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Bozo walks ten miles for job interview

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  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    mumf wrote: »
    Got to say this: Say what you like, he may not appear to be the sharpest knife on the box, but he was looking for a job-and he got one. Simple as that. Good luck to him.

    Fair enough.
  • dryhat
    dryhat Posts: 1,305 Forumite
    edited 26 February 2013 at 5:28PM
    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    I tried to get a bit of boomer bashing in one of the subsequent replies, though I admit it wasnt easy with this story.

    It's easy, look....


    If this kid was now a boomer and had done this 50 years ago he would probably be a very wealthy man now, despite being a "bozo"

    The thing is that today this kid has got close to zero chance of ever achieving the prosperity enjoyed by us boomers, despite being resourceful and determined.

    He will probably work harder and longer througout his life for much less return.
    Just because of when he was born.

    This is the sad reality facing the youth of today.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    dryhat wrote: »
    It's easy, look....


    If this kid was now a boomer and had done this 50 years ago he would probably be a very wealthy man now, despite being a "bozo"

    The thing is that today this kid has got close to zero chance of ever achieving the prosperity enjoyed by us boomers, despite being resourceful and determined.

    He will probably work harder and longer througout his life for much less return.
    Just because of when he was born.

    This is the sad reality facing the youth of today.

    If I am a boomer, I am ayoung one. Started work at 13 etc...

    Lucky I don't know just time and place. I know my parents and generations before them had it tough too but they still managed to feather their nest in the end, just took time, patience, prudence and hard work. Dad worked till 67 and mum into her 70s. Guess they instilled that lifestyle doctrine in us and we would still have prospered "relatively" whatever.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Not surprising, your PC button must be broken again;)

    Nah, that's my not suffering fools gladly button ;)
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    mumf wrote: »
    Got to say this: Say what you like, he may not appear to be the sharpest knife on the box, but he was looking for a job-and he got one.

    ..and heaven knows he's miserable now.

    I did a quick search to see what qualifications he had but couldn't find out. Randomly hiking through the snow doesn't seem like much of a plan but we all need that bit of luck every now and again.
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
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    Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »
    He was going for a minimum wage job, something like doing dishes and clearing tables I imagine. You don't need to be smart for that, just willing to work.

    I've done similar jobs in the past.

    You just need to be clean, not have dirty clothes on and not smell.

    Also the interviews for jobs like that tend to be sessions.

    You turn up within an allotted time slot of 2-4 hours, and then they interview. If the store is new or having a recruitment drive they can have more than one session that day.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Good free publicity for the restaurant owner.....

    My first thought ;)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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