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How Most Feel About Their Job (i.imgur.com)

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[–]WarPhalange 55 points56 points ago

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True story: My first ever job interview was at a McDonald's. No, that's not the interesting part. I was asked "Why do you want to work at McDonald's?"

My response? "I need money." The girl interviewing me kind of stammered and asked "Ok, but why here specifically?" and I replied that this job didn't require special training or anything like that. I ended up getting the job only because the girl wasn't comfortable saying "no" to people. Afterwards she interviewed a bunch of people specifically to tell them "no".

Huzzah!

[–]mikekearn 58 points59 points ago

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I always hated those kinds of questions, because they are basically asking you to lie, and they know this, too. My real greatest weakness? I dunno, bullets? Massive radiation? I've never tested it, lady!

[–]IbidtheWriter 25 points26 points ago*

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Pointy objects, high temperatures, slippery floors? Hmmmm I see your point, maybe I shouldn't work in a kitchen.

[–]IDRLR 6 points7 points ago

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I think lying is essential to many white-collar jobs.

[–]Quetz23 2 points3 points ago

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Hah no kidding. I learned over time that lying in interviews is the key to success as long as you learn to lie in ways they will likely not be able to call you on. Ive talked to a few managers are various fast food places on how much they follow up on references and most said they dont even call the person!

[–]Snufflesaur 4 points5 points ago*

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See if I were to answer that truthfully I would say my strong aversion to work. I don't think that's what they want to hear.

[–]WarPhalange 1 point2 points ago

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What they actually want to hear is how you are overcoming a weakness. Some story about how you're not detail oriented enough, so you started carrying post-it notes to write shit down and if you don't do it properly, you force yourself to eat the piece of paper.

If I'm being interviewed for some high-ranking position, I can understand people wanting to know that you'll get shit done and try to improve your professional weak points instead of ignoring them. But I'm 24 and in grad school. If I were to interview for a job right now, my greatest weakness would be getting up at noon on weekends and not eating breakfast until 3pm and the fact that I take personal offense when I am forced to wear a collared shirt.

I can't even tell where I stand at this point, let alone what weaknesses I should be trying to fix.

[–]mikekearn 1 point2 points ago

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What they actually want to hear is how you are overcoming a weakness.

Yeah, and that's the bullshit I feed them, but when both sides know it's a lie, I don't see why we have to bother.

[–]WarPhalange 1 point2 points ago

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Or why you have to wear a suit and tie to interview for a job you'll be doing in jeans and a t-shirt.

[–]thedragon4453 0 points1 point ago

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When I was interviewing people for these type of jobs (customer service with few/no prerequisites) I'd ask these questions sometimes. They aren't good questions, per se, but they are a good gauge of social skills, which is one of the few things you need for a job like this. So if you've got someone that can't answer the question, they might not be very good thinking on their feet.

Of course, there's also the lulz.

[–]shadow1515 18 points19 points ago

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One of the few things I like about the place I currently work is that they don't bullshit about that kind of thing.

When the interviewer asked me why I wanted the job, I said, "Because I just graduated college, and you pay more than any job offer I've had that actually requires my degrees. I need money to pay rent and student loans." He replied, "Great! This job sucks, and the only reason anyone works here is for the money. You have the right motivations for this line of work. If you want fulfillment or a challenge you will quit in less than three months."

[–]Timja 5 points6 points ago

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Even if the job does suck, having management that doesn't bullshit you must be refreshing.

[–]shadow1515 2 points3 points ago

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It really is. All of my coworkers, my supervisors, and my manager are very open about how much we hate what we do. But it's $12.95/hour, which in my county is $5k per year above the median income for females ($5k below for males, but good luck finding any of those jobs - it's mostly doctors at the county hospital and a few lawyers and business owners dragging it up), and no one's going to turn that down.

[–]Doctorsleepless 3 points4 points ago

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You work in sales?

[–]shadow1515 2 points3 points ago

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Close - I'm a debt collector. It's like reverse sales.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Dunder Mifflin to be exact.

[–]frownyface 10 points11 points ago

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I wonder what sort of answer she wanted.

"I want to do a good job and replace you, also, I like being around questionable beef."

