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Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

drilldo squirt posted:

Seeing this English lit major suffer because she has a bad job makes me feel good. I love it because she probably enjoyed college while I spent my days online making wikis about retards and hot dog men that I am stalking.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:52

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old fat bird: Oct 27, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Never hire English Majors for customer service, they have the worst ego's about their nonexistent talent to mash words together on sites meant for retards

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:53

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

the grapes at the supermarket were a little too tart for my taste
naturally i complained about this appropriately to the president of the united states

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:53

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Holy poo poo, I'm pretty god drat socialist yet still think she's a loving idiot. San Francisco's gotta be one of the worst places to live unless you're already making a very comfortable living. It doesn't even seem like she has roommates to split rent with, which is crazier. And then she thinks the best way to change her situation is to bitch about her job in the most pretentious manner possible. Badmouthing your job on social media is dumb for many reasons, including getting fired and making future employers less tempted to hire you. Did she even try to look for other jobs, or even get a second job, or try to get on welfare or anything like that?

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:53

Moltke: May 13, 2009

ProperCoochie posted:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn�t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn�t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, �How is your friend Audrey doing?� She replied, �Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She�s always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn�t even show up for classes because she�s too hung over.�

Her wise father asked his daughter, �Why don�t you go to the Dean�s office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.�

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father�s suggestion, angrily fired back, �That wouldn�t be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I�ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!�

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, �Welcome to the Republican party.�

same

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:54

hohhat: Sep 25, 2014

Kuato posted:

heck yeah! good times. graduated in four years too.

Hell yeah B.A. brother. :smuggo:

Can you believe we're employed?

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:56

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

SHISHKABOB posted:

Living on minimum wage doesn't really work anywhere. 8 bucks an hour for 40 hrs is lol.

if you make minimum wage at a place with more than a handful of people theyre only gonna give you 23 or 24 hours a week so enjoy working 2 mcjobs on schedules incompatible for fitting a life in between but you wont be able to afford one of those anyway

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:58

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

drilldo squirt posted:

Seeing this English lit major suffer because she has a bad job makes me feel good. I love it because she probably enjoyed college while I spent my days online making wikis about retards and hot dog men that I am stalking.

you should be proud of the work you put into the doobie wiki drilldo

# ? Feb 20, 2016 04:59

Hometown Slime Queen: Oct 26, 2004; the GOAT

The whole 'not having a roommate' is actually the weirdest thing about that whole article to me. A lot of the techies I know up in San Fran are making a comfy six figures and still usually have roommates to try and save up.

Maybe she has one and just didn't mention it, but you would think she would in that whole money ramble.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:01

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

Maybe this girl and the various homeless co-workers she mentions should try to get garbage tier customer service jobs in places that aren't San Francisco

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:05

hohhat: Sep 25, 2014

In all seriousness I would have more respect for a person working at McDonald's in Modesto than anyone involved in the tech industry in any capacity at any level.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:06

Moltke: May 13, 2009

QUEEN CAUCUS posted:

The whole 'not having a roommate' is actually the weirdest thing about that whole article to me. A lot of the techies I know up in San Fran are making a comfy six figures and still usually have roommates to try and save up.

Maybe she has one and just didn't mention it, but you would think she would in that whole money ramble.

a lot of the techies i know are dumb babbies only valued for their autism who dont know how good they actually have it and their complaining is 10000% more obnoxious than those trapped in a subhuman standard of living

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:09

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

I think it's more of a zeitgeist thing. Most people my age seem to feel pretty poo poo about their future.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:10

Mahnarch: Jan 7, 2008; Landing?
Do, or Do Not.
There is no 'Try'.

ProperCoochie posted:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn�t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn�t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, �How is your friend Audrey doing?� She replied, �Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She�s always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn�t even show up for classes because she�s too hung over.�

Her wise father asked his daughter, �Why don�t you go to the Dean�s office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.�

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father�s suggestion, angrily fired back, �That wouldn�t be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I�ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!�

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, �Welcome to the Republican party.�

I like these.

A little girl was at a job fair looking over the booths when she came upon a man in a nice suit.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?", the man asked.
"I want to be President of the United States.", the girl proudly stated.
"Why do you want to be President?"
"I want to be able to give free money and houses to the poor."
The man nodded his head, "That's very noble. But, you don't have to be President to do that."
The little girl looked intrigued and so the man continued, "How about you come over to my house
and clean up the leaves and stick in my yard. When you're done I'll pay you $20. After that we can go downtown and you can give
that money to the poor."
The little girl crossed her arms and thought for a second. "Why don't you just have the poor come over and clean your yard?"

The man held out his hand and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:10

Hometown Slime Queen: Oct 26, 2004; the GOAT

Moltke posted:

a lot of the techies i know are dumb babbies only valued for their autism who dont know how good they actually have it and their complaining is 10000% more obnoxious than those trapped in a subhuman standard of living

Still, if I was an autist making a cool six figs, I would still have a roomie or two and ride that gravy train to the end of the tracks
I would also not move to the most expensive city in the Unites States for a minimum wage job though so here we are

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:13

Microwaves Mom: Nov 8, 2015; by zen death robot

Edgar posted:

I don't want to click that link. Can you sum it up for me?

5 bucks says the person ends their article with a patreon link.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:14

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

QUEEN CAUCUS posted:

Still, if I was an autist making a cool six figs, I would still have a roomie or two and ride that gravy train to the end of the tracks
I would also not move to the most expensive city in the Unites States for a minimum wage job though so here we are

No one does that. They moved their bc they thought it would help them achieve their goal career.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:15

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

Microwaves Mom posted:

5 bucks says the person ends their article with a patreon link.

