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Then I landed a real summer job. It started innocently enough: an 8:30 a.m. arrival was early, but bearable. But one hour into the first day came the news—6:30 a.m. was the regular start time. The last time I saw 6:30 a.m. was when I was still up from the night before, and even in high school I hadn’t woken up before then...
Before this summer, I was a binge drinker. I would avoid coffee like the plague until the day when, say, I had two midterms on one hour of sleep. Then I would down up to 10 cups—as many as needed to stave off sleep for a few more critical hours...
Smells of garlic and basil wafted across the east end of Annenberg as the teams—the Cosmic Cooks, The Cookie Monsters, Spice Up Your Life, and The Professionals—tried to throw together something delicious in the space of a mere hour. Their goal: walking away with a winning certificate—and undying culinary glory...
...competition lost some spectators as it stretched into its second hour. But some said its long duration was unavoidable...
...that’s until someone pulls out their BlackBerry between beers and hurriedly steps out to call the office. Then, I’m reminded of the horror stories that once comprised my entire conception of the business sector. “You’ll work 90 hour weeks,” nay-sayers told me, “they’ll own your life...