Republican Lawmaker Hires Jobless Constituent To Work In His Yard For $8 An Hour

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Kathryn Treadway of Goldsboro, N.C., lost her job doing medical transcription work for a hospital early last year. The 35-year-old hasn't had an income since April 16, when an impasse between Republicans in the state legislature and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue halted her unemployment benefits.
On Friday, she finally found a job -- doing yard

Comments

[lykomancer]

Urge...to punch things...rising.

[ditdatdo]

"I was having her doing some bending over. She said it was bothering her back," LaRoque said.

I'm not surprised. It's bothering my everything.

[24_24_1_1526]

i hope he loses everything and is forced to see how most people have to live and deal with from the system we are so blatantly 'abusing'

fuck you fucker.

[amyura]

So if you don't want to throw out your back for minimum wage, you've got a bad attitude?

I bust my ass doing yard work in my own yard for "free," but it's my property and my choice to do it. And if I paid someone, it'd be a hell of a lot more than $8 an hour. WTF.

[lykomancer]

I was told just this last week that I was pathetic and had a bad attitude because I refused to work a 60+ hour per week job-- all standing, all physical labor, AND I walked an hour and a half to get there an back-- for little over minimum wage. (While suffering through a major depressive episode.)

This is a distressingly common perception. If you want to earn enough money for basics like bread and shelter, you'd better be prepared to work yourself to surgery for it.

[lykomancer]

Heh. I was hired on at 40 hrs/wk for three weeks. By the time I quit-- literally after one week-- we were up to 56 hrs for six weeks, with talk that shifts would be extended from 10 hrs to 12. I basically called the hiring agent and told her to fuck off.

[sauron]

Everything about this is making me rage. As someone who couldn't find a job for 7 months, I like to say a big "fuck you" to this guy if he thinks having a "bad attitude" has anything to do with it. Try applying to everywhere and for anything and not even getting a single interview, see how your rich ass likes that for a change.

[thecityofdis]

I applied for over 500 jobs before I finally landed a gig after college, and that was only because I knew someone at the company in question.