[–]KeswickPinhead 4 points5 points ago

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No. Oh yes, and you are banished from hamburger college. Sincerely Mayor McCheese

[–]tranceillvania 2 points3 points ago

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This kind of HUZZAH?

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[–]Seachicken 4 points5 points ago*

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I've always thought it is a test of your willingness to submit to the will of your employer. They know you probably don't think this is a great or even good job, so they need proof of your ability pretend like you care and your willingness to abandon your individuality.

[–]spainguy 42 points43 points ago

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Work. It drives people insane to be afraid of losing what they hate.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I am a fan of this profundity.

[–]KeswickPinhead 1 point2 points ago

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I am a profundity fan enthusiast.

[–]Abandcalledmetallica 2 points3 points ago

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I am profoundly enthusiast of fans.

[–]KeswickPinhead 0 points1 point ago

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I enthusiastically support your profound fan enthusiasm.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago*

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Money. Only those who have it loathe it.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Upvote for Sayre's Law.

[–]libria 1 point2 points ago

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The fear is in losing a source of income, not the job. Many spend their careers changing jobs for higher incomes.

[–]mintyy 42 points43 points ago

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Similarly with minimum wage:

You're paying me the least you can without getting arrested, so I will work the least I can without getting fired.

I never understood some bosses' mentalities that their minimum wage employees should be going above and beyond to make the business flourish, yet reaping none of the success...

[–]RupeThereItIs 13 points14 points ago

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You seriously don't understand? I find that hard to swallow... but jut in case... If you can convince someone to break there back for next to 0 compensation, you win big. If they refuse to do so, you don't lose anything but your time trying to get them to think they should work harder.... and if you find another who WILL break there back for minimum wage, you can replace the non-cooperator. It's obviously in the Boss' best interest to try and work each minimum wage, commodity, worker as hard as they are willing... if you burn 'em out, there are 20 more to replace 'em with limited training, etc.

[–]shadow1515 14 points15 points ago

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In the current job market, there are 20 more to replace them with PhDs.

[–]mintyy 1 point2 points ago

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I definitely understand how that is one approach to managing a workforce. However, the opposite way of treating your employees to get the most out of more of them through the establishment of respect, responsibility and involvement, is stifled when the first thing that is laid out is putting the employee in a position of replacability and disrespect. This system has proven to be profitable and beneficial for the corporation in other ways than bottom line.

[–]RupeThereItIs 2 points3 points ago

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I'm with ya. Theory X vs Theory Y: I'm a huge fan of Y myself, but I do understand the motivations of the theory X tool-box-managers (even if I disagree strongly). Was playing devils advocate to make it clear why they behave that way.

[–]xempathy 0 points1 point ago

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The turnover is too high because of the job types usually. If the employer could reasonably expect to keep people long term then it would make sense to pay them more. Since they usually don't end up staying though you give raises to the people that do and start the new people off at minimum. If Mcdonald's paid $10 an hour i'm sure that while the turnover would be less it would still be high as hell. Why should they waste their money if they don't know if you are a good worker or not?

[–]moogle516 2 points3 points ago

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Capitalism the new Slavery: electric boogaloo.

[–]Merlaak 1 point2 points ago

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Conversely, many workers want to do the least amount of work possible for the most amount of pay. If a certain job at a company paid $5/hr and a marginally more difficult job paid $7/hr, people would be attracted to the higher paying position because it offers more money, not because they may have an opportunity to work harder.

[–]shadow1515 2 points3 points ago

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I think there's a threshold, though. I haven't yet found a job that pays what I think I'm worth, but some of my friends from high school have started to. The moment that they make enough money that paying their bills isn't a struggle and they can start saving, their attitude changes considerably. Once they believe that they're actually getting paid a reasonable amount of money for what they do, they start working harder.

[–]Optimus_Pants 193 points194 points ago

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“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.” - Abraham Lincoln

[–]gcdc14 67 points68 points ago

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-Norm from cheers

-Cliff Clavin

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine ! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

[–]DarthDoody 29 points30 points ago

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-Michael Scott

[–]Socialism 6 points7 points ago

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-Carlos Mencia

[–]SibilantSounds 12 points13 points ago

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-Drew Carey

[–]neilmakeart 13 points14 points ago

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god damnit, its george carlin.

