Days like today, which let’s face it. Are most days whilst working at American Greetings. I’ve had exactly 10 customers since opening at 11:00 AM. (It is now 2:18 PM, and I’m on the work computer browsing facebook, tumblr, and catching up on blog posts from people I admire). I can’t help but wonder if working here is worth the sacrifice I make, allotting forty hours of my life to be utterly wasted here, for a company that I frankly, could not care any less about. They do nothing noteworthy to compensate for their overpriced merchandise, they treat employees terribly, and customers even worse.

For example, I hardly get to see people I would like to spend time with. Last night I had the opportunity to see three friends, who I hardly see. After having to decline past invitations due to working late, and then early in the morning, I was finally going to have time to spend with them. Unfortunately, AG kept me longer than anticipated, resulting me into working a 19 hour day. I was exhausted, infuriated, and then just apathetic. I drove home, and slept.

Despite hating retail entirely, I actually do enjoy Starbucks, compared to any of my other jobs, Starbucks wins in a landslide. (Previous employment includes, a privately owned Hallmark and Spencer’s, as well as American Greetings which I’ve been at since 2006.)

My conclusion is that American Greetings is not worth it, but I do like being more than financially stable. So, I will continue to suck it up until I finally start writing consistently again, publish novels, and earn royalty from my work.