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Yes, I would leave this for the right job. I could be driving a AAA truck for a living. Of all the random job situations I've encountered over the last four years, the AAA job offer was by far the most random. But it makes sense, if you have the context. I was unemployed. You don't get rich driving a AAA truck but I would have made between $30,000 and $50,000 a year, depending on how much overtime I was willing to pick up. It's a stable job. There's no chance people are going to stop driving cars and needing help. If you just want a job, you could do a lot worse than working for a nonprofit, member-owned company. I've turned down a lot of jobs and potential jobs over the last four years. There was the night news editor job I turned down because it was a 60-mile commute. With stars in my eyes upon leaving Utah, I thought I wasn't going to work nights ever again. When I was interviewing for a part-time job in Portland, the editor in chief asked me if I was interes