Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be - Page 9

DaemonSeid · #**121** 03-10-2010, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

What does this have to do with anything? If I'm not hiring, then suddenly no one is responsible for anything in their own lives? Is that really where you're going? If not, where are you going?

No...you make it sound so cut and dry to get and keep a job so it stands to reason to start with the source of the one who thinks it so.

Are...you all...hiring...right now?

Yes or no?

Kevin · #**122** 03-10-2010, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

So I should move to the Sun Belt and be a nurse. Yinz better all come to my funeral after I shoot myself in the head.

Well, if you knew that'd fix your jobless problems and you decided against it, whose decision was that?

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You're damned lucky if you get up every day and LIKE what you're doing. Don't tell other people that they need to do something they're awful at or that they detest just because you can't fathom what that's like.

I worked retail for 9 years. I'm pretty familiar with working at a job I detest. Did it suck? Yes. Did it add about a year to my undergrad? Yep. Did it pay the bills? Sure did. Would I do it again? No doubt. Beats the heck outta living on credit. Liking what you are doing is a luxury not everyone gets to have. Paying the bills comes before self-actualization. For most folks, if that's what they expect out of the job market, they'll be waiting a very, very long time.

And in the final analysis, what the heck difference does it make what I did, what my situation is or whether I'm a sympathetic soul? None of those weigh in on whether someone could possibly be at least partially responsible for their own plight.

DaemonSeid · #**123** 03-10-2010, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Well, if you knew that'd fix your jobless problems and you decided against it, whose decision was that?

I worked retail for 9 years. I'm pretty familiar with working at a job I detest. Did it suck? Yes. Did it add about a year to my undergrad? Yep. Did it pay the bills? Sure did. Would I do it again? No doubt. Beats the heck outta living on credit. Liking what you are doing is a luxury not everyone gets to have. Paying the bills comes before self-actualization. For most folks, if that's what they expect out of the job market, they'll be waiting a very, very long time.

And in the final analysis, what the heck difference does it make what I did, what my situation is or whether I'm a sympathetic soul? None of those weigh in on whether someone could possibly be at least partially responsible for their own plight.

How does one getting laid off of a job (especially if they are going thru a downsizing) make them responsible?

Still waiting for you to answer my ?? BTW

knight_shadow · #**124** 03-10-2010, 12:55 AM

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If you're only interviewing once per month or every other month, you're not trying hard enough or you need to move to where the jobs are or you need to pick a new profession. Truth. I don't care where you are -- there are more jobs out there than an interview in December and one in February.

I usually enjoy reading your posts, but you're clearly out of touch with reality.

PM_Mama00 · #**125** 03-10-2010, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Well, if you knew that'd fix your jobless problems and you decided against it, whose decision was that?

I worked retail for 9 years. I'm pretty familiar with working at a job I detest. Did it suck? Yes. Did it add about a year to my undergrad? Yep. Did it pay the bills? Sure did. Would I do it again? No doubt. Beats the heck outta living on credit. Liking what you are doing is a luxury not everyone gets to have. Paying the bills comes before self-actualization. For most folks, if that's what they expect out of the job market, they'll be waiting a very, very long time.

And in the final analysis, what the heck difference does it make what I did, what my situation is or whether I'm a sympathetic soul? None of those weigh in on whether someone could possibly be at least partially responsible for their own plight.

RETAIL JOBS WILL NOT HIRE US BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND WE WILL LEAVE AT THE NEXT BEST OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE O V E R Q U A L I F I E D

DaemonSeid · #**126** 03-10-2010, 12:59 AM

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RETAIL JOBS WILL NOT HIRE US BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND WE WILL LEAVE AT THE NEXT BEST OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE O V E R Q U A L I F I E D

You know what...you all are responsible for being too educated to get a job.

Kevin · #**127** 03-10-2010, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

No...you make it sound so cut and dry to get and keep a job so it stands to reason to start with the source of the one who thinks it so.

Are...you all...hiring...right now?

