Why I Quit My Dream Newspaper Job After 4 Months

well she already dug herself out of debt so she got it.

 

That's actually the one part where she didn't come off like a completely self-absorbed twit.

It eased some of the horror I felt, thinking what would happen if/when she ever had kids.

 

I've never heard of such a thing. I've had dogs my entire life. People go to work. The dog sleeps. People come home. The dog eats and goes out. Rinse, repeat for 15 years.

I cannot imagine that it's typical to pay someone to come let the dog out every day.

 

I wonder if we all thought we were special snowflakes, too, but the social media world didn't exist to give us the chance to constantly announce it to the world.

Twenty-somethings have always been a little self-absorbed. Is social media and helicopter parenting combining to make this generation moreso? Or is social media just giving us a window into what already was there? In other words, given the outlet, would I have pun hash tagged my wedding?

 

Depends on the dog.

When my beagles were younger, they'd destroy the house after a few hours alone. When they were older, they couldn't hold it as long. Especially if they were on medication.

When I lived closer to work, I'd go home on my "lunch break" to let them out. My neighbor also did it for me sometimes.

 

We're out of the house from about 6:30 a.m. until about 5:15 p.m. on work days. Zero percent chance I'm leaving my dog alone in the house for 11 hours. A dog-walker is an expense, for sure, but one that -- in the end -- I'm more than willing to take on. If we lived closer to work, sure, I'd just pop home at lunch or something and let him out. But that's not the case.

And I'm sure some people would be fine with having their dog sit at home for 11 hours every day without a chance to go outside. I'm just not one of them.

 

If a dog walker came to the house, our dog would attempt to eat that person's face.

She normally leaves around 7:30 and is back by 5:30. On the days I have a more flexible schedule, I'll leave between 10 and 11 but it hasn't been much of an issue as the dog will sleep, or lay on the couch regardless of who is there or not there.

As the dog has gotten older, she's left some gifts but she's mostly ready to take care of her business on the post-work walk.

 

How do you gents feel about leaving millenial writers at home alone for 8-11 hours? We've seen the result of that. Should we hire an copy editor to pop in, take them out for a mocha latte frappabullshit, maybe clean up some of their longform?

 

I've had dogs who were almost as needy as the average millennial, and based on that experience, I wouldn't recommend it. If you have to, though, make sure to prepare several creative dishes of food for nourishment and social-media validation before you leave.

 

"What’s scarier, being in debt or being in that building for another six months?" literally sounds like something a 20-year-old would say while fishbowling up a parked Honda Civic in a cul-de-sac somewhere in suburbia. Lady should join the Peace Corps or something.

 

The Peace Corps is tired, static organization. They could use some of her creativity.

 

"My emails would often be ignored or forgotten, my specific requests taken as suggestions, my questions laughed at in edit meetings."

Nothing unusual here. It's the rule, rather than the exception, for entry-level managers to be marginalized or blown off. Happened to me all the time when I had those jobs.

If she ever happens to land in another management/supervisory role at a newspaper, she'll quickly discover that it doesn't get any better.