[–]Ex-Sgt_Wintergreen 4 points5 points ago

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- Steve Nash

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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Steve Nash loves his job. He's just on a shitty team with a shitty selfish owner.

[–]reddit_user13 0 points1 point ago

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http://tinypic.cc/qbpb4wq

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    [–]ryano52 31 points32 points ago

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    Malcolm: "I don't even know what they're gonna pay me." Lois: "I'll tell you what they're gonna pay you. They're gonna pay you what all jobs pay, less than you're worth and just enough to keep you crawling back for more."

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    ~ Marx

    [–]AlbertanRedditor 62 points63 points ago

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    As of noon yesterday I decided that being homeless would be better than my current job.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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    you must have a shitty job if being homeless during an Albertan winter is preferable to it

    [–]shadow1515 10 points11 points ago

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    Some jobs are so shitty that death is preferable. I keep plugging away because I have a family to support, but the thought of accidental death is somewhat comforting to me, because they would get my life insurance and I wouldn't have to spend the majority of my life doing something that drains my sanity anymore.

    [–]schweinhund 2 points3 points ago

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    what do you do?

    [–]shadow1515 3 points4 points ago

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    I'm a debt collector, but I don't hate it for the reason you'd think. I'm cynical/sociopathic enough that I don't mind calling people about their student loans (especially because I make less money than most of them, and have a higher payment on my own student loans). The monotony of going in to work every single day knowing that there will be no point where I will be required to demonstrate any creativity or even have a thought in my head wears me down pretty quickly.

    [–]AlbertanRedditor 0 points1 point ago

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    Corporate Auditing

    [–]AlbertanRedditor 0 points1 point ago

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    Exactly - the in house joke is that make sure your work is documented unless you get hit by a bus tonight. I keep praying for that bus to miss the stop sign and get me.

    [–]but_its_my_first_day 1 point2 points ago

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    Working on the rigs in Fort Mac is pretty much being homeless during an Albertan winter. You're also more likely to lose fingers while working. Best to stay homeless there, for your health.

    [–]AlbertanRedditor 1 point2 points ago

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    My job routinely involves long hours in strange location sleeping on the office floor. I figure sleeping in boxes or friends couches for a few months while i find a better job might be better.

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      [–]heuheuheuheuh 1 point2 points ago

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      Alberta! Sup.

      [–]mydoghasocd 1 point2 points ago

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      I decided this a couple of weeks ago, but instead of being homeless, I got another job and I quit my shitty job last week. hurray for quitting shitty jobs! i don't know if there is anything feels better...

      [–]AlbertanRedditor 1 point2 points ago

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      Quitting shitty job but dont have no job lines up yet, looking and have a couple interviews but none of the start till april or may. Would rather freedom and poorness on the streets inbetween.

      [–]fokov 1 point2 points ago

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      "Its not worth it" and "rat race" are the two keys to learning your job sucks. If you have skill GTFO because you are worth more than you possibly think. If you need the cash, stay until you find another one.

      Either way, life is too short to spend the majority of your waking day in a place you hate.

      [–]AlbertanRedditor 1 point2 points ago

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      I do need the cash but I am not willing to trade what is left of my soul and ethics to get a couple more pay checks. So I just GTFO.

      [–]moogle516 0 points1 point ago

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      You must have never been homeless before.

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      [deleted]

      [–]moogle516 1 point2 points ago

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      sorry to hear

      [–]AlbertanRedditor 1 point2 points ago

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      It allows me a good basis of comparison. I would rather that over the hell and pain that is my daily job.

      [–]political_suicide 27 points28 points ago

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      The only thing worse than not having a job is having one.

      [–]MaidenLane 3 points4 points ago

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      I've always said "The only thing worse than having a job is looking for one"...

      [–]anderaaron 9 points10 points ago

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      woot. i just became unemployed by choice, so i can really dig this.

      [–]JPOnion 4 points5 points ago

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      Woo! Unemployed-by-choice, represent :D

      [–]YourAnMoran 3 points4 points ago

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      I guess it's not freezing where you live?

      [–]JPOnion 0 points1 point ago

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      On some days it is, but unemployed != homeless, so I'm fine.

      [–]shadow1515 0 points1 point ago

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      Why not get fired on purpose to collect unemployment?

