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TTC guy is my idol!

When I'm not slacking, Rah, I'm pretty flexible. I worked for a stone and tile subcontractor, and I'd do all the ***** work nobody else wanted. Answer phones, fix computer problems, organize and staples sets of drawings. Office crap work.

It was time for me to move on, and now that I've seen what awaits me in the public sector, I can't wait.

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New York Prison Guard falls asleep on the job. Another Corrections Officer takes a picture while an inmate poses with the “peace sign”.

Cool until you realize that anything that's remotely interesting is ununionized.

Try the census, it's what I'm doing. We're currently looking for enumerators to pester the idjits who don't send back the forms we send them. I'm pretty sure you're smarter than 90% of our applicants; for example, you will not put "walking" as a form of transportation available to you on the application, nor "English" as a language you are proficient in.

The panicked Democrats have sided with the Republicans and have decided to not extend unemployment benefits. Yes, that is right. As we face the highest unemployment figures in 80 years the politicians are telling the unemployed that they will give trillions to banks but not a penny for the unemployed. I've actually heard, on several forums, Republican posters say the unemployed simply don't want to get jobs and its not like they can't find jobs or anything. Nope, that 12% unemployment rate is because the lazy bastards won't accept work instead of that they can't find work. I predict this will go over just peachy and that this latest Democratic surrender of their principles will not effect them at all in November. Nope, I can't see why Democratic voters would be angry with Democratic politicians selling out their principles.

Senate Jobs Bill Skips Unemployment Benefits Extension
January 26, 2010 - by Donny Shaw

Unemployment insurance benefits, which have been a perennial hot issue with OpenCongress users, will not be extended under the jobs bill that Senate Democrats are writing.

The House passed a jobs bill in December (H.R. 2847) that included a six-month UI benefit and COBRA health care subsidy extension among other things.

The companion bill that the Senate is working will be significantly pared down, according to a report from the Washington Post on a draft version that is being circulated on the Hill today. While the House bill would cost $155 billion, the Senate bill is expected to cost about $80 billion and be entirely funded by unused financial bailout money. According to the reports, two will be heavy on tax incentives for small businesses that hire new employees, money for infrastructure and energy efficiency projects, and funds to help state governments keep public employees like police and firefighters on the payroll.

The Post reports that am unemployment benefits extension like the one the House included in their jobs bill “may move in the chamber separately.”

For more information on unemployment benefits extension, see our WIki article, Emergency Unemployment Compensation, and the Benefit Wiki Project, which lists detailed UI information state-by-state. Also see the active community at the 2009 unemployment extension bill page.

(via Washington Independent) http://www.opencongress.org/articles...fits-Extension

Interested in an unpaid internship?

About a year ago mine went with no over time without a managers approval which I though weird since supposedly I am a project manager.

So funny. He's been in for one year. He gave out trillions to bail out big business (something that liberals have always accused Republicans of doing) and now it dawns on him that maybe the well has an end. Gee, do ya think? Do you think maybe money was pissed down a dry well? I'm not Republican, I'm Independent, and I knew for ****ing sure he was a real bad idea.

I don't want to hear a word now about it. Reap what you sowed. His grandchildren will be paying it off too, just a lot easier than yours.

Oh yeah. Sorry.

Yeah, union is great, when you've been there 20 years.

It's standard practice due to a government regulation for defense contractors. Even professional workers who have a minimum salary must get paid over time. Sure, it is an unnecessary regulation but one which works in my favor so I don't question the gift horse. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

It's one of the reasons I prefer doing environmental work on government contracts instead of, say, working in the oil business.

Blaming the applicants for valid responses to a badly worded survey. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif

(I'll give you that walking isn't a form of transportation, but being proficient in English isn't a given!)

But how will I buy a child bride on only a dollar a day? We already know that the pretty ones don't get sold to the poor boys. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif

I might actually go that route. Keeping busy looks better than not doing ****.

I'm in no rush. I got to sleep in this morning. I'm treating this first week as a five day weekend. Besides, I get paid for all my remaining sick and vacation time, so it's not a catastrophe.

I actually don't have a college degree. According to the school records, there's no evidence that I attended class after Nov. 7, 2004. In other words, Halo 2 is the reason I dropped out of college. Otherwise, I am the sort of deviant scumbag who would want to go bang Korean high school kids. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

I've done some programming, but nothing since high school. I don't think I'd be qualified even for an entry level position.

In any event, I'm not really stressing out too much. The company has been going through tough times, so I already was mentally prepared for this to happen. We'd lost out on a big contract around the end of last year, and have been limping along since.

Not for the first couple weeks I suppose. After my leave runs out I'm pretty sure I qualify. My boss wasn't terminating me for cause, and I'd been working there for over three years.

There you go. Use your time on unemployment to go back to school and finish your degree. By the time you graduate the economy will be better and you'll have upgraded your skill set so that you can get an even better job. It's win-win. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

People with skills still don't find jobs.

Be good at something that no one else is. Like murdering widows for their money.

I'm looking for an assistant, Felch. What cup size are you?

Well, you've got the right attitude at least.

Stop it.