10/06/2002 Entry: "ouchies"

Seven hours later I've spent $279 getting my truck a new alternator. That is a lot of money when you only make $7 an hour. In fact, that's around 2 months of work for me. It bothers me that I could quit and go work at McDonalds for 6.50/hr or any number of part time jobs and make either comparable or greater wages for doing much less work. A job that requires the level of skill that mine does should NOT pay me the same as a crew trainer at McDonald's makes. I don't mind being paid less than I'm worth. That's fine, 'cause it takes awhile to get a job that lets you do what you are worth. But I DO mind being paid less than what my job is worth. It fucking sucks. Granted, they let me set my own hours and get time off for school vacations, and my coworkers are great... but, the pay issue is really starting to eat at me.

So maybe I'm bitter.

I've got no work done on my paper. That's what I get for curling up in a ball this afternoon and falling asleep in the teeny space left on the couch instead of working. My brain needs to wait a few more weeks before it gives up on me. This is not good.