Haggling isn’t a dirty word [Daniel]

But it sure is necessary in tutoring, and I, poor, naive, foolish, cheap, undersold me, out of a misguided sense of fairness or perhaps pity, said that I would work for fewer than twenty dollars an hour for a month.

Great, just great. Now I feel like the worlds biggest wimp, for not going for the hardliner of saying, just twenty dollars an hour, and not like an idiot “well I guess the rate can go from nil to twenty.” That’s what you get from my empathy, a miss guided sense of charity, because I’m not fully successful individual and I feel funny about asking for rates.

Well its done and dusted, I guess I better go down to do the tutoring, see if I’m actually worth the pittance I set myself up for per hourly rate, and then, AND THEN… perhaps ask for a raise… after a few lessons. It’s just “ARGH” worthy, in the sense that I’ve shot myself in the boot. Oh well I guess I’ve just got to learn from it and start being a hard ass when it comes to settling for tutoring rates. That or potentially lose the only tutoring job I currently have. Sigh* the possibilities of employment are endless.

Also if anybody was wondering about university books I’d wait until tomorrow or the next day, as when I went into university on Monday all I could find was one text out of 3 subjects… which was disappointing. Especially since I was being a good student for once and had actually gone in specifically to get my books, and to not, as you do, meet up with friends (which I assure you was completely coincidental).

Anyways, that’s all I’ve got mustered up for you lot in the realm of work and university. Socially… well things are just plain interesting. I’m at that stage where meeting up with  friends feels just like an act, and that I’m not playing it right. So instead of enjoying myself with my friends I find myself holding back to see how people react to each other.

Huff* Oh well,

Anyway enjoy the rest of your interwebbing experience, and don’t stray too far!

Dan