Even though certified and with experience, you will be tested before actually applying to a job, even in a temp place.
You learn to ignore that new pain now that you do not have health insurance.
You read that a company’s stock still goes up if they fire 10.000 workers
You notice that Gb’s law of recessions is true: The more balloons you see in a car dealership, the deeper the recession is.
You now even apply for jobs that require drug testing. (No problem here: clean in that regard, but you have to start a job in an environment were they treat you like a criminal even before getting in. (how about if in exchange they submit to surprise audits? Hey, I want to know if my new paranoid job will be there a year or two from now!)
There are job openings for your skills but 200 people apply always before you do!
You encounter more companies that demand a faith statement even for tech positions! (Sure, when the computers fail it is the devil’s fault!)
Half of your coworkers in a print shop were making loads of money before working there. Now you hear those cliché “in my day” nostalgic tales coming from guys who are not older than thirty!!!
You begin to love the 99 cent stores. (loved a recent display of colorful piggy banks! )
And coming at number one:
The help at Fry’s electronics * suddenly is knowledgeable!..…
……… Sometimes, Some A-hole salesman told me last week a MOBO had no Ethernet and I bought an unnecessary network card. :rolleyes:
[sub]*(Put your local big computer store here instead of Fry’s)[/sub]
You know you’re in bad economic times when the panhandlers on the street corners all have pinstripe suits and briefcases.
You know you’re in bad economic times when an airline captain mentions he needs a second job to make ends meet – and he’s applying at McDonald’s
You know you’re in bad economic times when walking through the financial district and you see a woman in a red “powersuit” and heels wearing a sandwhich board that says “Will Audit for Food”
You know you’re in bad economic times when a homeless woman walks into a brokerage office and claims she has money invested there–and they don’t throw her out.
Actually, if she’s the woman I’m thinking of, he didn’t throw her out because he knew she was most likely telling the truth! There’s a homeless woman who lives near Nashville, who actually comes from a family with money. According to a newspaper report that was published on her a few years ago, she went through a divorce and for whatever reason, chose to be homeless (she’s probably the only homeless person in America who’s doing that voluntarily), even though her family’s quite well off.
I worked at a plasma center in the '80s. I thought they stopped doing this. For some reason, it seems unethical or something. Although, I know this stuff is needed and valuable. So, if you donate plasma at a plasma center, where would one go to donate this cervical mucous? They pay for it?
Hmm. Free Market.
No stigma with the coffee. I think the taste is better with fresh grounds. Maybe that is just in my head. Oh… Qadgop… I went to Rome to get my cheap noodles.
Right. But who knows, maybe you could get em at the WalMart in Rome.
Ha… I should own stock in the company. Hey, is there a cheaper meal to be had? Other than a soup kitchen?
He, Unlike Cartoonuniverse I expected a Great Debates II environment of cite collecting.
This not only happened to me, but to other dopers as well. It seems that religious institutions think people will not complain in this economy; sadly, I think they are right.
I began this list thinking on blasting all the current problems I have, but somehow it became funnier; gloomily, most list items are totally true.
When management says that they’re offering a 20% cut in pay & benefits for next year’s labor contract, and upon hearing this the workforce expresses their relief with a collective “whew”.
I applied at a moderately-sized university which will go unnamed a week ago. I popped into the HR office, glanced through the postings, ‘Must be a current member of local church omitted’.
I resisted the urge to do a Church Lady impression. “Does the church of… SATAN count?”
I should have expected it, really, but I’m new to Arkansas. Menial computer work must be approved by God.
Other top tens:
You cannot get a job at McDonald’s.
You run out of toilet paper and reach for your degree.
You’re now underqualified for your past jobs, despite the experience you gained during the intervening years.
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