[quote name='Sychophantom']I work in a group home for the developmentally disabled. It's a lot like babysitting. The downside is the lack of a set schedule, but there are video games (xbox360, ps3, Wii) at work.[/QUOTE]
god I hated that job. In the span of three weeks I went from walking in the door completely green to being the associate program director. The only reason I wasn't running the house was because I didn't have the required degree. Then the family that owned the homes decided to sell to a national (for profit) provider and the next thing I knew I was a district manager in charge of 8 homes after 4 months of them owning the company.
Then I got completely
ed in a lawsuit because one of my overnights quit coming to work, no one told me, and we had tards unsupervised for long stretches of time. Again, nobody told me and I wasn't able to get to that particular house very often. You'd think someone would mention something the 1st time, but no! It went on for weeks and I only found out the day before we had a review by the state board of group home safety or whatever it was called.
In the end, the lesson learned is to never get into a position of authority where you're responsible for lives and yet surrounded by useless workers. Apparently their direct neglect can also be prosecuted on you!
Now I'm more or less an accounting analyst which pays more in base salary than triple overtime did in the group homes and I no longer have to take 3 xanax to sleep! During tax season I volunteer to do simple returns for people who can't either due to language or fear barriers. I usually get them a pretty decent return as well. It's basically H&R Block but free of charge and we don't offer rebate loans. Periodically when things get tight I find a temp bookkeeping job or something like that with flexibility.
I used to be a master of buying and selling crap on eBay but I just don't care anymore. Now I just sell my old games instead of holding onto them and try to move a good deal on Amazon here and there if I can make a couple bucks without going crazy.