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Schreiber ([personal profile] choco_frosh) wrote2015-06-29 02:46 pm

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Are there words for these?

1. A decadent food item (or meal, or perhaps any item) that you buy because life is horrible and yet you need to be able to face it: e.g. second breakfast of protein and fat and caffeine, between two 2-hour car drives when you're short on sleep and have a job interview at the end of the second one and also you apparently Can't Have Nice Things in other areas of your life.

2. Any truly unnecessary hoop that a potential employer makes you jump. E.g.: job interviews for call-center candidates supplied by a staffing agency; any interview or application question along the lines of "What attracts you about this position?"
(I long for the day when my finances are stable enough that I can give the honest answer: "The money, of course.")

3. Any feeling that is ironic in the circumstances: in this case, rage and frustration because calmingmanatee.com is taking too long to load.


There probably is a word for the feeling where the less-than-ideal-but-ok job/situation you thought you had in the bag suddenly evaporates, though, even though I can't recall what it is.
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[personal profile] sovay 2015-06-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
There probably is a word for the feeling where the less-than-ideal-but-ok job/situation you thought you had in the bag suddenly evaporates, though, even though I can't recall what it is.

I don't have a single word for any of these concepts, although "compensation," "idiocy," "exhaustion," and "horror" come respectively to mind, but *hugs*.

[identity profile] parrot-knight.livejournal.com 2015-06-29 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
My afternoon in the office was punctuated by visits to shops for snack food. I might have a job, but this definitely fell into (1).