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Scapegoat posted:The crazy thing is the entire thread told him to get insurance. He decided to trust his mentally unstable mother who was the reason he started this thread now he doesn't seem to know if she even applied for insurance. If there's any problem that can't be solved by ignoring it and hoping it gets fixed, Benny hasn't found it yet. Worked for getting a diploma, why not try it out for getting health insurance?
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I'm proud to suggest that eventually the dentist will just come round and deal with his teeth while he's asleep or something. Right?
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My Firefox spell-check actually corrected purusal to perusal. But I had to change it back to see if he would bother changing it. Trap sprung. Good to know that in 3 months time I will be able to Google for "abigbagofdouche" and get hits on "examples of the worst cover letters ever"
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Benny the Snake posted:I could do the same with another guy's diploma and pass it off as mine. Seriously, the only way I could prove that I do have a diploma is to post it displaying my real name and verifying that it's mine. Which I'm not going to do because I'm very aware that there's certain people on the internet who are paying attention me and who would dox and harass me if I give out any more information about myself. I'm pretty sure we all already know about your adult baby stuff, as it was discussed about 50 pages ago. Masonity posted:I'm proud to suggest that eventually the dentist will just come round and deal with his teeth while he's asleep or something. Right? New and improved tooth fairy. Benny, what you should do is start buying a few of those crap books and selling them yourself, and save the cash to fund fixing your awful mouth. That Damn Satyr fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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Jun 4, 2014 18:26
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Benny the Snake posted:I have no idea what the market is for used books and it would take an initial investment for me to make. It's why I volunteered my (limited) online sales services to the library in the first place. This will be a way for me to dip my toe in the water and maybe figure out a system to where I know how many books and which ones I should by and how I should sell them to turn enough of a profit. 3 for £1, good quality, relatively new books. Hardcover maybe slightly more on a good day. Old books, basically don't sell. Prized antique editions: either extremely damaged beyond use or interest, and almost never donated. Not worth very much either. Yellowed, foxed, incomplete, or otherwise not in good condition. Sold by weight for paper recycling. Worth much less than the salable books. The majority of books are more valuable for the paper than for the content. This from someone who had a voluntary job selling old books for 2 years where I live. Have fun. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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A Tin Of Beans posted:He doesn't have money or insurance, and refuses to call the state to see how long processing times are/what his status is. He doesn't even have to call you can check the status online. And the current processing time for medi-cal applications is 10 business days. The only person in this mess I have any sympathy for is his mother. Can you imagine how frustrating it would be living with Benny? And this entire thread started because he and his brother won't stop watching porn in the family room while the person supporting them is working and he wanted to sue her. I think I would have murdered him or myself.
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Queen Elizatits posted:He doesn't even have to call you can check the status online. And the current processing time for medi-cal applications is 10 business days. Wait. what. what.  I read the first post. Let me guess. It was a lie.
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Queen Elizatits posted:The only person in this mess I have any sympathy for is his mother. Can you imagine how frustrating it would be living with Benny? And this entire thread started because he and his brother won't stop watching porn in the family room while the person supporting them is working and he wanted to sue her. I think I would have murdered him or myself. I was starting to say that I don't think it was porn that his mom caught his brother watching, but I think I remember Benny mentioning tat his mom caught him jacking off to porn before. So basically what I'm saying now is that I agree with you. His mom has to take care of him and put up with his bullshit and Benny has no clue what he's going to do if his mother stops doing so.
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The insurance can only be handled by my parents because they were the ones who signed us up as a family. Medi-Cal is requesting financial information which only they could provide. Again, the reason why I'm not applying on my own is because they already have my name in the system. I spoke to my library director. I'm now in charge of posting books to sell online. I'll start with the 50 cent books to chum the waters and from there we'll sell more. Our plan is to also post nicer books for a higher price than what we would sell inside but first I need to experiment online to see if there's a market. We also plan to post locally so that we can direct our customers to pick up the books over here and then show them the shelves where we sell more books so that hopefully they'll buy more while they're here. That will make shipping costs a non-issue. I'm aware that the library would need funding first but my hope is that I'll be able to sell enough books and price them accordingly to where I'll be able to provide enough funding to where they could pay me. This is all going to be done while I'm volunteering though. My other time will be spent looking for jobs. I only volunteer twice a week at two hours because I'm still under the training phase. But now that I've assumed more responsibilities, I'll be able to log in more hours on my own with the library.
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Jun 4, 2014 20:30
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good luck selling .50 books online where shipping will be like 5 times that at least.
