I fear
A lack of response from all my job applications. There must be a cushty 20k/year job out there for me, where I can also surf b3ta and drink as much coffee as I like. Surely!?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 11:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

The salary becomes almost immaterial
when weighed up against access to b3ta and the availability of coffee.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 11:27, Reply)

This is true
I think a full day of actual work without even the occasional 5 minute b3ta break will be too much for me..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 11:45, Reply)

Academia, my friend.
What do you think I'm doing now?

(And the pay's (a bit) better than that, too. Shall I get my own croissant on the way to the balcony?)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 11:34, Reply)

Ha!
You're getting (metaphorically) fat upon the backs of the hardworking sessional staff who mark all the papers, deal with all the students yet only get paid during term time.


Grrrrr!

/rants but is secretly pleased to have a job this year again
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 12:02, Reply)

Please don't remind me of my sessional days.
I've said it before - I'm one of the few people in the world to have welcomed my first income tax deduction: until I was almost 30, I'd never earned enough to have to pay it.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 12:05, Reply)

As you know
I was entirely jobless for July and some of August...then suddenly..."Oh, Chickenlady could you possibly teach EVERY STUDENT in the UK please?" (I'm paraphrasing here).

I'm looking forward to it as I have a rather large masochistic streak.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 12:08, Reply)