No, I’m sorry, Americans, especially younger Americans — there ARE jobs out there — they’re just lowly, grungy roll up your sleeves type jobs ...and MOST of them are held by illegals now. So, folks, why don’t you get off your duffs and kick out all these slimebucket illegals and take THOSE jobs and learn how to work for a change!!
Fast food, stocking, lawn mowing, sh*t shoveling ...it all needs to be done, but most Americans won’t do those jobs. Too used to their cushy little posts or asking Grandma for the money.
Or trying being a nurse ..or a nursing tech. Plenty of jobs there ...but all i EVEr hear is “ewwww — I can’t stand the sight of blood ...or, ewww, I could never take care of old people.”
I have worked the window, scrubbed the toilets, and mopped the floors. I’ve cut the grass, watered the plants, and walked the dogs. I’ve done it all ...doesn’t mean you’re stupid or not going anywhere ...it’s what you do to survive until you can get to where you really want to go!
HA-HA, My mom's a retired nurse and my sister is a nurse and has a great career. I have heard this by women myself many times. Sure, there are depressing aspects to those jobs, some stressful, but they are a job w good pay and benefits.
I get the impression that from 1993 to as late as 2006 many Americans got used to the idea that money comes easy in America, “Just do what you love and you will succeed” was the motto.
Just buy a house with no money down and rent it out and the price will double in few years, what could go wrong? ( I know people who believed this and got burned bad)
And every POTUS race the challenger has all the easy answers, until they take office.
I have worked the window, scrubbed the toilets, and mopped the floors. I’ve cut the grass, watered the plants, and walked the dogs. I’ve done it all ...doesn’t mean you’re stupid or not going anywhere ...it’s what you do to survive until you can get to where you really want to go!””
I have worked in offices doing phases of accounting—sold auto parts & speed/racing parts and tracked jobs thru the machine shop—written articles for Drag Racing Magazine & Drag News paper—mixed auto paint—ground & polished automotive cylinder head chambers (2nd job of the day- into night)—been a grocery checker——
and always did all of my own lawn care, etc., painting of house, to save money.
In between all of that, I went to community college nights, and took accounting classes. Ratio of class time to homework time? 5 hours to one hour. Finished those classes with a 4.0 average. Didn’t have a personal life for bout 4 years, but it paid off. I never took a student loan, paying all costs as I went along.
Once interviewed for a job, running the accounting at a fairly busy company. Guy didn’t want to pay what I wanted. I said I would work for 1 week for nothing-——but-
IF he didn’t want me to stay, he didn’t owe me anything-—but if he kept me, he had to pay me for that week and pay me what I wanted to start the job and give me another raise within 60 days. I got the job—and got 3 raises within 60 days.
In about 1979, I went out totally on my own, doing bookkeeping for small businesses. Still have 2 of those customers!! Have had one for over 40 years-—the other for over 38 years. Nothing like real loyalty!!
Sometimes you just have to crayon outside the lines!!
So what happens when you apply for those jobs and still get rejected? Rejected thousands of times? They say, “You’re too old,” or “We can’t hire a lady like you, this is a group of rough men, you could get raped,” or “You wouldn’t have the strength,” (possibly true) or “Can you lift fifty pounds?” (no) or “Your Spanish isn’t good enough to get along with the rest of the crew.”
Get a nursing degree? Sure. Glad to do it. That takes four years (actually less—I could probably test out of some of the requirements), and thousands of dollars in tuition money. I need a job now, not years down the road when I’ll be in my sixties.
I was out of work for nearly two years despite the fact that I would have taken ANYTHING. Despite coaching, professional resume writing, despite lots of help from state agencies and private ones, despite everything. I am now working two jobs, and office job during the week and doing physical labor at a horse stable on weekends, plus trying to make a home business go. I am chronically hungry, exhausted, and cold, I’m driving a car that’s dangerous, and I can’t get the medicine I need, but as hard as I work, I’m still facing homelessness. I am not in this situation because I’m lazy or excessively demanding. And I don’t know where you think you see all these mythical jobs you think Americans won’t do, but they sure aren’t giving them to me and my friends.
So keep your smug little lectures about how lazy and fussy we all are. May you never find out how wrong you are.