Blog, Humbug!

So, apparently there’s this blogathon thing going on that I knew nothing about until it was too late to sign up!  I’m always missing out on these literary specials, the NaMoJos and the PhoNoRos and the MoFoHos.  And now the blogathon.  I suppose I could have participated anyway, even if not in an official capacity but I guess it’s too late even for that.  I think I’m too creatively stifled anyway.  But then again, that was the whole point of why I wanted to participate.  I’ve been pretty mentally blocked lately and maybe that kind of exercise would be the perfect mental fog reducer.  Maybe I’ll just have to come up with one of my own one day.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I probably won’t find a decent job around here or anywhere else.  I’ve been looking for clerical work for a variety of reasons:

1) I don’t want to work with the public in customer service because people are generally dumb and rude.  I’d much rather work with a handful of people in an office and be left to myself to take care of my tasks.

2) I like organizing things.  I enjoy faxing and think filing is fun.  I like taking care of stuff behind the scenes.

3) My last job was as an administrative assistant and it was one of the funnest/best jobs I’ve had.  So, I have experience in clerical work.  Which makes up most of the work experience I have.

Yet, all the clerical jobs I’ve looked into required a lot more experience than I have.  I worked at my old job for approximately eight months because it was always meant to be temporary.  They became swamped and needed someone to step in and take care of the little things so the rest of the employees could get the more important work done.  All these jobs require at least one year and up to five years experience.  Really?  Five years?  To me, it seems like all the experience you’d need could probably encompass one year.  I mean, what’s going to happen during year five that you probably haven’t already encountered in year one, and at the very most, year two?  And they require Quickbooks experience and accounts payable stuff and other requirements that I’ve never touched or even heard of.  

I also realized these kinds of jobs don’t pay well at all.  I didn’t make much at my job but that was because I was part time and ’cause I was a student.  I figured it was just because I was a kid.  I couldn’t imagine being a grown up and living on that kind of cash.  Ah, but yet I think I’m going to have to.  I find it funny that they expect all this experience and all of this knowledge of these various programs and then only pay you slightly more than minimum wage.  I mean, I guess I can understand making that much if someone’s just answering phones and making appointments.  Anyone can do that.  But these people are keeping companies together, especially when it comes to them managing money and keeping a constant client flow.  They deserve more than they make.  And it makes me respect them a lot more.

So, I guess I’m going to have to go back into customer service.  I have over two years of experience with that so I’m sure someone will hire me.  I hope.  Ah, I’m still concerned about not being able to move out but you know what?  Making little money is better than making no money.  So, it’ll just take me a little longer to move out.  It’s okay.  It’s not like any of my other life plans worked out the way I had hoped so this is no different and I should not be shocked or disappointed.  This is just how it goes and I’ve got to go along with it.

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