Is leafleting an ok job?

My early 20s daughter is just starting out as a s/e ceramicist after her degree but needs work to pay her way in life (lives with bf and his mum). She has a p/t job in a Hungry Horse pub but doesn't get many shifts (management seem a bit rubbish) and hates it. She's just moved into her little studio space and is going for an interview in a few days for a job delivering leaflets. Apparently it pays more than minimum wage but I have reservations about it. She's got a brilliant work ethic and attitude but she's not that tall and very slight - plus autistic. I'm worried bad things may happen. Genuine thoughts/advice anyone? I've told her my concerns and she says if it feels wrong she won't do it.

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smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

My only concern is u paid for her to go to school for ceramicist. Sounds more like a hobby than a future career.

Cheesecake · 61-69, M

@smileylovesgaming not here in Wales (UK). Her course fees and grant came from the Welsh Government - although I suppose I contributed a bit through my taxes 😏
Also, you seem to think an artistic pursuit can't be a career. Why not? It's just as valid as clerical work or service industries.

smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

@Cheesecake well if I planned to go to college I am going to get in my car and drive around to see what is in my area. I'm going to base my college off of that. Why the world would I go to college for something I can't use because there is no jobs for it. I'm pretty sure your daughter isn't going to move to where there is jobs for such a degree. At that point that degree will be in a picture frame to never be used. So what was the point of wasting all that money going to school for it

Cheesecake · 61-69, M

@smileylovesgaming she's a self-employed (s/e) ceramicist. Using her First Class degree to build a career for herself, doing something she loves. She's already had her work displayed in several galleries locally - and one piece in a student exhibition in the V&A in London while she was studying. She's very practical and is trying to keep her head above water as an independent person by working a non-artistic job part-time alongside her ceramics. She's a realist who is working towards her dreams. I will support her unto my dying breath.
No offence intended, but you seem very cynical.