      [–]Nyax-A 0 points1 point ago

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      Tougher than it sounds. You don't get unemployment if you're fired for incompetence, at least not here (Canada). You also need to have worked enough hours to be eligible.

      [–]anderaaron 0 points1 point ago

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      I've worked at this company for over 20 years, I've owed it to them to exit properly.

      [–]coredump 8 points9 points ago

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      I must be a lucky bastard indeed since I actually like my job.

      [–]KeswickPinhead 4 points5 points ago

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      Oh Hosni, I thought we told you that you were fired. Go back to your mansion.

      [–]DruNewp 0 points1 point ago

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      Here, here!

      [–]FloopADoop2 26 points27 points ago

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      Capitalism: it's working!

      [–]ShadyBiz 3 points4 points ago

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      Capitalism ho!

      [–]meramera 3 points4 points ago

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      What did you call me?

      [–]AssangeAbusedMyCat 0 points1 point ago

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      Snarf. I believe he called you Snarf.

      [–]cjcrashoveride 0 points1 point ago

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      I am being serious and quit calling me Shirley!

      [–]Poorly_Timed_Nielsen 3 points4 points ago

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      I'm sure you are. And don't call me Shirley.

      [–]Peter89 0 points1 point ago

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      this is why it does work well.

      http://tinyurl.com/4qfa3ux

      i personally enjoy living in a country where most children live to 5years old.

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        [–]Sykotik 11 points12 points ago

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        Is that Tyler Durden?

        Sir?

        [–]TheSchmitz09[S] 3 points4 points ago

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        Does bear a striking resemblance.

        [–]Milestoned 6 points7 points ago

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        How's that?

        [–]KevinDurden 0 points1 point ago

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        I'm his cousin, can I help out?

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          [–]blainedefrancia 4 points5 points ago

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          "Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Exactamundo.

          [–]steakknife 0 points1 point ago

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          Equilibrium!

          [–]picklesthecat 9 points10 points ago

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          Being homeless sucks, even the crappiest jobs I've had are 10x better than being homeless.

          [–]RupeThereItIs 0 points1 point ago

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          Grass is always greener?

          [–]refrigeratorbob 6 points7 points ago

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          Cash is always greener.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          Three months of summer time. It's not that bad out, but you're horny and tired, and you just want a fucking bed. You've been walking for hours looking at 5 am for a quiet place to sleep. Its colder than you'd like, but you'll deal with it. You've dealt with worse. You know that this town has some folks to ask for help from, but god knows if you can find them. You're tripping over yourself because you're just so fucking tired, you smell like piss and everyone knows it. People avoid you like the plague.

          And you can't quit. There is no hope of "leaving" homelessness.

          Of course there are shelters and shit, but that's the first steps to looking for a job and getting your shit together.

          [–]Nyax-A 0 points1 point ago

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          I've been there. The worst is waking up in the middle of the night and having to shit real bad.

          [–]sammierox 8 points9 points ago

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          This is why you get a job, lose it, and subsequently get on unemployment, welfare, food stamps, etc. The best of both worlds!

          [–]ParaNuke 0 points1 point ago

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          I don't understand how some people can be happy that way. For me, purposefully mooching off of systems in place to help people who really can't make it? For some reason it just doesn't seem to cut it.

          [–]Spleen_Muncher 8 points9 points ago

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          As a person who agrees with this....

          I agree with this.

          [–]KeswickPinhead 2 points3 points ago

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          As a person who doesn't agree with this... I also agree with this.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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          Reported to the ministry of redudant redundancies ministerium reported.

          [–]KeswickPinhead 0 points1 point ago

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          As a person who repeatedly agrees, I agree with this.

          [–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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          Your job is a big part of your life. If you don't enjoy your job, you don't enjoy your life.

          [–]RupeThereItIs 27 points28 points ago

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          You are not your job. Do not try to find happiness, meaning or personal identification from your job. Doing so can only end badly.

          That being said, find the least miserable one you can find & by all means if you happen to enjoy it, BONUS.

          [–]Mr24601 1 point2 points ago

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          That is a fairly narrow-minded point of view.

          [–]RupeThereItIs 1 point2 points ago

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          How so?

          [–]waitwutok 0 points1 point ago

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          • Tyler Durden

          [–]sgt_shizzles 3 points4 points ago

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          You're not your fucking khakis.

