Argh

[tahmthelame]

So I was reading this article on CNN and I was actually starting to feel bad for the lady a little bit.  Until I read further and saw "She said she has had offers."  And this: "She rejected a marketing assistant position paying about California's $8-an-hour minimum wage, because the pay was too low."

Look, lady.  I understand that you want a job

Comments

[irked_indeed]

If he's already working, and she'd be working on top of that- even at a low wage, which, $10 an hour isn't ludicrously low- and they still wouldn't be able to make ends meet, then... wow. That... seems like there should be some ways to reduce cost of living, there.

[amberdulen]

WSJ is even worse. They profile families hard-hit by the downturn having to sell their second homes and put their kids in public school, and you're like, "Oh, boo hoo."

[engelhardtlm1]

Oh, those are the worst. About 10 years ago, there was a lady that called into Rush Limbaugh that my dad told me about. She claimed that you can't live on less than $80K a year.

Which, I suppose, means that a very large number of Americans (I think about 75%) are dead people... but they don't know that they're dead.

Woman with tshirt

[anonymous]

I mean come on now , she doesnt want to work for 8-10 an hour, so you really dont want to work!!! I was making 15 an hour to 8 an hour and guess what I was happy, cause at least I had a job. You take what you can!!

[anonymous]

I hate to say it, but a lot of things bugged me when I read this. First, that she moved from Ohio to California, where the cost of living is probably double. Second, that she's turning down work. And third--and I know this is superficial--but she has been out of work for a year and she still looks like that? If I had a year off I would run five miles a day (in LA you CAN exercise outside year-round, so she can't blame not being able to afford a gym) and do a thousand situps. Maybe she isn't getting the jobs she wants because of her attitude and her slovenly appearance.

T-shirt resume

[anonymous]

My youngest took a low paying job and is now making very good money and he doesn't have a college degree, he wasn't about to spend a year looking for work and turn down what could be a great paying position given time...he likes to eat and as the old saying goes: "it's easier to find a job when you have a job"
so stop feeling sorry for yourself and grow up!
the world doesn't owe you