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Mentally challenged? I've never worked these jobs, but the people I observe working at fast food joints don't appear to be mentally challenged in my estimation. I'm pretty sure some are Stoners. My martial arts instructor also worked part time at a restaurant. He was an athlete competing in MMA and I think Taekwondo. His goal in life was not making money.
This guy was. I realize corporate America isn't for everyone but still working at a menial job that teens do seems weird to me.
I chose architecture as a profession, not because I wanted to get rich but because I wanted to do what I loved. It's near impossible to make a good living out of it in this economy BUT there's no way I could do anything else - it's who I am. There are more important things in life than money frankly.
And i'm only 34
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You're an exception to the rule, I work with a lot of people that make 6 figures and they ain't working a straight 40.
It's cool that you were able to do that.
Just as a side note... it's sorta bad form to talk about money.... besides 1.1 isn't all that much... if you are looking for bragging rights....
Not bragging at all. Seriously there's always someone else with more, and more power to them if they come by it honestly. I'm just pointing out what can be done with the right attitude and a work ethic. I'm healthy, retired and my pension is more than I need for fun.
My issue is with our government giving unemployment to people who only work long enough to collect, and then go get another job until they can collect again. You make your own way in life. I have absolutely no problem with giving someone help to get on their feet. I've helped at my share of soup kitchens. But when someone plays the system and takes from everyone else because they don't want to be bothered to work, they'll get no respect from me.
Why are you so arrogant you can't imagine that some people have different priorities than you? Why must you drop to your knees in the mudpuddle when someone has a different opinion than you? Why aare you so fragile?
I don't know you, and you know nothing about me, so your opinion is irrelevant to me. You can think what you want and I'll go on living.
This isn't a discussion about priorities. If someone wants to live their whole life working menial jobs, I have absolutely no problem with that. They're following their own drummer, and that's fine with me. If that makes them happy, I wish them nothing less in life, and I can fully respect that.
The OP noted that she deals with people who 'live off of unemployment' until that runs out, THEN they go and get a job to get more unemployment. If you consider leeches of society, living off of everyone else, as people with priorities to admire, you go with that. I however disagree.
The thing is I understand when people work those jobs because they fall on hard times. There is no excuse not to better one's self. I once had a guy who was 50 and working as a KFC cook contact me on a dating site. I have a masters so what would I have in common with him? not like he was doing it temporary, he was doing it 20 years.
If he was doing it 20 years it does show he is not ambitious, but then again ambition can be a very negative human quality. Many "go getters" are not the kind of people you want to trust or spend much time with. The same quality that drives them to succeed can make them self absorbed and narcissistic. Actually staying at the same job 20 years shows stability and work ethic even if he does not have an impressive job. Also after 20 years I bet he makes more than you think he does, not 7.25 an hour. Also some restaurant work pays better than you think as well, not necessarily KFC however. Same goes for retail work, a lot of it is low wage but some retail workers make upwards of 20 dollars an hour. It all depends on where they work and how long they've been doing it.
You also mention education level, well you'd be surprised how many people with degrees are working in an "underemployment" situation. Depending on what part of the country your in, you may find college educated people working in places you would not expect. There are far more degrees out there than there are professional level employment opportunities. I will refer back to what I said in a previous post about the types of people who have good jobs. 1.Highly ambitious go getter types, 2. extremely intelligent and 3. those with influencial relatives that get them in. If you do not fit one of these catagories you will find a college degree was a waste of time. You will be likely working in a retail store or a factory like everyone else.
If he was doing it 20 years it does show he is not ambitious, but then again ambition can be a very negative human quality. Many "go getters" are not the kind of people you want to trust or spend much time with. The same quality that drives them to succeed can make them self absorbed and narcissistic. Actually staying at the same job 20 years shows stability and work ethic even if he does not have an impressive job. Also after 20 years I bet he makes more than you think he does, not 7.25 an hour. Also some restaurant work pays better than you think as well, not necessarily KFC however. Same goes for retail work, a lot of it is low wage but some retail workers make upwards of 20 dollars an hour. It all depends on where they work and how long they've been doing it.
You also mention education level, well you'd be surprised how many people with degrees are working in an "underemployment" situation. Depending on what part of the country your in, you may find college educated people working in places you would not expect. There are far more degrees out there than there are professional level employment opportunities. I will refer back to what I said in a previous post about the types of people who have good jobs. 1.Highly ambitious go getter types, 2. extremely intelligent and 3. those with influencial relatives that get them in. If you do not fit one of these catagories you will find a college degree was a waste of time. You will be likely working in a retail store or a factory like everyone else.
Yes, there are a lot of highly educated barista's out there......... just a FYI... LOL
****ing people... with their degree's... think the world actually gives a shyt... the only thing in the world that seems to matter to people is how can you make them money.........
You follow what I'm saying.... how can you be exploited or how can this process make money...
I realize many educated people work menial jobs but a cook at KFC for 20 years and part of that time was as a dishwasher? no we would have little in common.
The thing is I understand when people work those jobs because they fall on hard times. There is no excuse not to better one's self. I once had a guy who was 50 and working as a KFC cook contact me on a dating site. I have a masters so what would I have in common with him? not like he was doing it temporary, he was doing it 20 years.
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Originally Posted by Idon'tdateyou
I didn't say he was less than me, but we wouldn't work because we are different. The reason he is working in fast food is because he is mentally challenged as are probably most of those who do this job later in life. I worked these jobs myself only I was in college and they were a way to pay for school.
I fail to see how your masters degree should impact your decision to date him when you go on to say that he was mentally challenged which is the reason he worked at KFC for 20 years. So is it education that is the deal breaker? What if he had a masters degree and worked at KFC for twenty years as a manager? Would that influence your decision any differently?
Being a manager yes would make a difference. He was mentally challenged because he told me and he told me where he attended school (which is a school for special ed).
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