Sign of bleak jobs picture...
06-03-2010, 10:21 AM
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Sign of bleak jobs picture...
Okay so here is the undisputed sign about the bleak jobs picture for me.
We always order pizza from the same place, and all the different delivery guys usually come by in 10 year old cars with nice loud exhaust leaks so I always know when they are coming. Most of them look a little high on something, but anyways...
Order a pizza yesterday and the delivery guy is dressed in khakis and a polo-style shirt, but the real kicker was he was driving an immaculate 08-09 BMW 5-series. I have never seen that before...
I wished I took a picture....damn!
We always order pizza from the same place, and all the different delivery guys usually come by in 10 year old cars with nice loud exhaust leaks so I always know when they are coming. Most of them look a little high on something, but anyways...
Order a pizza yesterday and the delivery guy is dressed in khakis and a polo-style shirt, but the real kicker was he was driving an immaculate 08-09 BMW 5-series. I have never seen that before...
I wished I took a picture....damn!
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06-03-2010, 01:11 PM
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I called on a customer yesterday who is trying to hire a couple of truck drivers. One came in for an interview and was offered the job. He said he wasn't interested because it was only $60 a week more than he made on unemployment, but when that runs out in a couple of months he'd be back. Big government fail.
Today a customer was on the phone with a laid-off heavy equipment operator of his asking him to come back for a big project that was about to start. Operator said he'd have to think about it because he still had plenty more months of unemployment left. More big government fail.
Extending unemployment benefits even further TWICE was twice as much fail. We need more "No worky, no money." People would find work to do even if they didn't like it. Most people don't like what they do anyway. Right now we areencouraging paying them to stay home and eat Doritos on the couch. And that is helping America move forward how?
Today a customer was on the phone with a laid-off heavy equipment operator of his asking him to come back for a big project that was about to start. Operator said he'd have to think about it because he still had plenty more months of unemployment left. More big government fail.
Extending unemployment benefits even further TWICE was twice as much fail. We need more "No worky, no money." People would find work to do even if they didn't like it. Most people don't like what they do anyway. Right now we are
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06-03-2010, 09:39 PM
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It would also be (ironically) government theft of private resources (not that it basically isnt already) since a lot of unemployment is drawn off of previous employers. IDK if that's common knowledge or not.
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06-04-2010, 08:57 AM
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That would be sort of funny since a persons benefits are based on their previous earnings. Imagine some guy making 3K a month to pic up trash 3 days a wekk.
It would also be (ironically) government theft of private resources (not that it basically isnt already) since a lot of unemployment is drawn off of previous employers. IDK if that's common knowledge or not.
It would also be (ironically) government theft of private resources (not that it basically isnt already) since a lot of unemployment is drawn off of previous employers. IDK if that's common knowledge or not.
Never thought about it that way... I guess that's why I dont make the rules
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06-04-2010, 09:22 AM
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Yes.
It's all about personal responsibility, but we've never found a real metric for that, or policy to promote it. Instead we just keep giving away, in increasingly easier-to-cheat ways.
You might appreciate this, but our Ike evacuation and ensuing damage cost us a little under $2K all said and done, not counting lost wages (and that $1.5K class I failed after falling 4 weeks behind). Did we file for FEMA? Nope, we had an emergency fund...just for that kind of situation.
When will bastards learn to take care of themselves? Reasonable amount of help...okay. 18months on unemployment? Get a ******* job.
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06-04-2010, 09:39 AM
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Yes.
It's all about personal responsibility, but we've never found a real metric for that, or policy to promote it. Instead we just keep giving away, in increasingly easier-to-cheat ways.
You might appreciate this, but our Ike evacuation and ensuing damage cost us a little under $2K all said and done, not counting lost wages (and that $1.5K class I failed after falling 4 weeks behind). Did we file for FEMA? Nope, we had an emergency fund...just for that kind of situation.
When will bastards learn to take care of themselves? Reasonable amount of help...okay. 18months on unemployment? Get a ******* job.
It's all about personal responsibility, but we've never found a real metric for that, or policy to promote it. Instead we just keep giving away, in increasingly easier-to-cheat ways.
You might appreciate this, but our Ike evacuation and ensuing damage cost us a little under $2K all said and done, not counting lost wages (and that $1.5K class I failed after falling 4 weeks behind). Did we file for FEMA? Nope, we had an emergency fund...just for that kind of situation.
When will bastards learn to take care of themselves? Reasonable amount of help...okay. 18months on unemployment? Get a ******* job.
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