PayPal

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:15

Jerry Steinfeld: Dec 25, 2012

Shaquin posted:

Get the gently caress out of California lady you aren't wrong but you aren't in the best state for living

fixed california is a shithole

a beautiful shithole with some of the best scenery in the world but a complete and utter shithole

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:15

Edgar: Sep 9, 2005; Oh my heck!
Oh heavens!
Oh my lord!
OH Sweet meats!; Wedge Regret

Microwaves Mom posted:

5 bucks says the person ends their article with a patreon link.

Only if she has a video with sonic music.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:15

FormerPoster: Aug 5, 2004; Hair Elf

Microwaves Mom posted:

5 bucks says the person ends their article with a patreon link.

Nope, sorry you're wrong.

It was a paypal link.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:16

Jerry Steinfeld: Dec 25, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoA_zY6tqQw

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:18

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Also, did she really just randomly e-mail her company's CEO and make a shitload of random suggestions, including complaining about how stupid coconut water is? I mean yeah, coconut water is pretty dumb but if I'm a low-level employee for a large company I wouldn't be dumb enough to e-mail my CEO and go, "Hey dumbass this product we sell sucks, get rid of it."

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:20

Robo Reagan: Feb 12, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

SHISHKABOB posted:

https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a#.x8iirfrd7

hosed up, IMO

Person works for some "eat24" app customer service and gets paid minimum wage while living in too high cost of life SF. Writes open letter to ceo and gets fired about an hour later.

They want to get into like writing I guess, so they got this job as "entry level" but apparently they leave you there for a year.

time 2 sue

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:21

Microwaves Mom: Nov 8, 2015; by zen death robot

SHISHKABOB posted:

PayPal

drat I thoguht for sure they'd go patreon.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:22

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

Mega64 posted:

Also, did she really just randomly e-mail her company's CEO and make a shitload of random suggestions, including complaining about how stupid coconut water is? I mean yeah, coconut water is pretty dumb but if I'm a low-level employee for a large company I wouldn't be dumb enough to e-mail my CEO and go, "Hey dumbass this product we sell sucks, get rid of it."

You just admitted coconut water is objectively dumb then lambasted an employee for wanting to alert the person running the company that this was the case?

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:22

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

Just lol loving lol if you think most executives are at all more intelligent or skilled than the people underneath them and did not just slide right into that poo poo via nepotism

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:23

Hometown Slime Queen: Oct 26, 2004; the GOAT

at least it's not nasty rear end cucumber water, she should count herself lucky imo

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:24

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

Microwaves Mom posted:

drat I thoguht for sure they'd go patreon.

It got edited in after they were fired.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:24

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

Imagine a country where grifters and con men are actually the highest paid in the land with the lowest amount of working hours as long as your credentials include coming from existing wealth. Wouldn't that be the wackiest

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:26

Cartouche: Jan 4, 2011

Agag posted:

Can't wait for ten pages of "by my bootstraps" stories itt.

People without the will to work hard at something others will value deserve to wither away and die rather than be carried by others.

Thank you for reading.
- not a lit major

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:27

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Shaquin posted:

Just lol loving lol if you think most executives are at all more intelligent or skilled than the people underneath them and did not just slide right into that poo poo via nepotism

No argument there but they also tend to have fragile egos because of it so if you're below them and try to tell them how to do their job better they'll fire or demean you while making more dumb mistakes to spite the world.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:28

Jerry Steinfeld: Dec 25, 2012

Shaquin posted:

Imagine a country where grifters and con men are actually the highest paid in the land with the lowest amount of working hours as long as your credentials include coming from existing wealth. Wouldn't that be the wackiest

in before this guy starts quoting Bernie Sanders or something

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:28

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

Oh boy I got a job making minimum wage that might get me a better job after an unspecified amount of time. I'd better move into an apartment that costs 80% of my monthly take home pay

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:29

Cartouche: Jan 4, 2011

ProperCoochie posted:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn�t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn�t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, �How is your friend Audrey doing?� She replied, �Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She�s always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn�t even show up for classes because she�s too hung over.�

Her wise father asked his daughter, �Why don�t you go to the Dean�s office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.�

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father�s suggestion, angrily fired back, �That wouldn�t be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I�ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!�

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, �Welcome to the Republican party.�

heh

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:29

Dave_Indeed: Feb 22, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

I started reading the article, got to this part:

I left college, having majored in English literature

Closed the browser window and came back here realizing that's how far everyone else got before giving up on this dumbass for life.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:30

scuba school sucks: Aug 30, 2012; The brilliance of my posting illuminates the forums like a jar of shining gold when all around is dark

Jerry Steinfeld posted:

in before this guy starts quoting Bernie Sanders or something

I think he's leading up to one of them Welcome to the Republican Party things myself.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:31

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

Every American citizen should have a safe, reasonable, and comfortable home subsidized by the government

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:31

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

Oh no, a whole year in customer service before I get my shot at the witty Twitter department? How will I afford my rent

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:34

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Microwaves Mom: Nov 8, 2015; by zen death robot

SHISHKABOB posted:

It got edited in after they were fired.

well yeah that's the plan.

gently caress I should join their company and do that.

Then i get unemployment and i can patreon it.

# ? Feb 20, 2016 05:37

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