Why do some people do this?

Question

This lady that works at my office as a part-time employee (a job that we generally hire high schoolers for) has several college degrees. When I asked her why she isn't working in the field she earned her degrees in, she said she never intended to use her degrees for work-purposes and just wanted to get the degrees for the sake of "learning." Do you find this as strange as my coworkers and I find it strange??

Answer 1

i can understand...
i mean especially if you have the money to do it.

if i had enough money and time i would love to go into many different fields.

Answer 2

Yes, I do. What is the point of spending all that money for college and then not using the degree. Maybe she's afraid she won't be able to do whatever job her degrees go with.

Answer 3

This woman is obviously FAR superior to you... Not only is she OVER-educated for her position, but she also has some sort of hustle on the side that allows her to cruise through life like it's nothin....
I suggest you tell your supervisor to give her a drug test because you "saw" her snorting something white and powdery in the ladies' room.
That SHOULD solve your problem, but if it doesn't, 1)Buy a bag of coke 2) Plant it in the top drawer of her desk and 3)re-inform your boss of her habit and suggest a full-desk search immediately (insist you saw her stashing something there when you asked to borrow an envelope).

Answer 4

I wish I could spend all that money for my own entertainment. Her fields must be competative and she lacks the 'oomph' to claw her way up.

Answer 5

no i don't find it strange. i have a feeling why she has spent so much time in college though. i'm a therapist with an average 260 caseload. i've seen em all.

Answer 6

I don't buy her story. There is probably something else that is preventing her from working in her field.

Answer 7

i agree with Esmeralda...although her current job might be less stressfull,and she might not have a need to move up?

Answer 8

An odd statement yes!!!!!!!