DUmmie FUnnies 09-11-10 (Maynard G. Krebs DUmmies Hate ...WORK!)

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | September 11, 2010 | DUmmies and PJ-Comix

[Condor51]

Now I've gone back to a full-time job and I'm absolutely miserable. .... This job - dealing with subject matter that I absolutely hate - pays only $11.58 per hour.

We told you that a BA degree in 2nd Century Assyrian Culture was useless, and you'd eventually hate it anyway. But noooooooo, you wouldn't listen, would you smartypants.

At my last full - time job, I made over double that.

uh-huh. And now that job is being done by an illegal from Guatemala for $15.00 and hour who didn't waste his time getting a BA degree in 2nd Century Assyrian Culture.

[ExGeeEye]

IBTP?

[ExGeeEye]

No.

[Condor51]

I hate to say it but this DU Thread could have been written by a cousin of my wife.

The guy is around 50 and hasn't had a 'long term job' (more than 2-3 years) in his fricken life. Annnnd to boot, he dropped out of College only 3 or 4 credit hours short of getting a Bachelors Degree in Business Management (when that was the hot thing). He's always looking for that 'One Big Score'. And he's always only $10K short of making millions with some 'idea'. (idiot)

So now he is back at Mommy's - he came back almost two years ago from Las Vegas for a "two week visit" and hasn't left. IMO he's waiting for her to pass away and grab some loot (BIG loser).

Oh well, guess every family has one of those. (I just avoid him, even his emails)

[mylife]

I forgot that Mike Huckabee played the part of Herbert T Gillis!~ Work!!!???

[hinckley buzzard]

he is back at Mommy's - he came back almost two years ago from Las Vegas for a "two week visit" and hasn't left. IMO he's waiting for her to pass away and grab some loot.

This is becoming an increasingly popular investment plan. Another is to borrow massive quantities from Mom, promising to pay her back, but hoping she will die soon before the bill comes due. Hey it beats taking out a mortgage.

[bcsco]

Annnnd to boot, he dropped out of College only 3 or 4 credit hours short of getting a Bachelors Degree in Business Management (when that was the hot thing).

Actually, I did that as well. But not because I was looking for the big score.

I was already working for a corporation in lower-mid management and getting my degree at night. My final semester included a course that was offered days only with no indication it would ever be offered at night. I went to management asking whether they'd allow me to take the course during the day. They said no, because they felt a degree wasn't necessary to advance in the corporation.

They were right. I later became a plant manager, then a corporate director.

My university education helped, but the sheepskin was overkill...

[Not A Snowbird]

I found one DUmmie who works. Unfortunately it’s my massage therapist. He’s really, really, good, otherwise I’d find another one.

[netmilsmom]

OT - Do you have a blog for your couponing?

[Condor51]

*** This is becoming an increasingly popular investment plan. Another is to borrow massive quantities from Mom, promising to pay her back, but hoping she will die soon before the bill comes due. Hey it beats taking out a mortgage. ***

Yes it beats tricking her into a mortgage. But what additionally gets to me about him is that when his dad died, he and his brother both got $40,000 (or $42K). The DOPE immediately blew it all at once on a new Cadillac.

And then ..... within a couple weeks -- he TOTALED THE CAR! And he did NOT have any Car Insurance (maybe liability?). So there it all went, $40K+, down the freaking drain.

[Condor51]

*** They said no, because they felt a degree wasn't necessary to advance in the corporation. ... They were right. I later became a plant manager, then a corporate director. ... My university education helped, but the sheepskin was overkill...***

Yes, in some industries a Sheepskin isn't a 'Career Maker'.

But a degree in 'something' is almost becoming mandatory now.
Even though, ironically, HS graduates are now pretty much functional illiterates.

[COBOL2Java]

Then find someone who will pay your bills.

Then once you've found someone who will pay your bills, you can go and get paid for doing almost no work at all!

[bcsco]

This was back in the 70’s. It was a non-union Fortune 1000 company. I was with them 23 years, another 5 years just prior to that in the same industry (printing).

A lot different than today...

[Ditter]

I wonder what was the “smear” that Random Thoughts suffered years ago that he still thinks we “owe” him for?

These people are unbelievable!

[mikrofon]

Just a few years ago, it seemed like everyone had at least a little spare time to exercise, to go on vacations, to do gardening, etc.

We used to call them "weekends"...

[COBOL2Java]

The whole idea of a career, of having to find a job (nowadays, any job), and keep it whether you like it or not, just in order to survive – the way we do now – is a relatively new development in human history. It was not such a struggle and didn’t often force us to do things that were against our nature just to survive.

OMG, TJ, that is just about the most ignorant statement I've read in a long time! Yeah, those ancient societies had it made!

[COBOL2Java]

TJ = PJ. Sorry about that. More coffee!

[investigateworld]

PJ, What with all this coupon talk?
What you in South Florida, surrounded by Jewish grandmothers or sump’n?
LOL!!!!

[COBOL2Java]

The one who is due something from the past... I concluded he/she feels due because someone didn’t pay what they felt they were worth, and won’t work again until that mystical figure is given them. Good luck on that!

Reminds me of that scene from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation":

Clark: "How can they have nothing for their children?"
Ellen: "Well, he's been out of work for close to seven years."
Clark: "In seven years, he couldn't find a job?"
Ellen: "Cathrine says, he's been holding out for a management position."

[bcsco]

That, or they felt grieved by management (unnecessarily), and are still pouting after all these years, expecting something that will never happen.

Either way, it’s a self-defeating way to go through life. Life’s pleasures come from what you make of it; not from what you believe others owe you.