I had an almost minimum job in early twenties. It was lots of hard work but I don't regret it. The boss was a total jerk but I made some friends. You've no idea of the camradarie that comes up when you've a shitty boss and a list burgers that you have to cook ASAP.

Gets your blood flowing. Definitely that would've been preferable than just sitting at home idly playing video games and becoming more and more depressed.