          [–]moogle516 1 point2 points ago

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          You must have a really good paying job.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          Well it's not that good (about $53000/year). But I do enjoy it and have very nice colleagues.

          [–]moogle516 0 points1 point ago

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          53K right out of college not that good ?

          I got a job 2 1/2 years after college making less than half as much.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          I finished college in 2002, so I've had my share of crappy salaries.

          [–]ReadMyComments 0 points1 point ago

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          I know someone who makes around 50K and he's still in school :/ IB intern..

          [–]godvirus 0 points1 point ago

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          IB?

          [–]ReadMyComments 0 points1 point ago

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          investment banking

          [–]aidylbroccoli 3 points4 points ago

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          My job is weird, can't say I hate it, I do marketing/promotions, but I only work 3-4 days a week and I'm getting by just fine. However, I had a 9-5 for 5 years, it SUCKED. And, yeah, I just stayed there because I was afraid to quit. I've definitely found that I didn't need all the stuff I had and I feel much better having less.

          [–]shadow1515 3 points4 points ago

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          Actually, I would definitely enjoy homelessness more than my job (I had a college professor who actually chose to be homeless for years before he finally decided what he wanted a PhD in, because any other work felt like a complete waste of his time).

          If I didn't have a wife and a kid on the way, I would absolutely move to a warm city and just wander the streets. If I starve to death, no big deal, at least I didn't waste the time I had.

          [–]mrshampoo 7 points8 points ago

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          "The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive. Like I did... when I was a homeless man" - Creed

          [–]paregoric_kid 2 points3 points ago

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          Just got home from work and found this post depressingly true.

          [–]frownyface 2 points3 points ago

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          I sometimes think that San Francisco businesses purposefully tell the government to not clean out the homeless people from the financial district because they provide intense motivation for all of the workers who cross their paths on the way to work.

          [–]DrDeadCrash 2 points3 points ago

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          The Drones all slave away, they're working overtime

          [–]MusedFable 2 points3 points ago

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          Downscale your life until you figure out the absolute minimum you can live with. You don't need as much shit as you think you do and you don't need as much money as you think you do.

          [–]RupeThereItIs 7 points8 points ago

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          True. I'd suggest to any whipper snappers out there, to live like a collage kid for as long as possible (and I don't mean bing drinking). Live cheap, you get a raise? don't raise your cost of living. You don't NEED that huge TV. you don't NEED that expensive car. You don't NEED a bigger apartment or house. Live well beneath your means, and after a few years you'll be shocked how much money you have, you won't be TIED to your job. You'll have a nest egg that lets you know you can quite at any time, you won't, but just knowing you CAN is great comfort.

          [–]soapyluggage 14 points15 points ago

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          Oh, so now I can keep my miserable job and ALSO be miserable when I get home because I have a tiny TV, a shitty car that breaks down every 4 days, and a tiny apartment with no room for my stuff.

          Good deal.

          [–]RupeThereItIs 8 points9 points ago

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          Nope. YOU are gonna be miserable, because you've confused commercial goods for happiness. Don't believe me? go ahead & buy that awesome Audie, 60 inch TV and McMansion.... it won't ever be enough to make you happy for more then a few days, eventually you'll reset back to normal & now with less money & more debt around your neck. As for the car, I didn't say to keep a shit box that breaks down every 4 days, I said don't get the expensive one (a car that breaks down every 4 days is VERY expensive).

          [–]PixelMagic 1 point2 points ago

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          I don't know why you are being down voted, you speak absolute truth. I recently got a job that pays twice as much as my old one, but I have not changed my living circumstances at all. Still drive the same car, have the same 6 year old computer, a 27-inch CRT Television, Same sized apartment, etc. As a bonus, I am now much closer to work, and am spending 1/5th the amount of gas I used to.

          [–]soapyluggage 1 point2 points ago

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          And what is your hobby? The point is people need to be entertained. They spend their money on something they enjoy. I don't have a huge TV or an expensive car and live in a 3 room apartment. But somebody like the expensive car, and that's how they invest their time and money. It makes them happy.

          I hate this fucking attitude of "just buy what you NEED and your spirit will lift you to happiness!"

