FWIW, I went to walmart to pick up an extension cord yesterday and the cashier with whom I checked out is in college and will graduate next December.
And that cashier was probably really glad to have that job. Funny how the ones "working their way up" don't mind working that "menial" job.
Of course there are always the DoK's that think they are hot getting a degree on mommy and daddy's dime that sneer at us lesser people that don't have our very own cubicle when we graduate.
Then its off to Target?
I'm definitely hotter than the median senior plumber, and that's indicated by a job that's already been offered to me paying more than the average senior plumber makes
The last time my job wasn't related to my major was my sop re year, if you're still working at Wal-mart when you're about to graduate then your major is worthless.
still making cubicle and mommy and daddy jokes after your "plumber > investment banker" argument
Mr. High and mighty who makes more money.So I could just as easily manage a plumbing business with my degree as I could with a plumbers' license
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Choice C, an airport security guard, what do I win?
Depends on countless things. Not sure how that's relevant since no one in this thread plans on being/is a teacher.Mr. High and mighty who makes more money.
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Holy , you people have a ed up view of the world.... on what planet is a plumbing job superior to a banking job?
You really are dense if you can't follow the simple case I made.I'm definitely hotter than the median senior plumber, and that's indicated by a job that's already been offered to me paying more than the average senior plumber makes
The last time my job wasn't related to my major was my sop re year, if you're still working at Wal-mart when you're about to graduate then your major is worthless.
You think that because you got offered a entry level job making 55K you are hot . I get that. I'm actually not dissing that career path. I have friends that chose that path that are my age making 100K a year and they have a 401K for retirement. Nothing wrong with that option. You will go up to your eyeballs in debt buying the 3 series BMW and the suits you know you shouldn't buy trying to look like you belong. It is what it is.
I'm saying that for every one of you there will be 5 guys your same age that start their own business in one of the major trades and beat you to being a millionaire. They will buy an old truck, get clients, hire a new guy, get more clients, buy more old trucks, hire more guys, and next thing you know they are billing 100K a month and buying property to expand while you are snubbing your nose at them as you pass them on the freeway with your shiny underwater BMW and their ty old trucks that are paid off.
Most of those in Texas will be Mexicans. Yeah, I know...you look down on them too...
The entry level job I've been offered is more than what the mediansenior plumber makes. That doesn't mean I'm hot , I keep mentioning it as a response to the plumber vs. college grad argument. It's not like I'm expecting you of all people to be impressed by a 55k salary. I'm mentioning it due to the subject of the thread
I'm Jewish and stingy as . I regularly get made fun of for how little money I spend. I'm also starting my career (most likely) in a West Coast city where the attire is business casual and I'll need to own probably 5 suits or so.
1) I know it's the stereotype and all, but I don't plan on taking out a loan to buy a car like a lot of people in my situation do. It's a dumb idea and I've had family members tell me it's dumb to go underwater buying a car my whole life.
2) You're exagerrating how many people successfully do what you described. There are also tons of CPAs who work for a few years then open their own dumpy low cost office where they make bank doing people's taxes 6 months every year then take the rest of the year off. It's not like I don't have an avenue to start my own business.
Why not open a Jewelery shop?
Admitting to being an oven dodger I figured you would dodge the question
Look at all the badass non-Walmart workers up in this thread.
I mean, I have to ask... What is it about this strike that inspires such a hostile emotional reaction from you? Do you work at Walmart?
I don't work at Walmart either, and I hopefully never will, but I don't get the outrage here from Walmart fans. Obviously there's nothing forcing them to work at Walmart, but it's also not illegal, last I checked, to unite to criticize an employer for what they perceive as mistreatment.
At many offices, employees are given the opportunity to give feedback on the company and their management. If there's a lousy manager running things, he's going to get a lot of bad feedback. Would you tell those people to leave if they don't like the conditions? Would you call them losers?
It's just funny to watch you guys rally behind whoever you're told to rally behind. If you truly don't give a , this isn't exactly how you'd respond.
Hostile, no. It's just so laughable. Besides, very few of the strikers were Walmart employees. They are probably union workers from supermarket compe ion. Do the Walmart people have anything to bargain with?
I'm not a fan of Walmart any more than any other store, other than them having reasonable prices. I hear this ignorant talk of going to unionized stores to support the union workers. You know what. I would do so if they had reasonable prices. My grocery goods are any where from 30% more to 50% or more at other supermarkets. Yes, they are union. However, there is no way that a union wage and benefits can justify that much more cost for the same product.
V-8 Fusion for example. $2.98 at Walmart. $4.69 at Fred Meyers or Safeway. I'm sorry, the math just doesn't fly.
Fine. Let the employees try to do just that. It will never happen in this economy. Think Walmart has any problem finding willing workers for the wages offered?
The losers are the ones who think they are better than they are. If they are worth more, then find a job that will pay more!
I missed that. I didn't hear any one tell me to rally around anyone. Your ignorant assumptions are very annoying.
I'd fix toilets and mine coal any day. Doing that pays way more than sweat shops yet people still look down on plumbers and coal miners.
Coal miners cause global warming.
Tommy Lee Jones said it best in The Fugitive "I DON'T CARE".
I'm definitely hotter than the median senior plumber, and that's indicated by a job that's already been offered to me paying more than the average senior plumber makes
The last time my job wasn't related to my major was my sop re year, if you're still working at Wal-mart when you're about to graduate then your major is worthless.
It's obvious from reading your posts in this thread that they don't teach humility in college. Why are you so concerned that your job is "superior" to a blue collar career? Are you that insecure? After the last several years, investment bankers are held in the same high regard as personal injury lawyers. Will you make money? Sure, but you will still be a bag -- given your at ude, you will fit right in.
Because that was the subject of the argument in this thread. I didn't bring up how "superior" my job was until mouse started spamming this thread with his crap about how college is a bad thing.
You're not merely Jewish; you're one of those negative-stereotype Jews that anti-Semitic Muslim cartoonists draw.
You should totally go buy an Uncle Sam doll, put a leash on it, and keep it on your desk. That would be a great conversation starter.
Since he's just as much of an Israel puppet as any other president (even though the hardcore zionists say he's mean to Israel), I would put a leash on an Obamadoll, but then some asshole would walk by my desk, not get the joke, and call me racist.
(cringes)
Probably.
I agree though about the power of the Zionist lobby though. They push the needle in US policy to ends at times that are inimical to US interests. I'm not one of the "big jewish conspiracy" types, but the power of the pro-Israeli lobby is fairly obvious. Especially given that Evangelicals need a jewish state for their predicted Second Coming to happen. But that is another conversation entirely.
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