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A Year In Waiting 1 by *bigbigtruck:iconbigbigtruck:

Categories Cartoons & Comics > Traditional Media > Comics > Strips

©2009 *bigbigtruck
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Hasty, messy doodles, just enough to tell a story.

I don't know how many of these I'll do. Some will be funny, some will be horrifying. All of 'em will be true.

Notes on this strip:

- I live in Austin, which is (IIRC) the 7th most expensive city in the US. $320 a week would support one person in a mid-grade apartment. But for two people in a house... it doesn't even cover one mortgage payment.

- Obviously, company and restaurant names have been changed. Austinites will probably be able to guess them, but I think I've masked them pretty well otherwise.

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=spectrosity Apr 2, 2009, 6:16:06 PM
lkjdasdfasd ahaha oh man ;_____; It sounds like it really just gets worse from here, doesn't it? I've never been a waitress before, but I know for a fact that I would absolutely fail at it. I just... don't have the personality or multitasking power for it, and I respect the hell out of people who can manage it with a smile on their face.

I tip well : <
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~brandeisel Apr 2, 2009, 6:29:19 PM
o noes! I am terrified yet I cannot look away.

Waitressing is terrifying! The closest I ever got was hostessing. I figured, you can't really screw up pouring water, now can you?

...

That was before I knew how talented I was.

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powzor!
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*bigbigtruck Apr 2, 2009, 6:33:05 PM
I had the multitasking power, the strength, and the politeness, but I'm no good at thinking on my feet - if something trips me up, I stay tripped up. Which is a big part of why I didn't succeed...
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~Lust-M Apr 2, 2009, 6:37:19 PM
I love the mean girls moment with the waitressing.

I waited tables for a year. I feel your pain.
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=spectrosity Apr 2, 2009, 6:40:20 PM
; __ ; Aww. I'd probably be in the same boat, there. It just sounds so stressful : <
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*bigbigtruck Apr 2, 2009, 6:42:47 PM
I hostessed for 9 months, as well. That'll be covered here. (The second restaurant I worked at brought the emotional pain. The first, the physical.)
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*meibiseiya Apr 2, 2009, 6:50:27 PM
Oh, I remember when you were at Anime USA. You did a commission for me. Sorry you were in such a frustrated state then ^^' Sorry I had no idea!

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"For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum."
"The kraken stirs. And ten billion sushi dinners cry out for vengeance."
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*bigbigtruck Apr 2, 2009, 6:56:10 PM
Cons were a welcome break during the past 2 years (as will come up later :D)
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~dmarling Apr 2, 2009, 6:57:28 PM
;______; This can only go downhill from here.
.....I'm really glad you're writing this retrospectively at least. Not, you know. About your current life. Because that would suck even worse.

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"If you hold your dreams too tightly, you'll crush their little ribs." ~We Are Scientists
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=auryn Apr 2, 2009, 7:00:42 PM
Hahaha....when l saw "320 a week" for unemployment l was all 'HOLY SHlT, that's more than l make now!'
Guess l'll just go quite my job and live a life of luxury, ha ha..ha.....ugh

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Hello, this is Auryn from the VD clinic. Speaking of being postive, your test results are back in. Stop sharing the love.
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