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Questions/things I am thoroughly sick and tired of hearing from other people:

1. “Have you thought of moving back home?”

2. “Why don’t you go home?”
3. “So what do you do in your spare time?”
4. “What does ‘looking for a job’ involve?” (GO AWAY!)
5. “Have you tried the National Theatre?” (Yeah, because you can just waltz right up to the National for a job, they hand them out like candy…)
6. “Have you tried [insert other famous theatre]?” (ARGH!)
7. “How about looking out of London?” (yes I’m sure a town with one theatre, as is the case with much of England, will have better job prospects than London)
8. “What do you actually do at work?”
9. “It’s not work if it’s only an internship.” (GO AWAY! part II)
10. “How are you surviving on an intern’s pay?” (uncomfortable scenario part I, where I explain I’m not actually even paid)
11. “How are you surviving if you’re not paid?” (uncomfortable scenario part II, where I explain I’m a shameless, selfish financial liability)
12. “Why don’t you just get a temp job or something and waitress/be a receptionist/work at Starbucks?” (have you even TRIED getting a random temp job in the current market when you have zero customer service background and all your work experience, while significant to your chosen field, is irrelevant to others?)
13. “Have you tried looking for something other than in the arts?” (If I wanted a job I don’t actually have an interest in, I could’ve gone home to be a teacher.)
14. “It’s so much easier getting a job in Singapore.” (you think I don’t know that?!)

In conclusion: if you secretly think I’m a good-for-nothing layabout who’s being exploited as free labour within an inch of her useless, penniless, mooching life, please sod off, I have got no more patience for the likes of you, and right now I feel like I could bite.