# Broomstick - Does His Ass Say rebeW or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343 "2015-03-19T00:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/49 "2015-03-19T14:05:38Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It’s entirely possible that the edition she saw had no jobs, or she was honestly mistaken, or whatever. Except she didn’t confine her remarks to a single edition: > [@Broomstick](#): > > There are NO, repeat NO want ads in the local papers, not even for crap jobs.\*\* It’s been like that for weeks.\*\* (emphasis added by me) The following series of posts from that thread dispel that theory: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/20): > > I’m confused - we’re in the same area - Northwest Indiana, and I just went to both our local papers - The Times and the Post-Tribune. They have plenty of jobs, both unskilled and skilled. > Here’s [The Times](http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-search;_ylc=X3oDMTFhNDJpazlwBF9TAzM5NjUxMTI1MQRwYXJ0bmVyA253aW5kaWFuYQRzcmMDY29uc29sZQ--?partner=nwindiana&kw=&locations=Munster%2C+IN&metro_search=0&industry=) > Here’s the [Post Tribune](http://classifieds.post-trib.com/cv3/gary/search?mainclass=Employment&batch_size=10&searchterm%3Alist=&Search.x=134&Search.y=54) > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/37): > > I do not dispute that the economy is shitty, and I’m not trying to be snarky. But I’m very curious, and since we both know this area… > > Why can’t you find a job? I know that our local papers are _filled_with job listings. Granted, some of them are “nationwide” scam-kinda listings, but there are still many, many jobs. I am a paralegal, and out of curiosity, I always check the clerical/admin type of jobs. There are tons of them around here, and that’s just in my field. But it’s true that **Broomstick** tried to claim the lifeline that \*\*iiiandyiii suggests: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/70): > > First of all, the only link provided that goes directly to the want ads lists **SEVEN** , which is _hardly_ “pages and pages” - who’s exaggerating now? > > Second - there appears to be a difference between the hardcopy papers and the paper’s website. Silly me - I’ve been looking in the _hardcopy_ for the want ads! Nevermind I never saw anything that said “sorry - we’ve moved all our want ads to the internet. If you don’t know that, or don’t have an internet connection, you’re fucked! Ha-ha!” But: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/140): > > That was one day. But you said: > > Now, let’s say for the sake of argument I credit your experience at the unemployment office – and for what it’s worth, I do; the unemployment office is the MOST likely place people will steal all copies of the want ads from a newspaper stand. But that’s one day. Where you lost me was the “It’s been like that for weeks.” > > C’mon – for weeks, every single place you looked, there were NO, repeat NO, want ads? > > That’s garbage. That’s certainly the point where she could have said, “No, no, that was hyperbole.” Instead: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/146): > > > [@Bricker](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Bricker View Post > > C’mon – for weeks, every single place you looked, there were NO, repeat NO, want ads? > > Uh… yeah. There hasn’t been any odd job construction things for me to do the last couple weeks of December (last day I worked was the 19th) and I’ve spent the better part of two weeks trying to get the Federal unemployment extension that I was told in a nice formal letter I qualified for. The fact my past year’s work history extends to two states is apparently causing some trouble and confusion, along the fact that Lake County closed one of it’s two “full service” unemployment offices resulting in extreme overcrowding and backlogs at the remaining office. It’s been particularly bad of late. I didn’t intend for it to take so long, but at least give me credit for continuing to look for something while standing in a three block long line at 8 am freezing my ass off. While at the unemployment office I clearly wasn’t on MY computer or the library’s and while they have some there at the UO they were restricting them to those entering claims and not permitting their use for job searches due to the aforementioned overcrowding. My reply: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/155): > > Well, none of the Lake County unemployment offices are open [Saturday](http://www.in.gov/dwd/WorkOne/regions/region1.html), so I assume you weren’t there then. But the [Lake County library system](http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/location.htm) has several branches that ARE open Saturday. The Central branch is a mere five miles from the Crown Point unemployment office. > > The library gets both newspapers in hard copy, and has internet access. And then I said: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/171): > > I don’t want to tell you how to present your case, but I have to say this current tack isn’t the most effective one. You started out claiming that there were no want ads. In fact, you made the effort of saying “…repeat NO” ads “for weeks,” to underscore the incredible paucity of ads with which you were faced. > > Now we’ve shown that there are two papers, both of which have ads, and we’ve further shown (in part from your own post above) that there were plenty of opportunities to get to these ads. > > My only purpose isn’t to piss on you. My purpose is to rebut the ridiculous claim you made. The moment you say something along the lines of, “OK, obviously there ARE plenty of ads, but my problem with them is X…” then I’m out of the picture. I have no idea what your skill set is and what your requirements are. For all I know, every single ad is insufficient for a very justifiable reason. > > But you couldn’t say that. No, no – it has to be “no ads” for “weeks” that you’re facing. That’s such obvious horseshit – of COURSE you’re gonna get called on it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343)._