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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Oct 12, 2011 18:33:05 GMT -5
So this guy I used to work with QUIT, and just got approved for unemployment. "How?" you ask? Well, one of my genius managers mistakenly placed the means of departure as "termination" instead of "voluntary". Now he's literally posting and boasting on facebook about going to the mall and buying new snap backs with his government checks. Nevermind the fact that his room mates are about to kick him out because he's behind on his rent. Nevermind the fact that he shuts the lights out and pretends no one's home when Rent A Center comes by looking for their stuff back. Nevermind the fact that he's driving a relative's car because his got repo'ed.
It just....ugh. THIS is why the general public views black people the way that they do. Pisses me right off.
But what kills me is that he know's he quit. He'll admit it. But he'll also freely accept government checks when he know he's it's all on a technicality. What's sad is that he's was literally one phone call away from going to Job Corps and and making something of himself.
If you're wondering why I'm so bothered by it, it's because 1. He and are did happen to be cool outside of work, and I generally don't associate/respect the behavior he's displaying right now. 2. It re-enforces that stereotype I was talking about.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2011 18:55:05 GMT -5
I agree about the stereotype thing haha.
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Post by Happy Pizza on Oct 12, 2011 20:10:59 GMT -5
I actually have a similar story. One of my friends from work decided that he hated his job and wanted to stop doing it, but rather than just quit, he came up with a scheme to collect unemployment. He would come in every day, openly text during work, take hour-long bathroom breaks and some days just never come back from lunch (halfway through our shift). He wanted to force our employer (a major corporate retailer) to fire him through their "point system" which isn't recognized by the state, so he would collect if they fired him. They didn't want him to screw them over, and he didn't want to work. So for a month I had to pick up his slack and bust my ass because he figured out a way to get back at our bosses. Honestly, if I didn't have a conscience I might have done something similar. It was genius in a way, but a real dick move to the rest of our crew.
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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Oct 12, 2011 20:27:05 GMT -5
I wouldn't put it past the guy I'm talking about to do the same type of thing. He actually had a warrant out for his arrest for stealing from his previous job, which he also quit.
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Post by KeBen Owens on Oct 12, 2011 20:33:16 GMT -5
The sheer ironicalness of your name and this topic are quite humorous.
But, I still understand where your coming from. I live in Louisiana, and people like that live up their stereotypes like none other. Yet they piss and moan they get no respect.
-BEN
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Post by Brad on Oct 12, 2011 22:26:46 GMT -5
I can see why it would bother you. There are way too many able bodied people out there collecting checks. It drives me nuts, people will try and collect a check for anything. I could be collecting SSI right now and I did when I was younger but at 17 I decided I didn't want to rely on someone sending me a check in the mail for nothing so i got a job. I've been working full time for almost 10 years now and I wouldn't trade it for the world, even though all I'd have to do is quit and I would start getting the checks from SSI again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2011 22:31:15 GMT -5
My EX GF is going out with a guy living off my taxes as well Only hes been cashing in on welfare since he was 16 dick head has never had a job in his life
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Post by KeBen Owens on Oct 12, 2011 22:41:37 GMT -5
just watch and let him keep spending then in a little while he wont have his stuff. his room mates will throw him out. then youll feel better -ashley
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