When you are a PhD student there are always ways to earn a little bit of extra cash every now and then, within the university. Correcting scripts, doing lab demonstrations, invigilating, arranging tutorials, taking some part-time administration job, you name it. The opportunities are endless.
One of those presented itself to me a few weeks ago. When I was asked if I want to make an easy £70 (easy defined as not having to anything) I replied "How?". Of course I kept my expectations low because nowadays these offers can hide quite a surprise. But no, this was an honest one. All I have to do is to stay in a room from 8.30 until 17.00 looking after some people taking an exam. And I can do whatever I want as long as I don't leave the room during that period of time. Piece of cake.
It's now almost four hours since this invigilating task started and I'm a complete wreck.
- I'm hungry but I'm not allowed to eat anything
- I'm also thirsty but I don't have any water with me
- There's nothing to do apart from waste time over the internet. Because of this I feel sleepy. I could really use a cup of coffee and a couple of cigarettes right now
- The worst of all is that, even though the people taking the exam are allowed to have as many toilet breaks as they need, I'm not allowed to have any. Whoever, had this brilliant idea of having only one invigilator for the exam is a #@£$%*##.
Swearing always makes me feel more relaxed. I feel better already. I can do something more productive now. I'll be back soon
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