Are stupid jobs really stupid?

   After reading this article I came across and essay in the book "Element of Essays," it made me realize a lot of the jobs people do before their actual career maybe extremely pointless and stupid. Including the one I worked at relating nothing to my choice of career in the future. I worked at a souvenir shop during the summer right in the heart of downtown Ottawa, not so much stupid and pointless but it was a job where I had very little to do. Just sitting and waiting for customers, not many things to do. I basically just sat there and waited for something to do.


     I have many friends with the same issue, I feel as if you should like the job you work at to a certain extent. Of course a job shouldn't be something you have a lot of fun doing but it should be somewhere you don't hate going to or doing. Selling clothing and lottery isn't that bad, I could've had it worse. Working at a local grocery department was a drag for one of my friends, she hated it and despised going to work everyday. She'd also try to come up with and excuse in order to skip that day of work even though she applied to it for one reason and one reason only and thats making money. She later quit her job which in my opinion was a good decision because she hated it and probably didn't work as hard as she should've.


   The role of a stupid job in my opinion, is to get you ready for your career or to get you used to the work atmosphere. Once you start working you learn many different things that can help you in the future such as cooperation, dedication, respect and responsibility. Quoting from the book "Elements of Essays" pg. 275 "Stupid jobs are a way to avoid the brain numbing idiocy of full-time emplyment. They are the next best thing to having no job at all. They will keep you sane, and smart" which is also true, they can keep you occupied and teach you many things, as well as the stupider the job the easier the work and in that case, you basically get paid for doing nothing. So I believe stupid jobs are important to have, but you must enjoy it to keep it.