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Start a business..that's what my son's saving for now..hopes to have enough in a couple of years
 
My wife and I got laid off together 14 years ago. We got govt grants to go to school. We talked about what careers we could do that wouldnbe stable for the next 30 years.

Basically we talked about if they could outsource our jobs. We decided on her being a hairdresser and me doing bodywork. I could have been a pharmacy tech or something else monumentally boring.

This shit is hard work, but with her becoming a general manager over 8 hair salons and me working my ass off we can hit mid 100g's pretty much every year. We don't have kids so that helps. Vegas cost of living is low too.

However, we made the mistake of going to Winco mid afternoon last Sunday.

We generally go early in the morning when people that work for a living are the only ones up.

I fucking hate it when that happens. I ask myself why I have to work so fucking hard only to watch people who don't work buy frozen burritos and pizza and chips.

Then we go get in our 2010 Honda Civic, a car which is worse than 80 percent of the cars in the lot on welfare weekend.

It's so irritating.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Actually they should start their own copywriting or ghostwriting services. Teaching is teaching, its not writing...its a whole 'nother career. What the fuck is a library, bro?
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Dude.....I'm demoting you to El Vice Presidente. Libraries, at least in the Portland metro area are still the best bang for your tax dollar there is. As Riverman said, they serve many functions and are an amazing community resource if properly operated and/or used by the motivated. God bless my mother for making my siblings and I huge library fans a very young age. And full disclosure, my wife is a librarian. God really does love me :blazerwookie:
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Dude.....I'm demoting you to El Vice Presidente. Libraries, at least in the Portland metro area are still the best bang for your tax dollar there is. As Riverman said, they serve many functions and are an amazing community resource if properly operated and/or used by the motivated. God bless my mother for making my siblings and I huge library fans a very young age. And full disclosure, my wife is a librarian. God really does love me :blazerwookie:
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I AIN'T BOUT DAT LIFE.
 
man, working is for chumps. I mean, if you are in some chillaxed drink all day Mad Men type job thats cool, or else just soak someone with a trust fund, or swipe dat EBT son. Everyone hating on the welfare peeps are just jealous because their own supposed morals stop them from riding that salsa train to burritosville.

If you aren't taking advantage of the system, then that shiz is taking advantage of you.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
man, working is for chumps. I mean, if you are in some chillaxed drink all day Mad Men type job thats cool, or else just marry someone with a trust fund, or swipe dat EBT son. Everyone hating on the welfare peeps are just jealous because their own supposed morals stop them from riding that salsa train to burritosville.

If you aren't taking advantage of the system, then that shiz is taking advantage of you.
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bulljive...get a job!
 
3RA1N1AC said:
man, working is for chumps. I mean, if you are in some chillaxed drink all day Mad Men type job thats cool, or else just soak someone with a trust fund, or swipe dat EBT son. Everyone hating on the welfare peeps are just jealous because their own supposed morals stop them from riding that salsa train to burritosville.

If you aren't taking advantage of the system, then that shiz is taking advantage of you.
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Only liking this cuz it's funnier than shit.......but true....
 
Natebishop3 said:
The problems facing people in their 20's today are threefold:

1. Student debt is out of control

2. Salaries did not keep up with inflation.

3. It seems like a lot of people are graduating with worthless degrees. I have a few friends that finished with a degree in theater. One works at a haberdashery downtown and the other worked as a delivery driver for a grocery company. It's just sad.
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Had to google that.

You missed another key issue facing people in their 20's today: their level of self-entitlement. At my last job, I interviewed every new potential candidate. I cannot tell you how many kids coming right out of college expected this, that, and the other. They didn't want to work for shit. I understand more and more why companies start with interns and temps-to-hire. Let them show you what they have, how hard they're going to work, before making a long-term commitment.

I had family/friends that expected jobs just because they had a degree. You gotta earn that employee and that chedda, son. They don't call it "earnings" for nothing.
 
I mean, if you hire someone, just don't expect them to be on time, or come back after the first day or two. They get that $100 and they good for a week or so. PBR pounders are cheap as fuck yo.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Had to google that.

