I don't like to compromise... but..

Mar 07, 2008 - 13:59 PM PST

I wait tables at a restaurant. It sucks... but I make good enough money to keep me afloat, so like a dog to it's vomit, I keep going back. For two years. There's really not a single thing that I like about it. My managers see me as a name to fill in a vacant spot in the schedule, my guests see me as their bitch, and I have to be fake nice to them just to get a decent tip. It's called compromising what you want to do in life so you can make money, and I don't recommend it.

So the other day my old roommate says that I HAVE to give his company a shot. What does he do? Door to door sales! Besides manual labor, I really can't think of anything else that I would rather NOT do. "But it's different," he says. And it is different because they're marketing electricity, something everyone has to have, unlike CUTCO knives. So after a couple of weeks of mulling it over and a few longwinded rants from old roommate, I decided to give it a shot. I had an interview today and I guess it went okay, it's always really hard to tell unless they hire you on the spot. But I don't feel like I'm gaining any ground in life; I'm still paddling upstream. But... I could be wrong, and I sure hope I am. Maybe there is a light at the end of this tunnel of compromise.

And if not, at least a sales rep position will look better on my resume than waiting tables for a decade.

On that note, I'm gonna focus my mind on the fact that I'll be riding the slopes of Colorado come Monday. THAT is a beautiful thing. THAT is not compromise. It's pure joy.