I think of the diner as "real work" and the real estate office as "fake work" because firstly the diner came first and secondly I barely do any work at the office. You really can get paid money to sit around and look pretty. I got a really cute pair of shoes at the Gap that are like ballet flats with bows on top. Danielle wants to wear them to school but I am scared she will lose them or they'll get ruined or something.
The funny thing is I thought that like the office job would just pay more than the diner but there wouldn't be any free stuff. Wrong! So when you buy real estate there is a closing and they always have pastries or bagels or something and then champagne for it. It is part of my job to clean up the conference offices at the end of the day and load the dishwasher and run it.
Arnie's assistant is this really nice lady (she drove me home once) and she said I can take leftovers home. So I take home everything except the bagels and the champagne. Okay I have taken home champagne twice.
I sit around doing homework. Every time I could use a little break from it, the phone rings or somebody walks in to distract me at the perfect moment. All the people are super-nice. The old men ask me about my homework and school, they don't flirt or try to hook up with me. It's like a completely different world. I feel like a complete fraud.
4 comments:
Yay for you...fingers crossed it continues to go well, you deserve it.
Freebies just make it better:)
Don't feel like a fraud....you so deserve it. Enjoy it.
My daughter has a job with the admin office of an ice rink. She says a lot of the same things about the level of work they expect from her. Her co-workers on the other hand, think they are horribly abused because they're expected to be at their desks when the phones ring, or when someone comes in. Her employers think she's a superstar because she's always there to do what they expect, and because she is willing to assist with other things outside her narrow job description when they need to be done.
Basically what I'm saying is you're not a fraud, you've got an opportunity and you can make yourself a superstar by just doing what you already are. Employers have had to deal with kids who have no idea what work is for so long you're going to be a breath of fresh air. Just keep doing what you are, help out when they need someone to do extra work related stuff and do it all with a smile and you'll not only have the job for as long as you want it, when you leave you'll do it with a glowing letter of reference.
Congratulations, it sounds like you've found the perfect second job!
Girl, you're doing good :)
I'm reaching the point in my life where I make enough to finally pay the rent and feed myself. It's weird.
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