30-min work week

I was going to post about how I was a bad person and watched Fraggles before I finished my homework, but I’ll have time for that next week. There are a lot of valuable lessons to learn from Fraggles. And I'll explain the title of this post.

Instead I’ll craft a hypothetical story, about a girl named, oh Mindy. Now, Mindy is a bright, hard working girl, working 40 hrs a week to finance her way through grad school. She never makes trouble, and never shows ambition at work, because she’s not going to stay there, and the less they think she can do, the better.

So, earlier this week Mindy’s young co-worker quit. She was hired fresh out of USC last year, because they could pay her very little. Mindy kinda liked her, but really, she was a greenhorn, not very professional, and didn’t know how to keep her mouth shut. Mindy doesn’t think she’ll be much happier in her new job, but at least that job won’t make her punch a clock.

Mindy’s boss took this very personally. Mindy’s boss loves Mindy (and really, who wouldn’t). But she hates Mindy’s only friend in the company, Hannah. And now that greenhorn co-worker is gone, Mindy’s boss apparently needs someone to push around. So Mindy and her boss had a meeting where the topic was office politics. Mindy, never wanting to cause any trouble, just did what she always does when presented with unpleasantness--- smile and nod. After a long lecture on how greenhorn co-worker was poisoned by Hannah, Mindy was advised not to chat with, or take breaks with Hannah, because the much beloved Mindy could be poisoned too. (Although it was admitted that boss-lady does not think Mindy is weakminded). And at the end of the entire mess the boss says “I’m not telling you you can’t be friends with Hannah, it’s just friendly advice”---- whatever.

Yes, Mindy, wiser than her 25 years on the earth has just been told not to play with the “bad” kids during recess. Mindy knew her boss was a little crazy, but she didn’t realize the extend of it until now.

And now, without doing anything to offend either party Mindy is caught in the war between the boss and Hannah. That’s not the kind of girl Mindy is. Mindy avoids drama as much as she avoids homeless people on the streets. And Mindy’s simple job that’s close to home and leaves her plenty of time for school just became a lot more complicated.

And she’s starting to look for paid internships for the spring semester. She would very much like a job that doesn't involve punching a clock too.