The Miss Jobless Chronicles: The Bodega Wars

Ed. note: “The Miss Jobless Chronicles” is a weekly series written by Caitlin O’Toole. Read all the posts in the “Miss Jobless” series here.

When you’re un- or under-employed, the corner bodega is your friend. Like going to the office that I don’t go to every morning, the bodega is like my neighborhood water cooler. The routine I don’t have but so crave. I head there around 7am to pick up my New York Post, my Times, my diet Peach Snapple, and sometimes, if I’m feeling crazy like that, a scratch-off ticket.

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