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JakeP posted:good luck selling .50 books online where shipping will be like 5 times that at least. not if you hand deliver by shopping cart
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HiHo ChiRho posted:not if you hand deliver by shopping cart "Yeah it was windy out. Thankfully your car stopped I and me cart when we were going full speed down a hill"
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JakeP posted:good luck selling .50 books online where shipping will be like 5 times that at least. Benny the Snake posted:We also plan to post locally so that we can direct our customers to pick up the books over here and then show them the shelves where we sell more books so that hopefully they'll buy more while they're here. That will make shipping costs a non-issue.
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^^okay so are you planning on selling them on eBay or Craigslist or what. Benny. I am serious, you will not get paid for selling used books online. You will not make enough money for the library to decide to pay you for it. Get that idea completely out of your head now because libraries all over North America can barely secure funding for many programs as it is, unless it's a big metropolitan library. Seriously though, does Danny even exist? 54 40 or fuck fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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Jun 4, 2014 21:03
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Aqua Bear posted:I was starting to say that I don't think it was porn that his mom caught his brother watching, but I think I remember Benny mentioning tat his mom caught him jacking off to porn before. I'm pretty sure his mom caught his brother watching Chicago Fire, which happened to have a lesbian couple kiss during whatever episode was on at the time. That's the TV show his mom freaked out over in the thread title and OP. The rest of it, though ... yeah. His poor mom. She may be weird about TV and possibly homophobic, but poo poo, Benny's straight. Also she's supporting him and his brother financially because he's too bad at jobs and thinks selling library books online is gonna make bank.
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Benny the Snake posted:Ahem... Ahem... Benny the Snake posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3531379&userid=186122 Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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Selling these books is not a realistic goal, especially for employment. think of the numbers Say they are willing to pay you minimum wage, I don't know what that is but let's assume $9/hr. That's 18 books an hour you need to sell, just to make that up. Assuming the library wants some money back for you selling THEIR books and using their space and their electricity/computers, lets assume they give you 50% of the profits (overly generous). That's 36 books an hour you need to sell in order for them to think about hiring you. So for your 2 hours there, I hope you're putting up roughly 72 book listings every day, and making a 100% sale rate (assuming you're charging the customer shipping). if you wanted to get paid for the same amount of hours as your last job (25 hours/wk) you'd need to sell 900 books a week, or 46,800 books a year. These are all like numbers weighted IN your favor. Do you see why this is not a viable option for employment? Keeping those types of thoughts in your head allows you to congratulate yourself and tell yourself that you're working on a goal, but you're really not. It's hijacking that part of your brain that drives you to do something useful, much like drugs do. This is a symptom of your psychosis. GETTING A JOB AT THE LIBRARY SELLING USED BOOKS IS NOT A REAL LIFE GOAL. Do it to impress the people you're around so they will give you a good reference. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING AT THE LIBRARY: FOR A GOOD REFERENCE. Telling yourself anything else is letting your psychosis win. edit: you're also volunteering there to waste somebody's time trying to teach you how to be a decent employee, so that when you get your next job, you don't waste their time (where they'll just fire you instead). crabrock fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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These guys are right Benny. Aside from the numbers not working out, the library runs on volunteers. Hopefully you are super successful and make lots of money for the library. They can use it! And if you say "I will only do this if you are able to pay me" they will thank you for your service, took the formula you created to sell their books and ... do it themselves with another volunteer. Do not try to make the library volunteer gig into a paid thing. Get your reference, get out of the house, and keep working towards your goal of employment in a job that already exists.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:23
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I give up. This has to be a troll. The world's most wonderful troll.
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The library is not going to pay you to sell those books. This is the kind of idea a little kid would have or something.
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Okay I'll stop with the idea that I can make a part-time position out of selling books for the library. My volunteer experience here is only for the reference and to keep myself busy. The library does hire from their volunteer pool so while I'm here, I'm going to give my best effort so that if there's an opening I'll have my foot in the door.
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AND DANNY?!?!?
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Jun 4, 2014 21:33
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You shortsighted goons don't see it, do you? Benny has got a long con in mind for the library. For every 50 cents of books sold, 15 or so cents will manage to simply disappear from the till. Good thinkin Bennster.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:35
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Toriori posted:AND DANNY?!?!?
