[Satan]

Originally Posted by Satan

by the way does anyone have any advice on getting a job because if i don't i won't be able to feed myself in 6 months

hey fuckers i need to eat here. don't let me starve!!!!!

[pbradley]

Ha ha ha, that isn't much compared to the house I helped build but I'm not going to go through all the evidence about how I'm not lazy. My Eagle rank in the Boy Scouts, college degree, and work experience from before the recession all prove that I'm not.

Still, using caveats like a pay check as reason to invalidate an argument is childish.

[pbradley]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

and im sure you can find SOMETHING in sunny california. maybe you should have spent that time following yr brother around/sitting around yr parents house LOOKING FOR A JOB AND/OR MOVING TO A PLACE THAT OFFERS JOBS. they are still out there.

there are far more people with jobs that those without.

mcdonalds is usually hiring. of course, im sure pbradley is above that though. why flip burgers when ya can press keys typing shit onto an internet forum yr parents essentially pay for.

It is stupid of you to assume that I haven't been.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

the benefits (and they are great) of volunteer work are of a personal nature.

the benefits to the person the work is being done for, or the benefits to the person who is doing the work?

[notyourfiend]

i know plenty of people who are extremely hard workers who simply would not be able to afford to live if they were paying for health insurance. the good jobs with adequate benefits are extremely hard to find. as satan said, it's a recession.

often, the only way that people who are of lower classes/castes (by that i mean those who have been formally incarcerated, of a race which is discriminated against in a very segregated city, people who had to drop out of high school when they were 16 to support their families, people who's teeth have fallen out because they never had health care...yada yada) can actually "get a job" is by selling their bodies/dealing on the streets etc....because when you have lots of mouths to feed, sometimes a service sector job just doesn't cut it.... of course, i'm talking straight out of my everyday experiences working in what feels like a third world country (and honestly holds a lot of similiarities in some respects)

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Satan

hey fuckers i need to eat here. don't let me starve!!!!!

if you find out, let me know.

I will be on my way to the food cart pretty soon.

[jerf]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

does anyone ever get anyone on the internet?

fixed.

[pbradley]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

uncalled for? you insluted me first you prick. haha...

and seriously, you shouldnt talk about "benefits" and "what you deserve" when ya arent doing a fucking thing. basically, that makes me NOT WANT to take you seriously.

I've said nothing of benefits or what's deserve. A lot of this converstation must be in your own head.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by notyourfiend

i know plenty of people who are extremely hard workers who simply would not be able to afford to live if they were paying for health insurance.

The difference between having the most basic health insurance, and not having any health insurance is negligible here. maybe an extra $100 over the year to have it.

It is pretty much unheard of for any job in my country to supply health insurance of any kind along with the job. I've never ever known anyone who has had this.

[Satan]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

craigslist....

newspapers...

ride around and put in applications....


i think you might be a good bar tender...i consider that. they can make really good money. of course, you would have to put up w/ some level of bullshit. but then again, yr a tough girl.

thanks boy
thats a really good idea!

Originally Posted by phoenix

if you find out, let me know.

I will be on my way to the food cart pretty soon.

we're in this together. fight the good fight.

[pbradley]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

riding around with yr brother and spending countless hours on the internet doesnt count as looking...k?

And yet you are able to post on here so frequently with all those jobs you are working.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

again...this isnt about that. working at a soup kitchen a few nights a week is a grea thing...however, when ya look at the reality of doing that and compare it to what pbradley is saying should be done...eh....

perhaps the idea of a public health system is just a little too compassionate for some.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Satan

we're in this together. fight the good fight.

there are a couple restaurants in my city that are pay what you can afford. good for times like these.

[Satan]

Originally Posted by phoenix

there are a couple restaurants in my city that are pay what you can afford. good for times like these.

we call that mcdonalds.

[phoenix]

mcdonalds is stupid expensive here. and crappy food.

[Satan]

really? thats kind of shocking. the crappy food part is a given though.

[phoenix]

actually there was a recent news article about what suburbs mcD's had put their prices up in, it was only the very low income ones. Their reasoning was that, people with the money to pay for that shit, will not put up with a price hike, but people who don't have any money and see that as their 'budget place to go to eat out' would pay the extra $$.

[phoenix]

There are lots of places in this city you can get a decent meal for WAY less than McD's. A "value meal" there costs you close to $10. You can get decent pizza for between $4 and $7, and a real meal for betwen $6 and $12.

[Satan]

jesus!

[pbradley]

You should focus on your work. You're stealing from your employer.

I'm sure something needs a dusting.