I went to an Ivy and almost everyone I knew including myself has done exactly that. Personally, I would have preferred to be a cook instead of a bus boy.
But that was the early 80's when jobs were really tough to find, much as it is now.
Maybe they did not do that in the last decade.
“Maybe they did not do that in the last decade.”
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And many even before that.
The current usurper occupying the White House, and his diseased Administration, is Example One.
I’d love to see Zero attempt to drive a simple 10D nail into a 2X4.