Toddson, you're giving me flashbacks!

Just as I was moving six years ago this week about ten square feet of my oft-patched living room ceiling wound up on my living room floor. My Super was apologetically taking photos at the landlord's request and we joked about my long-game... how I'd managed to sneak upstairs for ten years and spill water on the floor

Hang in there - you're in the home stretch.

a position requiring a masters degree and 3-5 years of experience. Guess how much it pays? $17 an hour

That is appalling

That IS appalling.

Also it's admitting I've failed. I should be able to just not care about stupid decision making and disrespect.

And that is not failure!

flea, you're in a brutal situation because it doesn't sound like there is another job out there you just have to find. But it may still be worthwhile to quit this one.

flea, that sucks. Work is a huge chunk of most people's lives, so having it be unpleasant is definitely a burden.

When I was in non-profit work, we had a number of people with MLS degrees in Knowledge Management positions. If you'd be open to it, you could consider broadening your search for something like that.

Do you have any interest in contact tracing? Not that it would pay well either.

I'm inclined to side with the people who say start the job search now and hold up for a bit on the resigning (though just knowing you can when you finally decide to is a little freeing), because things are changing or going to change -- so much depends on the next couple months with Captain Trumps (you could get furloughed again!), they could lay off the library staff because of budget cuts and then you DO get Unemployment, and then after the election we could have a sane responsible President which will make many things seem less stressful.

OTOH, I'm not the one who is ready to cry after a day's work of getting disrespected and ordered into the epidemic equivalent of going over the top into a hail of machine gun fire.

You will have my respect no matter what choices you make.

That is a good point about unemployment eligibility, Theo. But a gamble at this point.

You will have my respect no matter what choices you make.

Cosigned

Oh god, the only job posted in the metro area right now is for a children's librarian, a position requiring a masters degree and 3-5 years of experience. Guess how much it pays? $17 an hour. Don't go into librarianship, people.

I make $16 and besides our Youth Services director, there is only one other full time person in our department. It's a brutal business. People ask me if I want to go back and get my MLS. I just cackle.

On the plus side, I get 30 hours a week, paid time off, get to play with lego, manga and read stories.

I love my job more than any I have ever had but it's a part-time gig for me and I came to it late and found a cushy position.

I have adulted today, doing grocery pick-up for the first time (not impressed—in addition to the expected toilet tissue outage they couldn't find Triscuits or store brand veggie pizza, which is ALWAYS in stock!) and speaking to my bank to compare the relative merits of various types of savings and checking accounts.

The reward appears to be that the calico kitten ran up toward me and let me pet her while she was snuggling against her dad with no food in sight. Kitten fur is the softest thing known to humanity!

Timelies all!

Aw,Matt.