Ilana Glazer
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Podcast Appearances
I don't know why.
My brother and I started working so young, but I was like a full on waitress from 14 to 24 on Long Island where I grew up and in the city.
And by the time I was 24, I was like, I've worked in food service for half of my life.
And, you know, that was what I how I saved a nest egg to do comedy.
You know what I mean?
To like pay some student loans off initially.
Like it made... And like fast money, you get some on the books and you're making some tips and it's... Absolutely.
I did nannying for a long time.
You're talking to people, you're getting out, you have a community.
Childcare, you know, I have a little kiddo and I talk to people in childcare who are, you know, I've had, have a childcare provider and it's like this work is typically so undignified, diminished.
There's no, you know, there's that National Domestic Workers Alliance, but there's not really like a unionization around it, but it's great work.
It's so rewarding.
And if there was health care, more people would do it.