Summer is fast approaching. You look out your window and you can see the signs of it, bunnies humping, girls dressed in something that would barely cover up an infant, and the ancient tradition of applying fire to meat. Late spring on a college campus is a bittersweet time for most, we have the freedom to frolic outdoors, yet soon we all will need to find work.

Some of you are graduating. Sorry to see you go. College is over, and now you have to enter the dreaded "real world." Sure, you'll make a lot more money, but within a few short years, every dream you've ever had will be crushed. Just wanted to let you know.

For everyone else, though, there is that little problem of finding summer employment. You don't have a degree, you don't have any money, and you're up against a 16 year old high school kid for a slot to work the fry-tank at the local McDonalds -- what are you being punished for?

I still hold that being as lazy as possible is the best course of action for the summer, but for some of us, we're completely shit-out-of-luck broke. If we didn't have our parents house to live in for free, we'd probably have to share a refrigerator box with a guy who calls himself "Captain Pete," because we can't afford a box to ourselves. We're going to have to actually work this summer.

So how do you cope? Well, its simple, first thing first, remember that the less you get paid, the more you need to steal. Work at McDonalds? Well, you're dorm room could probably use a deep fryer... Gas station? Fill 'er up. There is no need to feel guilt over this, you are compensating yourself for a job well done.

Another option is to play my favorite game, first you try screwing around at work (refusing a customer french frys for being too damned fat, or seeing how many times you can "accidentally" spill drinks on people), then if you get away with it, step it up a notch and see what else you can get away with. Its fun. The winner is whoever gets fired last.

Find ways to have fun with your job this summer. There's no use in wasting a whole three months on being miserable.

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