          [–]PixelMagic 0 points1 point ago

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          Well, certainly you do have a point. If cars is one hobby, then there is no way around that. Filmmaking, photography, and CGI are my hobbies. I'd like to have a brand new computer for those, but the one I have is sufficient. It does what I need it to do, if only a bit slower than I would like. I also rarely watch Television, which is why I'm not jumping to buy a 60 inch HDTV, even though I would like one to watch movies on.

          But if one is like me, no matter what expensive item I buy, it quickly looses it's luster and attraction to me, and now I'm just in debt for something I've grown tired of.

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                [–]shadow1515 0 points1 point ago

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                That doesn't fix the part where you spend 8 hours a day doing something you hate. No matter how minimalist you get, it is probably still going to cost you something to keep a roof over your head and food in your stomach.

                [–]MusedFable 0 points1 point ago

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                Doesn't have to be 8 hours, and it doesn't have to be something you don't like.

                [–]MaidenLane 0 points1 point ago

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                It's not what you make, it's what you spend...

                [–]Rroocks68 1 point2 points ago

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                So stoked to graduate.

                [–]Juts 1 point2 points ago

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                Yay june can't come soon enough >.>. Seriously though, anybody looking for a 4 year computer science student with no practical experience :D im game

                [–]ubersteve 1 point2 points ago

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                Though it may not seem like it at first, lots of companies are. Good luck, and don't let the rejections get you down - just keep applying.

                [–]Massless 0 points1 point ago

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                you'll likely be fine. I graduated in may 2009 when things were even worse than they are now. I had a job lined up before I graduated and I've gotten another and I've been recruited by another. I didn't have any experience either.

                [–]Massless 0 points1 point ago

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                All bets are off once you graduate :)

                [–]nabokovian 1 point2 points ago

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                Why did I read this in Patrick Bateman's voice?

                [–]MaidenLane 0 points1 point ago

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                "You're all gonna finally feel that sweet sting of sweat in your eyes."

                [–]Aozora012 1 point2 points ago

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                Meh, for me a Job's a mean, not an end. There are no jobs that I would enjoy so for me it's only a way to enjoy myself later.

                [–]MaidenLane 0 points1 point ago

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                Right On. It's all about just maintaining a certain quality of living. We "invest" that 8 hours a day to have the other 16 hours at this level.

                [–]FarFromHome 1 point2 points ago

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                I love my job. I hate some of the sacrifices I have had to make to do something I love for a living, but I LOVE my job.

                [–]DruNewp 1 point2 points ago

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                I'm very thankful to have a job I fucking love, for the most part. Freelance, FTW!

                [–]tengu 1 point2 points ago

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                Most people who find humor in this probably have not spent much time being homeless.

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                [–]tyrghast 13 points14 points ago

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                I've had to explain this in class a few times this year: social programs are not explicitly socialism (the form of government).

                And yes, a free market with some kind of accountability to protect the working man would be nice.

                [–]TheSchmitz09[S] 2 points3 points ago

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                A perfect world would have a Socialist government: people cooperating by selflessly doing different tasks that all promote the common good. People just hate socialism because Communism never quite worked.

                [–]IbidtheWriter 10 points11 points ago

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                A perfect world would have laziness-powered blow job robots made of chocolate for everyone.

                [–]RupeThereItIs 1 point2 points ago

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                Robots? pfft! A perfect world would see me as one of say 1000 surviving men who are charged with repopulating the planet. It's an exhausting job but somebody would have to do it.

                [–]tyrghast 19 points20 points ago

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                A perfect world could have an authoritarian government run by a benevolent leader. There are no inherently good or perfect governments.

                [–]TheSchmitz09[S] 4 points5 points ago

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                And thus, true socialism is a myth.

                [–]Socialism 4 points5 points ago

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                :(

                [–]MaidenLane 0 points1 point ago

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                Partly. "True Socialism" is an academic principle. We all know the reason it does not work in practice is because of human nature, and a lack of accountability.

                That is why the only partial success it has ever had has been with small and isolated groups of people. IE: If there is no fish to eat, it is because "x" did not fish today, etc...

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                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                  That doesn't sound significantly less tedious than my current job.

                  [–]whatisyournamemike 0 points1 point ago

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                  "some kind of accountability(way) to protect the working man"

                  Once upon a time unions did this.

