Posted by sar on April 19, 2001, at 0:39:46
In reply to Understimulation on the job and Depression, posted by roo on April 18, 2001, at 13:15:35
Hi Roo,
I just arrived home from my second day of training at a six-dollar per hour job. I was shown the highly important tasks of removing thief-proof "keepers" from CDs, desensitizing electromagnetic strips on merchandise, and we had an at-length discussion regarding the "exchange toggle" key on the cash register.
I have the education and experience to get a better job but i aint got the energy or staying power to do it. This is about all I can manage right now...I do find these jobs numbing and depressing sometimes, all the pointless crap and minutiae, but right now it's a reason to bathe more frequently, to wash my clothes, to halfway remember how to carry on a conversation, and it's gonna pay for my therapy.
& also I wouldn't feel too bad if I quit this job anytime soon. I've found that depression makes me antsy, and if I were tied down to a good job I'd just feel terrible for not being fully committed to it.
yr fellow automaton :),
sar
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