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[sparklesparkle]

Well, fuck.  Ethan didn't get hired at the ticket office.  Because of his credit.  It's so stupid that a place won't trust someone to handle money because they have bad credit.  Why the fuck do you think they need a job in the first place?!  He has no criminal record and half the crap on his credit report was stuff about ten years old and already

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[rival13]

Wow, that sucks so bad. I didn't know companies did that- rejected applicants for a job based on credit. Unbelievable.
Diana and I feel for you guys- if you wanna have a poor-persons night in anytime soon, let us know. It feels like we haven't hung out in forever, and with lives like ours, we needs friends around. :)

[sparklesparkle]

We really should hang soon and more often! I'm thinking Tuesday should be an Animal Crossing blow-out and we should get everyone together.

[happyprole]

i'm glad your job is going good and that you can work overtime. i'm sorry to hear its getting so hard for ethan to find a job. has he looked into costco? my brothers worked/work there and it pays well. nearly everyone we know in california is in or near the same boat as you guys are.

[sparklesparkle]

Thanks for the tip! He applied yesterday, so keep your fingers crossed :)

[kippeydale]

yeah...I think that is ridiculous as well. I didn't even know that was possible until a few years ago. I feel that type of information should be private, just like medical records. I had a boyfriend who had bad credit due to identity-theft issues in which his persistent efforts to clear his name (and his credit) had been in vain.
Apparently some companies view having bad credit as a moral transgression and if you have it, you are a deeply-flawed individual.
Having bad credit does not lead someone down the path to crime. And I agree with you about "why do they think he needs a job?" If he were a criminal, he would just go steal the money from somewhere; NOT try to get a legitimate job.

BTW, I do not know you, I am a lj friend/college friend of MelodyWenn and I happened to click on your profile after I commented on one of her recent entries on which you had also commented.

[sparklesparkle]

Man! Seriously. We finally got the report yesterday that they mailed to him and almost everything on there (out of ten things) were closed accounts that were paid, with $0 balances and they went back as far as 1999! That is just insane. If he had filed for bankruptcy that would only stay on his record for 7 years, so I don't understand why he's being judged for ten year old things.

Awww, yay, well, Melody is awesome so a friend of her is a friend of mine :)

[somuchlove2give]

i think that might be whats keeping my girl from getting a job too. :( its sad. even my retail job did a credit check on me, wtf. half the people there probably dont even have credit.

[sparklesparkle]

Yeah, I think it's a majorly lame way to judge someone as an employee. If they are qualified, have successfully held down a job in the past, than what is the problem? And seriously, in this economy, who isn't having a problem paying their bills?