"Meanwhile, their lives suck."

Nice. 

posted by NanoCindy at 11:14AM CST on October 20

Temp Hides Fun, Fulfilling Life From Rest Of Office:

"At a job like this, where you're surrounded by angry, perpetually stressed-out lawyers who are working 80 hours a week, it's important to hide the fact that you're enjoying a normal, balanced, happy life," Braxton said Monday. "People get really pissed when they hear stuff like that."

Braxton, who earns roughly one-fourth of what the firm's lowest-seniority full-time employees make, said he has no desire to make his coworkers feel bad about their "boring, shitty lives."

"If somebody complains about how bad it sucks to work overtime five days straight, I just nod and agree," said Braxton, who spends his weeknights at parties, at concerts, and playing basketball in the park. "No point in rubbing in the fact that no matter how busy things are, I leave at exactly 5 p.m. every single day. If anyone asks me to stay later, I just say my agency doesn't let me do overtime."

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Too many of my friends at college failed to ask themselves the "Do I want a ~40 hr/wk job that I can just leave at the end of the day, or a 55+ hr/wk job that demands a huge amount of passion and energy?" question, and had to orchestrate a switch (some in one direction, some in the other). I am definitely in the second camp, though I hear many people firmly endorse the first one. 

posted by mrflip at 11:28PM CST on October 20

If I had to pick one thing about my job that I hate, can't stand, makes me want to quit, it would be the hours.

But then, that's mostly because my job is not one that allows me much passion. 

posted by TowtruckJohnny at 08:06PM CST on October 21

You get to play with real-life Tonka trucks everyday! 

posted by mrflip at 02:31AM CST on October 22