Trivial Matters

Way back in May, when I finished all of my Army training, I had no work planned between then and my scheduled deployment. To pay the bills I asked my sister to hook me up with a job at her work. It’s a video lottery/deli/bar… thing… and I basically filled in at the different locations when people called out sick.

After my orders were cancelled, I stayed on. As I was coming up with Plans B, C, and D I found that none of them involved me getting a better job in Portland. Either I was going to deploy, or I was going to move to Corvallis and finally finish school. The latter is still the plan, and I stayed on at the job because I didn’t see the need to find another one only to quit at the end of the year.

Then last week I started a new project, and at the same time I started school. So now all of my free time is gone, and I’m wondering if I should quit the job. Quiting school or the project is out of the question, as I’ve made commitments to both myself and my friend.

So the question is, have I made a commitment to my employer as well? Is a minimum wage job worth keeping out of some sense of obligation?

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