How come whenever someone is arrested for whatever reason,the news says:
" The unemployed waiter, cab driver, carpenter,etc…was arrested for…"
If unemployed, They really dont hold that job at the moment.
Should’nt they just be called unemployed?
I’m an engineer. I’m currently unemployed, but I’m still an engineer.
The translation I had to do yesterday for an exam was a review of government reports on country-level farming information. One of the hardest lines to translate was the one about the farming sector employing XYZ people, of which ABC had jobs and DEF were unemployed. It may sound strange (perhaps more when talking about no-degre-required jobs), but it’s used by The Higher Ups.
Our town paper says, “Multiple arrests and homeless”. They are trying to be kind.
One ex-con who was actually running for city council got "It is unclear what Williams does for a living. He characterized himself as a “construction entrepreneur” but would provide no details. "
And when asked about his lengthy rap sheet:
"Williams said Wednesday he had no comment on his criminal record.
“If you really want to report that, that’s on y’all,” he said. “But I’d make a statement on that some other time.” "
Well, that’s a novel approach. Criminal conviction prior to election.
Some people just have jobs. When they’re unemployed, they don’t have jobs. Then the next job they find might be something completely different.
Others, like Telemark and I, have careers or trades, which persist through multiple jobs, possibly for our whole life. This is typically considered better than working at whatever random job one happens to find next, so the writers are giving the people the benefit of the doubt.
We speculated that “construction entrepreneur” means “steals copper wiring from unfinished buildings”.