Charles Bukowski quote about job from Factotum - The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me.
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The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me.
 Charles Bukowski, Factotum (1975). copy citation

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Author Charles Bukowski
Source Factotum
Topic job qualification
Date 1975
Language English
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Weblink https://libcom.org/files/Factotum%20-%20Charles%20Bukowski.pdf

Context

“Packing was always a good time.
31 When I got back to Los Angeles I found a cheap hotel just off Hoover Street and stayed in bed and drank. I drank for some time, three or four days. I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.” source

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