Work
Jim works a series of minimum wage jobs. He initially applied at McDonald's as a way of meeting people and filling downtime, and quit at the end of the school year. Early in his sophomore year, he was called back to McDonald's, then, after leaving college, applied at a bookstore, where he worked for a short time before being laid off. His longest-lasting job was at a copy store, where he once envisioned a bleak future as the manager. He then had another dead-end job at a grocery. We were never told what Jim's major was in college, and he has never expressed a desire to pursue any particular line of work. The impression is that Jim works because that's what people are supposed to do.
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