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1. what do you know about job interviews?
i didnt know you have to interview to get jobs. even if it's just at a restaurant!! regardless of whether the job itself involves talking to people at all!!? stupid

[ Guess who's been bombing interviews as a part-time busboy all over town. And who's only bothering to ask about proper employment beyond random quests, um, now, after several months of just getting by...? He must be getting tired of stealing hotchips from the cornerstore. ]

2. what do you know about going to school as a full-time student here?
i heard you can make a living like this
insight about going to school in other worlds could be useful too. i was homeschooled....

[ But at least he's thinking in terms of solutions. ]

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It's clearly not. Try applying for a different job.

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but i dont have any work experience in anything else!!! this is it!

[ p i t i f u l ]

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[Holy shit is he ever. Azul is quietly wondering how this guy like. Managed.]

Have you tried another job?

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no..
i mean that's why i'm asking about school too though....

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You're better off going to school, maybe picking up a few more marketable skills?

[Azul you are sixteen.]

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i have plenty of skills!! they just dont translate directly.. not for normal jobs at least. but i'm tired of relying on quests, not without full use of all my magics
but the school can help with that which is really what i care about most
i don't actually want to work in a restaurant again after all it's a shitty job

[ Maybe employers can, uh, tell that you think that, you're highness? ]

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And that's probably why no one will hire you. We know you probably don't want to work for us. You just have to act like it.

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but wouldn't employers rather hire someone who's honest and transparent

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You're not being paid to be honest and transparent.

So. No.

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but i'm not being paid to talk either
i'm being paid to clear tables
shouldn't they just do an assessment of my demonstration of the actual job

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You would think, but that's not how society works. Wonderful, isn't it?

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doesnt seem fair

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It's not.

[And if he had his magic here he would absolutely be offering to make a deal with Zuko. Alas.]

We get paid for attending school, at least.

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i think school sounds like the better option at this point....
my sister went to school back home but i never did. but i'm not afraid of a challenge. if it helps me improve my magic, even if it doesn't pay well, that's all i really care about.

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Any pay is good pay! And it's more reliable than quests.

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i don't know that "any pay is good pay" but it'd be nice to anticipate exactly what i'm earning at least. relying on only quests is too random. the more i can better my magic the more quests i can do on the side when i'm not in school too

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A good plan. Personally, I'm just saving up until I can open my own business here, but until then school works fine.

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what kind of business are you trying to open

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A restaurant, of course.

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i see. is that what you did in your world too

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Yes! Between classes, of course.

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so you're speaking from personal experience on all accounts here... great..

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I am!

So when I say that attitude is virtually unemployable, especially as a busboy, I mean it.

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so school it is, i guess.......
glad to know i'm "virtually unemployable" thanks

[ He is, though. Someone had to tell him. ]

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[Azul lives to serve.]

At least as a busboy. You might find a more suitable job elsewhere.