My Saturday gig has a total of 3 offices. I work in the smallest one - Lincoln Park. Their bigger offices are up in Evanston and Wilmette. And in the past couple of days, I have been training to pinch-hit for any of the PSP offices.
The timing couldn't be better since the temp scene has been eerily quiet. Which means I have copious free time and a nagging desperation to make the nut for the month. So I didn't mind driving, or basically relearning stuff I already knew from my Saturday job.
While I like the activity of Evanston, I still enjoy LP. And the biggest thing recommending the Wilmette location is the fact that it is around the corner from Leonidas. And it has a discount!!!
However, having read The Old Neighborhood, I am starting to take issue with the whole real estate thing. Ray Suarez makes a compelling argument that real estate agents basically facilitated the segregation and ghettoization of American cities by steering their clients to single-color neighborhoods, which caused a trickle-down negative impact.
Working in a tony neighborhood of Chicago for a group centered in the wealthy and white North Shore Suburbs doesn't help. All of the agents are white. All of the clients are white. And none of the properties are much further south of River North. While PSP was not in existence during the major suburban migration of the 60s, I still have qualms.
I need to stop reading and thinking if I plan on making any money or at least keeping a job without feeling dirty.
on Pandora: "It's True" - The Mysteries of Life
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