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Originally Posted by Kevin
You can start mowing lawns for <$1,000. People manage to come here from Mexico or elsewhere with zero startup capital and run those sorts of businesses. During the immigration debates we were all talking about those jobs Americans simply won't do.
Maybe some folks need to adjust their expectations/entitlement mentalities?
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So if you lost your job as an attorney you'd be perfectly ok mowing lawns or being a dishwasher? Ok. You'll probably say yes just to win the argument but for some reason I doubt that's true. For anyone in that position who is educated and who has worked their way to the top of a company, being a landscaper or a dishwasher is probably a bigger slap in the face than getting laid off was.
I've been laid off. It sucked. I worked my ass off to find a new job because, as libramunoz said, I couldn't stand the looks I'd get from people when I told them that I was currently unemployed. Most of all, I couldn't stand how I felt about myself. Some psychologists equate a job loss to be just as stressful as the death of a close relative. I believe it. So until you find yourself in that position, you will NEVER understand what it's like. And until you find yourself in that situation, passing judgment (such as they're lazy or feel entitled) on those who are there is extremely short-sighted and insulting.