She cannot accept that she needs to be, at least at some deeply hidden level, or even in some insignificant way, accepted, validated like a parking ticket, punched.
Another sentence highlighted by over 20 kindle readers. I see 2 things going on here. First, her craving for companionship - forshadowing her relationship to come with Ben and why she falls in love with him. Second her need to be accepted as a worker like everyone else instead of judged inferior because of her chosen line of work.