                  [–]TheSchmitz09[S] 2 points3 points ago

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                  Woot Socialism! Alas, that would require people to not be selfish.

                  [–]snowybush 2 points3 points ago

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                  Sweden seems to be doing alright.

                  [–]cjcrashoveride 1 point2 points ago

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                  I still say that if the Amish can do it why can't we?

                  [–]sidevotesareupvotes 3 points4 points ago

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                  small society

                  [–]cjcrashoveride 0 points1 point ago

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                  The largest Amish community right now is 55,000 strong. Why couldn't it work for 100,000 or 1,000,000 even?

                  [–]hollywoodbob 3 points4 points ago

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                  It works for the Amish because their religion forbids the failings of capitalistic society. To the Amish having more than you need is a bad thing, being wealthy is regarded as shameful.

                  If you could get rid of greed socialism would work anywhere.

                  Maybe one day we'll phase money out of society and raise a few generations of people who do things because they want to rather than because they have to in order to earn a living. But before that can happen the technology will have to be such that all the shitty jobs won't require people to do them.

                  [–]MaidenLane 0 points1 point ago

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                  Star Trek?

                  [–]hollywoodbob 2 points3 points ago

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                  "The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century. The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."

                  Albeit a utopian fantasy, it'd still make for a nice society.

                  There are actually people who advocate shifting our current society to a non-monetary economy.

                  [–]MaidenLane 1 point2 points ago

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                  I wish wish wish... Humanity as a whole would literally rise to a new level of contentment.

                  I fear that human nature would simply never allow this to happen...

                  [–]hollywoodbob 0 points1 point ago

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                  I look at the nations of northern europe and they give me the spark of hope.

                  [–]RupeThereItIs 3 points4 points ago

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                  Homogeneous cultural for one. Rumspringa(sp?) dumping those who don't play well in such a society onto our society at large, for another (those who stay, CHOSE under pressure to play by the stringent rules). expounding on point one, the community is held together by very strong religious convictions compared to our (yes even in the USA) more secular society. So my theory is culture & purging the non-cooperators/non-followers at an early age. As usual, i'm totally talking out my ass so, sorry for the smell.

                  [–]whatisyournamemike 0 points1 point ago

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                  Imagine a city of 1,000,000 with horses, cows, chickens and outhouses....

                  [–]cjcrashoveride 0 points1 point ago

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                  You mean India?

                  [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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                  Buttons.

                  [–]cjcrashoveride 0 points1 point ago

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                  Touché

                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                  On a more serious note, I think it's because of the different values the Amish have. For them family and community are much more important than personal gain.

                  [–]shadow1515 1 point2 points ago

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                  And that's really it. Anyone who puts their own personal gain above the success of the community will necessarily be a detriment to the development of an ideal society.

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                      [–]Equality72521 0 points1 point ago

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                      Who exactly are "the people" demanding socialism?

                      [–]snowybush 2 points3 points ago

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                      I'm one of them.

                      [–]MaidenLane 2 points3 points ago

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                      Me too.

                      [–]anonymoustroll 1 point2 points ago

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                      Solving the problem: figure out how to not be homeless without that job.

                      [–]waitwutok 3 points4 points ago

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                      1) Build site

                      2) SEO

                      3) Make thousandz

                      [–]crooks5001 1 point2 points ago

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                      having been homeless and gainfully employed... I'd choose homeless any day. twas so much happier.

                      [–]Peter89 0 points1 point ago

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                      i work causally and i have VERY few hours this month. im bored as fuck and would rather be working.

                      [–]Boxdog 0 points1 point ago

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                      Some days the margin is a lot smaller than other days

                      [–]karmarhino 0 points1 point ago

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                      Although I may not getting paid enough, I do enjoy my job, and work hard.

                      [–]sharked 0 points1 point ago

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                      This is why I went freelance. More $ + Less work = better quality of life.

                      [–]ridethelightning 0 points1 point ago

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                      "Most people earn just enough money so they don't quit and work just hard enough so they dont get fired"--George Carlin

                      [–]capt_0bvious 0 points1 point ago

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                      How can you compare it to being homeless when you have never experienced being homeless? You people complain so much

                      [–]ButcherOfBakersfield 0 points1 point ago

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                      Hate your Job? Theres a support group for that, Its called Everyone.

                      We meet every day at the bar...

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