are jobs REALLY that horrible?

[Demetrius]

Bah, I work a fulltime 3rd shift job, a 20 hour a week part time job, take 2 classes, work out and have a social life (ish), on the other hand I sigh in relief when I get called into work on my rare day off so I don't have to figure out what the hell to do with spare time (don't get like that ever!!). Work is as bad as you make it. If you are just barely old enough to get a job find something fun where you don't actually have to deal with customers (retail) and you can have the freedom to act like an as if you want (kitchens are good for tom foolery). First jobs should be fun and enough to get you around with some cash other than that who cares.

Oh and I can't wait to retire to a life of golf and fishing... only 25 years to go!!

[Bells]

i would support the idea that Working dosent suck, HAVING to work sucks...

[Domon]

yeah my job dosnt suck as much as being all sore after I get home. but that couple of hours of soreness sucks. but after that Im cool and I can turn my ps2 on and have some fun.

[Kei-Kun]

I used to referee ice hockey. The pay was nice (Varied from 16-30$ per game....16 for "mite" [like 8 year olds] to 30 for "midget" [guys who didn't make a high school hockey team]) but there were a couple downsides. (This is assuming your two manning it, but I won't go into the whole payment structure because it's annoying :P )

1. You get VERY crappy schedualing until your taken off your evaluation period. This means mites all the time.
2. Games between tournaments are sporadic. But when tourny's hit, I got about 10 games over 2 days (not bad at all)
3. The cold doesn't get to you, it's the ice from the rubber puck that ends up freezing your hands off. It is EXTREMLY frowned upon to wear gloves. Like, a borderline rule. But they let me bend it, 'cause I wore a beanie under my helmit xD
4. You really gotta be in shape for the higher-end games. Buggers are fast
5. You miss 3 games in the span of one year, your pretty much OUT. That's why I don't ref anymore >.>

But there are a few pretty good upsides.

1. Gooooood pay after the first 3-6 months or so...especially since I was like TWELVE (I got in before the age limit was raised to 16) I got 300$ my first month, and it continued to climb.
2. You choose your hours (you can pick your days, whether your available mornings, afternoons, or evenenings.)
3. You can pick up MORE games from people who send an e-mail from the ref's mail list. This is especially helpful for people starting out, since they see your interested and such.
4. When you hit 18, you can take on adult games, and you can work past midnight (overtime). I wasn't old enough for this, but from what I heard you get like 60$ a game (dunno if it was on overtime though)


So I heavily favor first-jobs in sports. It's fun bossing people around for a first job >8D