the chances
> are that he'll be doing similar part time work in between doing
> lectures/doctor work and the like.

Going to University won't save you from having to do part time work.
Sometimes you have to menial work in life to get onto what you want to do.
Or you could do what Lawrence said and do part time work that you peak off. :-)

You get used to it. I had a delightful old man the other day, and it was me trying to put the phone down. Don't knock it til you tried it, it's not as bad as people think.

I hate phoning people that actually want to talk to me, I can't imagine doing it to people who are ready to hang up from 'hello'.

Cheers anyway.

CDouch wrote:
> I don't get satisfaction from selling a pack of fags to
> some pikey. I can't get excited by retail.


Try looking for another job..perhaps in telesales?

The hours are pretty good. Money is the same, perhaps a bit more than shops pay, plus there is commission. The commission is your reward for working hard, and even if you don't feel like working hard, you still get paid for sitting down with a colouring book (Mock all you want, it passes the time)

If I ever did overtime during the day at Sainsburys when I was at college and old school friends came in. I just used to tell myself that I can do better than working in Sainsburys and that it was just a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

You're mate will end up an alcoholic, over worked and over-paid... person.

The thing is though, my energy and motivation is being sucked away by slaving away at what is basically nothing. I like to get home and feel I've achieved something. When I film, I'm working towards targets and creating something that'll stick around and I can be proud of. I don't get satisfaction from selling a pack of fags to some pikey. I can't get excited by retail.

I just need the damn money and until something comes along I'm going to be stuck there.

In what way are you wasting your time?
I've seen your stories of film making.
You're following your dream right here, right now.

Now unless that doctor friend has fortunate wealth then the chances are that he'll be doing similar part time work in between doing lectures/doctor work and the like.

Don't be fooled into thinking that that grass is greener on the other side.
Even if it is, too much chlorophyl tastes yucky! :-S

I don't want to jinx it or have people keep mentioning it if it doesn't come through. As soon as it's confirmed (I'm hoping September) I'll post about it.

What's the super amazing job?

*whips out job application quill*