The Scott's Tots Episode Manifested Itself in Real Life ... and I hate everything about the world

[beysactingcoach]

For context: Scott's Tots is an infamous episode from The Office (US version) where Michael Scott has to inform a classroom of young Black students that he can't afford to pay for their tuition because he's still a broke bwah.

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A "wealthy" suburban family, the Schuler family (Jack Schuler, an exec at Abbott

Comments

[daredevilwolf]

[tigermilk]

College should not cost as much as it does and I find it fucking weird that just when college enrollment started to drop and people started questioning ROI, you started seeing employers requiring BA/BS and Masters degrees in minimum requirements again. No specific flavor! Just the piece of paper.

I really feel bad for these kids especially if they were required to enroll at $$$ tiny lib arts schools. Like fuck, let them do a state school if they want.

[daredevilwolf]

really makes me angry that some places that are not from the USA have free college

like fuck america for this

[steffi_333]

Pisses me off especially in the U.K. In England it used to be free. Then (around the time I went) it was around £1,100 a year. Then it was £3,000 something and now it’s like £9,000 or £10,000 per year.

And yet in Scotland it’s still free. And they get free prescriptions.

Our government has royally fucked it.

[bitchsdangerous]

It absolutely galls me that for an entry level position at fucking sherwin williams they require you to have a bachelors degree.

[progression]

Oh no. This is fucking awful.

We have a program at my company for underprivileged youth (nothing like this, just working with local BBBS in creating a safe space for kids) and I was put in charge of one of the courses.

I knew it was a risky move, but I labeled one of the checks we used for presentation as a $1m donation to Scott’s Tots… and the kids actually got it! They got a good laugh out of it. It was an ice breaker of sorts and made it easier for to relax around us.

Anyway, I wish I had the funds to actually help kids. :(

[silverstarry]

Even if what this guy says is true (that he ~only has $200 million now, boo hoo), rich people know other rich people. He should be hitting up everyone he knows to donate a measly $10k, which will fund four of those scholarships. These are people who spend 10x that amount for tickets to gala events and other fundraisers so it's barely a drop in the bucket to them. I don't know how many kids were supposed to receive $2500 for this school year but surely he could have done something besides throw his hands in the air and say, "Sorry, no money for you!"

[lreservoirldogs]

Ikr? Is it not just a tax write off for those rich assholes anyway? ..or am I wrong?

[bitchsdangerous]

Absolutely fucking awful. As for that episode itself, I skip it whenever I do a re-watch because it gives me so much second hand anxiety and I can’t handle the broken heartedness of the kids.

I hate that this has happened for real. 😭