[OpTard]

so, solly posted a HILARIOUS article on his facebook (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate/index.html) with the comment "I love how today's kids feel entitled. BOO FUCKING HOO."

his friend Jimmy Switzer replied "Hidden from future posts for unnecessary use of crass language in a public forum (good story however)."

oh that solly and his crass language. what a rascal!

i say we all befriend jimmy switzer and leave him crass messages on his public facebook page.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Honestly, I don't even know why that guy is on my page (probably for mafia or pirates) but Ziggy's comment made my day. That was fucking awesome.

[Chris Eco]

Wait, I just read that article. Are you fucking kidding me?

As Thompson sees it, any reasonable employer would pounce on an applicant with her academic credentials, which include a 2.7 grade-point average and a solid attendance record. But Monroe's career-services department has put forth insufficient effort to help her secure employment, she claims.

"They're supposed to say, 'I got this student, her attendance is good, her GPA is all right -- can you interview this person?' They're not doing that," she said.

You got a B- average and showed up. There are millions of people in the country more qualified than you. If I'm an IT guy, I'd rather take a high school grad who did well and has done good work with computers than take someone who proved themselves not to be very good at their major.

"It doesn't make any sense: They went to school for four years, and then they come out working at McDonald's and Payless. That's not what they planned."

I don't give a shit what you planned. You're not too good for McDonald's or Payless if that's the job that's available to you. Doing an "all right" job in school isn't a free ticket to a cushy job in a tough economy. In fact, our economy got fucked over by people who did "all right" at Columbia, Harvard, and yes, Yale, because too many people looked at those names and not effort.

You want a job? Go get one that's not high-paid and in your major.

ARGHHHHHH.

[Fire-Babe]

That's also not the job of 'career services'.

You're a grown up now, sunshine. Put on your big girl pants, and FIND YOUR OWN JOB.

[BC]

I'll play Devil's Advocate since I'm in the same boat. I'd never do something silly like sue over something like this, but I do feel let down by my school and understand where she's coming from...to a degree.

I have two examples.

1) They gave me the wrong date for a job interview they were setting up with a company out of Crystal City for students, so I showed up prepared for the interview the morning AFTER.

2) Their basic advice to everyone was "Join Monster.com".

While I agree with Fire's comment about finding your own job (and lord knows I'm trying), what are the Career services people getting paid for if "Join a website" is the best they can do?

I also agree that she didn't seem like a very good student.

[Byrntrigan]

But she had solid fucking attendance. Anyone wanna take odds on that her parents are rich and she was in a sorority?

[OpTard]

she's from the bronx, dude. no one's rich there.

[punk/core]

I think we're ignoring the point, which is that guy on Solly's friend list is a fucking pussy.

[Byrntrigan]

Thanks for getting this thread back on track Punker.

[Habs]

Aug 4, 2009 14:11:46 GMT -5 OpTard said:

she's from the bronx, dude. no one's rich there.

the yankees play in te Bronx right?

[BC]

But none of them LIVE there.