Occupational Slumming:
Taking a job well beneath one's skill or education level as a
means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible
failure in one's true occupation.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Taking a job well beneath one's skill or education level as a
means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible
failure in one's true occupation.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Obscurism:
The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references
(forgotten films
dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries,... - Recurving:
Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one
back on the learning curve
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Recreational Slumming:
The practice of participating in recreational activities of a
class one perceives as lower than one's own
Karen! Donald! Let's go bowling tonight! And don't... - Historical Slumming:
The act of visiting locations such as diners
smokestack industrial sites, rural villages - locations... - Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Conversational Slumming:
The self-conscious enjoyment of a given conversation precisely
for its lack of intellectual rigor
A major spin-off of Recreational Slumming. -- Douglas... - McJob:
A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit
no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered... - Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
