The asking for money is where I'd have to draw the line, I guess.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/01/2010 03:23:44 PM
I have a friend who has not worked in over year after being let go with about 20 other people. Where we live the job market for what he (data analyst) is barren. In the past 12 months I have told him about 4 different openings where I work as a line foreman manufacturing different kinds of shelving.
The positions would be entry level, not great pay but it would put some money in his pocket and help put food on the table for him. He acts like a job where he can't sit on his ass all day is beneath him. So when he asked last night for $400 to help out, I said no. I am sorry, but I have no sympathy for someone who can work but will not work even at something they think they are too good for. Now on to the question.
If you needed to make money to pay your bills and were out of a job, are there employment options out there that you would turn down just because you think you are better than the job?
The positions would be entry level, not great pay but it would put some money in his pocket and help put food on the table for him. He acts like a job where he can't sit on his ass all day is beneath him. So when he asked last night for $400 to help out, I said no. I am sorry, but I have no sympathy for someone who can work but will not work even at something they think they are too good for. Now on to the question.
If you needed to make money to pay your bills and were out of a job, are there employment options out there that you would turn down just because you think you are better than the job?
There are definitely employment options I would turn down when unemployed - like Jens said, one doesn't get a university degree to sweep streets, and as someone else said, having such a job you're way overqualified for makes it harder to keep looking for better-suited jobs. I wouldn't have a problem with collecting unemployment benefits during such a period, either. But I do agree as a matter of principle that such benefits should be limited in time, or at least should decrease with time, and so if after a long enough period of time I still hadn't found any more suitable jobs, and got to a point where I'd have to ask friends for money, yeah, at that point any job that you're at all capable of doing will do. And it is fairly rude to ask you money when you've actually gone out of your way to offer him jobs several times and he refused them all, that's for sure.
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- 26/01/2010 12:41:16 PM
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Seriously, fuck him.
- 26/01/2010 12:47:05 PM
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You. Not so eloquent like the Irish princess.
- 26/01/2010 02:13:28 PM
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I don't mind being out-classed by a Celtic Goddess. 
- 26/01/2010 02:46:14 PM
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- 27/01/2010 10:03:52 PM
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- 26/01/2010 02:46:14 PM
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- 27/01/2010 10:03:52 PM
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That's just silly.
- 26/01/2010 01:05:07 PM
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Since Elaine has said it all so eloquently, I will just agree with her.
- 26/01/2010 02:12:41 PM
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Usually, I think it's stupid to turn down a job, particularly in those circumstances.
- 26/01/2010 02:21:59 PM
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I agree
- 26/01/2010 02:47:22 PM
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...and instead you would ask your friend to loan you money?
- 26/01/2010 02:53:38 PM
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No, friends and loaning money don't mix so well
- 26/01/2010 03:03:12 PM
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I seriously don't mean this to be near as nasty as it sounds...
- 26/01/2010 03:21:40 PM
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I have nothing but respect for them and their job. I am glad someone does it.
- 26/01/2010 03:35:25 PM
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I think that works in the short term but not in the long term
- 26/01/2010 03:47:52 PM
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That's why I said I didn't mean to defend him 
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- 26/01/2010 03:49:34 PM
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*NM*
- 26/01/2010 03:49:34 PM
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Well I was just making it clear that though I agreed with you, it was very time dependent *NM*
- 26/01/2010 04:26:53 PM
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*NM*
- 26/01/2010 04:26:53 PM
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your only worth what someone is willing to pay you no matter how much time you spent in school
- 26/01/2010 04:08:29 PM
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That's true
- 26/01/2010 04:28:00 PM
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so the janitor is a janitor becuase he likes cleaning up after other people?
- 26/01/2010 05:25:57 PM
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With an atitude like that
- 26/01/2010 06:24:35 PM
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As you presumably guessed already...
- 26/01/2010 06:39:54 PM
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Re: As you presumably guessed already...
- 26/01/2010 07:31:46 PM
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I think it's offensive to those EMPLOYED in those jobs.
- 26/01/2010 07:53:54 PM
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Yeah that's totally what I said *NM*
- 26/01/2010 08:05:30 PM
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To a degree, it is.
- 26/01/2010 08:21:04 PM
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They are not beneath me because of me being a better person or even smarter...
- 26/01/2010 08:33:18 PM
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Re: They are not beneath me because I am a better person or even smarter...
- 26/01/2010 08:47:27 PM
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Only if one's identity is entirely determined by the job one does.
- 26/01/2010 09:07:57 PM
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If you wouldn't do their job
- 26/01/2010 09:19:36 PM
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You seem to ignore the main point of my post entirely and just repeat what Joe said, tbh. *NM*
- 26/01/2010 10:06:11 PM
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Kinda funny, eh?
- 26/01/2010 08:07:44 PM
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Re: Kinda funny, eh?
- 27/01/2010 12:41:02 PM
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Re: Kinda funny, eh?
- 27/01/2010 12:57:48 PM
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doesn't mean you have to insult the rest of us.
- 27/01/2010 01:17:16 PM
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Re: Kinda funny, eh?
- 27/01/2010 01:20:24 PM
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Which leads back to me saying I do not support the poster's friend's attitude *NM*
- 27/01/2010 01:21:49 PM
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tell him you could give him the money but want to wait to see if a better friend shows up needing it *NM*
- 26/01/2010 02:38:08 PM
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. . .what?
- 26/01/2010 05:47:58 PM
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it was meant to be a bit of joke and make a point
- 26/01/2010 06:00:07 PM
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Absolutely not. Whatever it takes to take care of my family. *NM*
- 26/01/2010 03:14:09 PM
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This reminds me of a crazy night in Reno and a dead blackjack dealer. Remember that?
- 26/01/2010 04:17:50 PM
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Yeah, Reno's tourism industry nearly went under when they debuted their new slogan.
- 26/01/2010 04:20:01 PM
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The asking for money is where I'd have to draw the line, I guess.
- 26/01/2010 03:23:44 PM
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I think I would only not work at McDonalds. I'd even do Burger King or something, just not McDonalds *NM*
- 26/01/2010 04:27:07 PM
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*NM*
Being in a non-working position...I can tell you to tell him to fuck off.
- 26/01/2010 06:35:54 PM
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