Fantastic. Thanks, guys. I'm looking around for some temp stuff . . . there are some law firms around here that (sometimes) hire high school seniors to do their filing, an activity that's 100% more preferable than making greasy food chock-full of MSG. I'm going to try the (two) music stores in the area (just to see. . . as I already know that their staff is, erm, not that Ideal to begin with - surprisingly, at the ripe ol' age of 17, I have more Musicality and Experience than the vast majority of them) because I don't think there's any harm in asking. May try for a bus position in this really nice Swiss restaurant that I know of if it comes down to it. . . .
Haha, on another, more random note - I went into some Mexican restaurants yesterday and they just looked at me like I was insane for even asking. The manager at one of them (some short Hispanic guy) looked me up and down (yeah. . . giving me "that" look - the whole "Who are you to ask when you're NOT of Hispanic descent?" thing) and told me that they weren't hiring, even though I KNOW that they are. I just looked at him, smiled and then started telling him in (much better Spanish than his - oh the irony

. . . yeah, I'm a bit full of my self

) Spanish how terrible it was that he must make judgements based on people's appearances and that it was quite regrettable. He just stood there with this shocked look on his face that I could utter a single syllable in Spanish and all of his waitstaff just looked at me, smiling. Apparently this sort of blatant discrimination runs rampant around here (Silly me, I thought such racial profiling only existed in high school

).
On a lighter note, your advice is greatly appreciated.

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