You missed another key issue facing people in their 20's today: their level of self-entitlement. At my last job, I interviewed every new potential candidate. I cannot tell you how many kids coming right out of college expected this, that, and the other. They didn't want to work for shit. I understand more and more why companies start with interns and temps-to-hire. Let them show you what they have, how hard they're going to work, before making a long-term commitment.

I had family/friends that expected jobs just because they had a degree. You gotta earn that employee and that chedda, son. They don't call it "earnings" for nothing.
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BRO, SNAPCHAT IS OFFERING ME $200k a YEAR + I CAN WORK AT HOME + FREE UBER RIDES.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
The prospect of work terrifies me. Just the whole shit of having to kiss ass, schmooz, watch what you say, just not my thing bro. need to find internet millionz
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There are jobs out there that fit all of this. I hardly consider what I do "work". There are days.... but the ass ain't greener. I don't have to kiss ass, but I do schmooze customers every now and then, but in fun atmospheres. We rarely watch what I say - rare is the day that co-workers don't send internal emails discussing the fine differences between a "goat fuck" and a "rat fuck". We had an employee miss a day-long company meeting due to being taken to the drunk tank - mind you, every employee was in town, including the big boss in Europe. Or completely blitzed in front of customers and tried to drive them around.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Get on yer new NBA jersey, bro. #boutdatjerzeelife
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I know, I was gonna buy that $500 Chris Dudley game worn jersey on ebay but my bonus didn't come through. was gonna get that, fresh pair of gucci loafers and a macbook. now i have to budget like a little nerd.

fuckers.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
BRO, SNAPCHAT IS OFFERING ME $200k a YEAR + I CAN WORK AT HOME + FREE UBER RIDES.
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You had me a free uber. Free uber for the win!

But... I wasn't talking about you. You aren't part of the age group I was referring to. I was talking about the group just a few years younger than me (you're a few years older). Shit... I'm happy with my job. I barely consider it work.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
I know, I was gonna buy that $500 Chris Dudley game worn jersey on ebay but my bonus didn't come through. was gonna get that, fresh pair of gucci loafers and a macbook. now i have to budget like a little nerd.

fuckers.
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I'd be more pissed someone was asking that much for a Dudley jersey. Love Duds, but shit man.... $500? I'll buy a jersey, sweat like mad in it, and sell it to you for 10% above what I paid for it.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
You had me a free uber. Free uber for the win!

But... I wasn't talking about you. You aren't part of the age group I was referring to. I was talking about the group just a few years younger than me (you're a few years older). Shit... I'm happy with my job. I barely consider it work.
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Nah, the offers these fuckers get are crazy sometimes like that. The new trend is people switch jobs like every 2 years.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
I'd be more pissed someone was asking that much for a Dudley jersey. Love Duds, but shit man.... $500? I'll buy a jersey, sweat like mad in it, and sell it to you for 10% above what I paid for it.
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I usually don't spend over $50 on a jersey but Dudley is a holy grail item.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Nah, the offers these fuckers get are crazy sometimes like that. The new trend is people switch jobs like every 2 years.
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Yeah, I know. They have to throw big dollars to get new hires. You'd think it'd be easier to offer current employees a little extra cash to stay.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Yeah, I know. They have to throw big dollars to get new hires. You'd think it'd be easier to offer current employees a little extra cash to stay.
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Everyone is going to be a contractor in the future. That's the way the world goes.
 
You kinda have to leave and go somewhere else if you want a raise these days. That's pretty much what I've heard across the board.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You kinda have to leave and go somewhere else if you want a raise these days. That's pretty much what I've heard across the board.
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Pretty much. I work for a small company, but they're pretty good about recognizing that it's easier to pay someone what they're asking for than to have to overpay to bring someone new in. It's worked for me up to this point.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Pretty much. I work for a small company, but they're pretty good about recognizing that it's easier to pay someone what they're asking for than to have to overpay to bring someone new in. It's worked for me up to this point.
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I think my fiancee is at the point where she's going to have to move to another place. She has hit a plateau and she's getting bored. There's only a few spots above her and they don't come up very often. I keep telling her it's okay to look around.
 
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