Four years of college. Three years of graduate school. Learning a foreign language. Internships. Writing a thesis. Studying abroad. What did all these things lead me to? Working as a telephone debt collector for two and a half days. (In the middle of day three, I was accused of sleeping and asked not to come back. This was the best part of the job.)
Even though I only worked for a total 20 hours, I learned so much that could be useful and applied to my life to make it more successful.
Spelling Spelling is important if you want people to be able to read the words that you write or type. I'm no great speller. You won't catch me winning any spelling bees or even being able to complete most crossword puzzles. But I am equipped enough to spell words like "confirmation" and "accept" and "coming."
Reading Reading goes hand in hand with spelling. If you want to talk to someone named Micaela, you don't repeatedly ask for Marcella.
Excedrin Migraine Tedium breeds contempt and headaches. If you ever take a job involving any level of tedium, I recommend a fairly large bottle of drugs. Prescription or otherwise.
Enthusiasm It's really hard to show enthusiasm being a debt collector. But if you don't, they will fire you. Which I didn't seem to mind, but others might need to stick around.
Ultimately, I learned that maybe I'm not cut out for gainful, full-time employment. I'll stick to writing about cheeseburgers.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Oxford Burger Blog
My friends and I have undertaken what quite possibly might be the most arduous yet enjoyable task we could conceive of. We are going to determine the best burger in Oxford, Mississippi, by eating all of the burgers in Oxford, Mississippi. I won't go into too much detail here, but you can find all the information about the project at www.oxfordburgerblog.blogspot.com, where we will be documenting our journey.
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