Apparently, I'm doing nothing with my life

[Simbacat]

In this economy, I am grateful to have my job. At times it is stressful and very difficult, but I love it. I have a degree in business administration and have worked office jobs. I didn't care for most of them, and from all the newspapers and job sites I have looked at, there aren't that many openings in my field where I live, so I will stay where I am and be grateful I have a job to go to.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I am incensed at that. How completely rude. You shouldn't have even had to justify working there by explaining you have a degree. That's the whole problem with the conversation. I don't have a degree and work retail, and have been repeatedly told I am above average by far in intelligence. I'd tell her just that--I have done it before--and let that stick in her craw.*

*I don't mean to sound arrogant; it's just a fact in my life that proves the point.

I've had that before, too. I just explain that at the moment, it suits me to continue in a job where I have benefits etc rather than try and start a new one. Anything else will prompt the "It's none of your business" line.

I also had a customer back when I was working on the checkout say, "A shame you dropped out of school, isn't it?" which really angered me, cuz she was assuming that all cashiers are dropouts. I replied, "Actually, I've got GCSEs, A-Levels and an NVQ, but sadly there just aren't the jobs about." I ended up talking to the woman's more likeable friend about Shakespeare plays, while the woman stood there slack jawed.