My resolution is to START lying about my age

I had this on my mind when I <a rel="nofollow" title='User post: Do you &quot;Shine&quot; at work?' href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/money/user-post-do-you-quot-shine-quot-at-work-341562/" target="_blank">came into work today </a><span><span><span><span><a rel="nofollow" title='User post: Do you &quot;Shine&quot;&#10;&#10;at work?' href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/money/user-post-do-you-quot-shine-quot-at-work-341562/" target="_blank">(<span title='User post: Do&#10;&#10;you&#10;&#10;&quot;Shine&quot; at&#10;&#10;work?'><span title='User post:&#10;&#10;Do you&#10;&#10;&quot;Shine&quot; at work?'>yes...I &quot;Shine&quot; mostly at work!)</span></span></a></span></span></span></span> and then&nbsp;I saw that <a rel="nofollow" title="User post:&#10;&#10;If I Could Turn&#10;&#10;Back Time" href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/if-i-could-turn-back-time-343597/" target="_blank">Alice</a> had it on hers too.&nbsp; Long story short, <a rel="nofollow" title="My post:&#10;&#10;And&#10;&#10;what&#39;s NOT on my list" href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/and-whats-not-on-my-list-340388/" target="_blank">I quit my job for four months and then took a lower paying job</a> so now in addition to that, I work part time at a take-out restaurant.&nbsp; <br><br>After a few months there, I have figured out who&#39;s going to tip (families and business men)&nbsp;and who might tip if I make eye contact and a little friendly conversation (middle-aged men).&nbsp; These older guys usually end up asking me where I go to school (I can look kind of young) or why I moved here from a different state (my name tag shows my hometown).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>I can&#39;t lie.&nbsp; It&#39;s actually a&nbsp;problem of mine to&nbsp;share too much personal information with anyone who asks, so of course I tell them the truth.&nbsp; I tell them I moved here to go to school and I graduated two and a half years ago.&nbsp; The second it pops out of my mouth I realize it makes me AND my college look bad (it&#39;s like a flashing sign: Do not send your kids to this local school, they&#39;ll end up working for minimum wage!!). <br><br>I immediately want to back track and tell them my whole story so they get that I&#39;m not JUST a cashier.&nbsp; Last night this happened and I thought for the first time, hey maybe it would be easier to just tell people I&#39;m still in school (but over 21 so they don&#39;t call the ABC and try to get our alcohol license taken away when they see me pouring a beer, haha).<br><br>I&#39;m not embarassed by my second job, I&#39;m enjoy it and am grateful to have it, although I can admit I&#39;m a little self-conscious of how it looks.&nbsp; But in these times, you have to do what you have to do...even if it means flirting with older men for a better tip (my tips go to paying off my credit card,&nbsp;one of my&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" title="My post: My list" href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/my-list-340360/" target="_blank">New Year&#39;s Resolutions</a>)!<br><br>Do you lie about your age?&nbsp; Should I censor my life story for people who don&#39;t really need the details?&nbsp; Any tips for getting more tips?&nbsp; What do you do for extra money in times like these?