If college students are not supposed to work, I totally missed that memo.
This happened yesterday:
MOTHER to DAUGHTER: *after I pass out glasses ice-water, side-whisper* This is why going to college is important.
ME: … Would you ladies also like tea or soda?
MOTHER: *slightly taken back by me being, you know, fluent in English and me being able to hear her snide comment* Oh! Uh, we’ll just have water.
For the rest of their lunch, I made the mother incredibly uncomfortable while asking about her daughter’s choices for college and giving her advice from when I applied to schools. What I loved was that the girl was thinking of applying to Mt. Holyoke so when I mentioned I went to Bryn Mawr– the effect was fantastic. For once, there was school name recognition! >:D
Seriously though? Suck it, lady. I hope that taught you something about assuming.
If I were in charge of The World, I’d make it mandatory for everyone to work in customer services for two years at the very least. People can be so incredibly rude and downright mean to others sometimes… I kind of want to punch them in the mouth.
Today, I got a fantastic tip (+$10 for one table) from a cultural anthropologist who got really excited when he learned that I was an anthro major with an interest in minoring in Chinese. He advised me to look into medical anthropology or anthropology with a focus on race/ethnic groups because that’s what people will be looking for in the near future. And by “people” he pretty much meant “the government”. He more or less suggested that I’d work for the government which is what my parents and half the people at our restaurant has also been telling me.
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