1. You internally make a face of disgust when your friends tell you they don't know how you do it because they just don't have enough time for one.
You're my friends and I love you, but let's be real: we all have the same 24 hours in a day. I'm taking 17 credits, I'm in campus clubs, so believe me it's not easy having a job. Saying things like this does not help!
2. You've probably purposely scheduled classes to start late on Fridays, only to be scheduled for a 7AM (SEVEN IN THE MORNING) shift that very same day.
You thought you were making a great choice. You have 8AM classes four times a week, and then you don't have to start class until 1:50 on Fridays. But the joke is on you! There is no winning. It's either early classes, or early shifts.
3. You don't understand it when people complain about being a typical broke college student, but still won't apply for a job.
If you want more pocket money... get a job.
4. You've probably frantically ran to class straight from work frazzled and smelling like coffee, sweat, or greasy food more times than you'd like to count.
Class at 8AM? Class at 9:30? Work at 11:00? Class at 2:00? Another class at 4:00? Oh yeah, it's fine no problem!!
5. There's always that one club or fun random activity that you can't go to on campus because... you have work.
It's just so...sad.
6. You've mastered the art of going out on Thursdays while still looking (and being) alive and well for your 7AM shift the next morning.
(Or is this one just me?)
7. There's the one boss who puts the fear of God in you, and the one boss who you know you can crack jokes with the whole time.
Your favorite shifts are with the aforementioned easy going boss because she's basically a college student at heart and gets where you're coming from. But you usually get put on shifts with the scary one...
8. Sometimes you stop and think about all the extra time (*cough* 13 hours) each week you would have to frolic and do fun things (like study and hangout with friends) if you didn't have a job, and it pains you.
It's fine though!!
9. You begin to recognize people around campus as "cute British Friday morning guy who always orders a caramel iced latte" or "tall skinny vanilla non fat sugar free latte girl."
There are your favorite customers, and then there are the ones who make you want to cringe. Either way, the amount of familiar faces around campus has definitely increased since taking the job.
10. Despite all the negatives, your coworkers who are in it with you make it fun and more than bearable, and you know you won't actually quit even though you tell yourself you will at least once a week.
