Originally Posted by
Chickensoup23
Hello fellow MMO-ers,
Today is my last day at my current job: a full service gas station. Lookinng back on the years I've spent working here, I can't help but to think that my job is useless. I am in Canada, and full service is not mandatory here (like in NJ), yet our station remains quite popular. Most of the clients are either very old or severely overweight, or simply extremely lazy.
Today, a lady stood by her little gas can for 15 minutes until she got service (it was quite busy), and I simply ccouldn't believe she waited fifteen minutes for me to pump less than a gallon of gas. Did she really need me for that service? Also, some clients come to get their propane tanks filled up half-way or something. They could exchange it for a brand new one for a one for a few dollars more. Granted, I don't mind serving handicapped or disabled people, but when I see a man in his thirties needing diesel for his farm equipment, and he wants me, a random teen, to come and serve him, I can't think of why he would wait and pay more at our station, as he is obviously fully capable of liffting a nozzle and pouring gas for 30 seconds.
This being said, I think my job is useless, as all the services I render could be done either by a machine, or the clients themselves. Instead of hiring 4-5 kids to run around, my employers could just hire one a shift to stay inside and make the clients pay. Also, I think clients here just like the superiority and the feeling of having someone else do something for them, even if they're fully capable of doing it themselves.
Does anyone else work a job that feels "useless" or not needed in today's society? Curious to hear about it!
Chicken