i am 25 years old... and a call center agent.... arrrrgh!!!!

not that i have anything against call center agents... it's just that well even i am having difficulty seeing myself in this career... and i am in it... it is still a hazy, dreamlike (or nightmarish at times) surreal experience for me... and i have just been taking in calls for about a month now... this industry is definitely not for me... I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR THIS CAREER...

it is not a long time thing for me... just that i don't think i could last another 5 months...

i could compare the experience to an ancient (japanese, i think) torture technique (which i just saw on discovery channel- mythbusters)... the one where you're strapped down and they let water drip down on your head/ forehead... drop after painful drop... it's not physically painful at first... i would think after a few hours getting dripped on it would have bruised your forehead... but then, like i said it's not the physical agony... it's the pyschological effects that gets you... and i don't know why... but after a few hours in that situation you'd definitely lose it...

and that is my call center life.

and though i can definitely see the good sides of the industry like the pay, non-wage benefits, and believe it or not, growth opportunity, i still can't see myself indulging... is it just me?

i still see it as a slow and painful elevator ride to career success... is it just because i have set my psyche that this is just a temporary thing? why am i bugging? this industry has the elements of the job that i wouldn't mind having...

>night shift- i don't have to endure sunlight ever again... sleep through the day, work/ gimik at night...

>all i have to do is talk- i have no problem with that... i love hearing the sound of my own voice...

>pay is not that bad- i mean c'mon... you get paid for just talking on the phone? how cool is that?

>eye candy- no scarcity of eye candy here...

see... i know... i can list all the good things of this slow and painful escalator ride for me... but i can't seem to enjoy them