Yes or no?

We are not hiring right now. No more space. Been in the same building since 1990 or so, no desire to move. Busy as we want to be. That said, there's work in my town. My younger brother is a recruiter for a temp service, so I know for a fact there are jobs.

We may have a legal assistant job coming open this Summer depending on what an assistant decides to do after her D.C. internship.

Further, just about everyone in my graduating class has either gotten a job or hung out a shingle. And they're mostly doing fine.

DaemonSeid · #**128** 03-10-2010, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

We are not hiring right now. No more space. Been in the same building since 1990 or so, no desire to move. Busy as we want to be. That said, there's work in my town. My younger brother is a recruiter for a temp service, so I know for a fact there are jobs.

We may have a legal assistant job coming open this Summer depending on what an assistant decides to do after her D.C. internship.

Further, just about everyone in my graduating class has either gotten a job or hung out a shingle. And they're mostly doing fine.

So whose responsibility is that, that you all don't have enough space? what's keeping you from expanding?

dreamseeker · #**129** 03-10-2010, 01:02 AM

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libra, he doesn't understand or he just doesn't care to. you might as well stop talking to him. i don't mean that in a "you should shut up" way, but that you should save ur energy to converse with someone that isn't like a brick wall.

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RETAIL JOBS WILL NOT HIRE US BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND WE WILL LEAVE AT THE NEXT BEST OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE O V E R Q U A L I F I E D

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DaemonSeid · #**130** 03-10-2010, 01:03 AM

I have had about enough..good night y'all.

knight_shadow · #**131** 03-10-2010, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

We may have a legal assistant job coming open this Summer depending on what an assistant decides to do after her D.C. internship

There's a lot of this going around, too.

We MAY have something available SOMETIME in the near future DEPENDING on what so-and-so ends up doing.

DaemonSeid · #**132** 03-10-2010, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

There's a lot of this going around, too.

We MAY have something available SOMETIME in the near future DEPENDING on what so-and-so ends up doing.

Oh you smelled it too...?

PM_Mama00 · #**133** 03-10-2010, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

You know what...you all are responsible for being too educated to get a job.

Damnit. WHY did I go to college? I know. It's all my fault for getting educated. Shit.

33girl · #**134** 03-10-2010, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Well, if you knew that'd fix your jobless problems and you decided against it, whose decision was that?

OK, if you want me to be a nurse and be responsible for the care of your loved ones - while hating every stinking second of it - I'm there, dude. Fortunately, I care about other people too much to be their nurse or educate their children. I'm a little more self aware than that.

Not everyone is suited for every job. In some jobs, this is just an annoyance. In others, it can be LIFE THREATENING.

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I worked retail for 9 years (while knowing I had a position waiting for me when I got out of law school). I'm pretty familiar with working at a job I detest (and know is only temporary).

Fixed your post for you.

libramunoz · #**135** 03-10-2010, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

If you're only interviewing once per month or every other month, you're not trying hard enough or you need to move to where the jobs are or you need to pick a new profession. Truth. I don't care where you are -- there are more jobs out there than an interview in December and one in February.

Kevin you must have the brainpower of a gnat because that's where your level of thinking is.

If people have tried to explain it to you fifteen different ways to Sunday, you just WANT to remain clueless.

As far as picking a new profession, going back to school, getting new school loans, and getting another profession, I guess you're right, I should, because obviously an AA trumps a Master's.

I know that you don't care where I am and that there are more jobs just floating around out there. Good, I guess I'll just jump the hell up, grab my shotgun, and get me one of them. Yeah, that'll do the trick. Oh by the way, when I need a lawyer, will you be mine?

As far as trying hard enough, WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU TO TELL ME THAT I HAVEN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH??? WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT I HAVE AND HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH OF TO GET A JOB? WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU?

Because from what I have seen, you are someone with the brain of a gnat, with the compassion of a snake, and with the humility of eel. So Mr. Grinch, how is your Christmas going to be this year?