A young woman’s video complaining about her first full-time job after college is going viral.
The woman cites her long commute and lack of time for personal activities. The video has also sparked laughter and criticism on the internet.
Twitter users found her complaints about a regular 9-to-5 job to be absurd, considering that weekends exist for personal time.
The incident also led to discussions about the current state of education and job expectations.
Recent college grad has breakdown over working a job. We’re doomed. pic.twitter.com/Pp680PDQdv
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 25, 2023
“I know I’m probably just being so dramatic and annoying, but this is my first job, like my first 9-to-5 job after college, and I’m in person, and I’m commuting in the city,” she explained.
“It takes me f—— forever to get there,” the sobbing young woman says.
“Like f—— duh if I was able to walk to work, it would be fine. But I’m not,” she goes on.
“So I get on the train at like 7:30 and I don’t get home until like 6:15 at the earliest and then like, I don’t have time to do anything. Like, I wanna shower, eat my dinner, and go to sleep.”
“The 9-to-5 schedule in general is crazy! Like, being in the office 9 to 5 – like, if it was remote, you get off at 5. You’re home and everything is fine. But I’m not – it takes me so long to get home…Like, how do you have friends? How do you have time to, like, meet a guy?”
I used to take a 9:45 train from Connecticut to NYC, work at a newspaper from noon until midnight, take a 1 AM train back, get in my bed at 3, then wake up & get back on the train. Later I got a gig in talk radio, where I woke up at 4 AM, worked nonstop all day until midnight, 6…
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 25, 2023
Our ancestors: “time to wake up at 4am to milk the cows, feed the animals, plow the fields, churn the butter, knit a new sweater…”
Gen Z: “Why can’t I just do nothing and live for free? 😭”
— (•_•) (@AsTheWorldBurnz) October 25, 2023
