The problem with this con is they take it too seriously - then go for the "easy" route when they leave. Go with the flow is definitely the better option - I di

The problem with this con is they take it too seriously - then go for the "easy" route when they leave. Go with the flow is definitely the better option - I did the degree but then side stepped entirely and worked from the ground up (aka low wage). Admittedly not in a cleaning type job; but certainly not the graduate job I was "supposed" to be aiming for... Most of my uni friends are stuck for jobs; not because there aren't any but because they are above jobs that are lower status. No compromise, no career. (also they have no real interest in their career paths [again, choosing the easy career route], all of my peers that have as good a job as mine is becoming are there because they followed their interests and addictions :)) I guess that was her problem; with the career stalled she didn't have the guts to change tack, compromise or whatever to find somewhere she wanted to be that would fit her. I read this as much her rationalisation of having to work as a waitress again as much as a revelation that there is nothing wrong with working as waitress/cleaner etc.