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Benny the Snake posted:He's fine. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3531379&pagenumber=144&perpage=40#post430203390
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So are you really gonna sit around waiting for your parents to contact their most recent (or present) employer for a copy of their COBRA letter and offer? It sounds like you don't really care that much about health insurance or your dental situation. Honestly, I have no idea how you're putting this on your parents. Let them worry about themselves and your brother. GET HEALTH INSURANCE! Clearly your parents are dragging their feet on something incredibly important. Your whole family sounds dumb as dogshit.
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If you check Amazon, there are tons of people selling used library copies of books. The problem is people don't buy them. If you want a book enough to buy it online and pay for shipping, you'll spend the extra 2-3 dollars to get a used or new copy that doesn't have all the library stamps and index crap taped on it and isn't covered in some hobos cum. There's a reason most buy back retailers won't take library copies. This thread is so gratifying. I know a guy who is a less successful version of Benny and sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who tries to explain to him why his insane schemes aren't going to work.
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Benny the Snake posted:my foot in the door. Please, please, please, for the love of all that is holy, get this phrase tattooed on your face so we can identify you in the wild.
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Selling used books online is still not "sales experience", so don't put it on your resume thinking it is. When recruiters/HR see "sales experience", they think of salespeople with skills such as charm, persuasion, knowledge about a product, quick-learner, trustworthiness, that sort of stuff. Selling stuff online is not in the same skill category as sales, it's knowing how to use a website interface and writing product descriptions.
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Benny the Snake posted:Okay I'll stop with the idea that I can make a part-time position out of selling books for the library. My volunteer experience here is only for the reference and to keep myself busy. The library does hire from their volunteer pool so while I'm here, I'm going to give my best effort so that if there's an opening I'll have my foot in the door. This is progress! Good job listening!
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afterhours posted:I know a guy who is a less successful version of Benny... Get the gently caress out of here.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Get the gently caress out of here. I think that person would have to be completely homeless to be less successful than Benny.
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Benny, are you still writing?
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Sotar posted:I think that person would have to be completely homeless to be less successful than Benny. No, I know people on SA who just refuse to get a job and use "depression" as an excuse to put in no effort at all. It's easy to pile onto Benny, but at least he's always trying/lying/making excuses about getting jobs...beats a lot of people who have already given up.
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systran posted:No, I know people on SA who just refuse to get a job and use "depression" as an excuse to put in no effort at all. It's easy to pile onto Benny, but at least he's always trying/lying/making excuses about getting jobs...beats a lot of people who have already given up. Sometimes I think not trying is better than being Benny. At least with not trying your awfulness isn't spread around like an out-of-control shopping cart.
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systran posted:No, I know people on SA who just refuse to get a job and use "depression" as an excuse to put in no effort at all. It's easy to pile onto Benny, but at least he's always trying/lying/making excuses about getting jobs...beats a lot of people who have already given up. Funny, I've been thinking about those posters whenever people start defending Benny on the basis that he's "mentally ill".
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To his credit or something, Benny tells us in his very first post that he got caught jackin' it.Benny the Snake posted:My mom has threatened and demanded us to throw out anything we hold on to that is sinful in nature before. The last time was a giant freak out when she saw me watching porn on my computer. She went as far as to threaten to throw my computer out, stop paying for internet, throw the TV out, etc. I counter with telling her that I'll press charges of theft and property destruction. She turns around and tells me she can have me thrown out of the house.
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Jesus Christ, Benny. The fact that you thought they would hire you for selling books online is ridiculous. The fact that you're hoping that they'll hire you to stock their shelves for four hours a week is ridiculous. Your life is loving ridiculous. I seriously pity your crazy mother. I pity anyone who has to interact with you. You won't qualify for disability. It just won't happen. You also can't hold down the most simple of jobs. I'm seriously concerned about what will happen to you if your mom either gets fed up with you and finally throws your rear end out, or she dies. I guess you could move in with another relative and leech off of them, but I have no idea how long they'd put up with it. Or this is all an elaborate troll. I am hoping so, so badly that this whole thing is a big fat lie and that in reality you're happily employed and living on your own. With insurance. Which, whether your name is in the system or not, you're a loving adult and can request to be put on your own god-drat plan. Or to be removed from your parent's, at least, you lazy bastard.
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CravingSolace posted:Which, whether your name is in the system or not, you're a loving adult and can request to be put on your own god-drat plan. Or to be removed from your parent's, at least, you lazy bastard. This will be the one part of the post he won't read or acknowledge. Just like he won't post his god drat diploma because he is supposedly afraid of people finding his real name. Everyone knows his real name already, they know his baby/mother fetish, they have links to his Linkedin page, etc. They already have that and no one gives a poo poo.
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