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[choco_frosh]

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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[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

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).