blue collar Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Lets be real, no one likes to work, but I know quite a few people that just don't work. They either live with a girlfriend, or at home or with another family member. I see a lot of them just walking the streets looking for someone to chill with or sitting on a porch, on my way to work. Does anybody else know people like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I know a guy like that. His name is Albert Haynesworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 I know a guy like that. His name is Albert Haynesworth. Not really. He might be a pain, but he has a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Not really. He has a job. Yeah but he doesn't show up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Yeah but he doesn't show up for it. Until today, he hasn't missed anything that he was required to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da'uud Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I know a few, and it's not really right or wrong, just the person choosing to not be successful. What bothers me is when this mode of thinking affects other people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Until today, he hasn't missed anything that he was required to attend. Really it was a joke given the news of the day. I'm sorry you're taking it so seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 What about people who just show up? Do the minimum, collect their check and then go home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I know a guy like that. How do you know Albert? In the biblical sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 What about people who just show up? Do the minimum, collect their check and then go home? As long as you do what they ask, I have no problem with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedr01 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I know a couple, they somehow make rent and all bills on time, just got married and are about to conceive a child. This despite the guy does not work, or if he ever does its "Well I worked here for a week, didn't like the boss, left", and the girl had a great job working for the gov't, but left, and doesn't want to go back....I have no idea if she even has a job. Somehow they manage to get money together, it baffles me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 As long as you do what they ask, I have no problem with that. Chronic underachievers are little better than people who do nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well, I myself have been unemployed for a year, and have had similar droughts. Sometimes I question my ambition. I know I can try harder and am lazy. Don't get me wrong, I apply to jobs, but the constant lack of success discourages me. Fortunately my financial situation is okay enough where I am not starving or living out of my car. There is not a day that goes by where I am not anxious or unhappy about my situation. I graduated college in 2004, and would've hoped my career had progressed more than it has. I am bored lifeless. Like today for instance....I have nothing to do. Watching South Africa vs. Uruguay(nice goal). Thankfully I have stopped going to the casinos. There is no way I could go on forever without working, even if I had $37 million dollars. I'd have to do at least something, volunteer work, etc. Sloth is a sin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Having to give up my career and face the prospect of doing nothing every day (which the docs would like) I have no respect for someone who could skate through doing the minimum or nothing. I can only imagine that they have no self worth and perpetuate that by their action (or lack thereof). I won't be making the doctors happy already after three days I know I couldn't just sit here. I love work, I love getting paid for something you can be proud of and I love being recognized for going above and beyond. WE call 'em losers for a reason. The only sad thing is their kids pick up on it and it becomes generational. Maybe they're kids of someone who was like that and that's partly to blame. A little rambly but that's what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well, I myself have been unemployed for a year, and have had similar droughts.Sometimes I question my ambition. I know I can try harder and am lazy. Don't get me wrong, I apply to jobs, but the constant lack of success discourages me. Fortunately my financial situation is okay enough where I am not starving or living out of my car. There is not a day that goes by where I am not anxious or unhappy about my situation. I graduated college in 2004, and would've hoped my career had progressed more than it has. I am bored lifeless. Like today for instance....I have nothing to do. Watching South Africa vs. Uruguay(nice goal). Thankfully I have stopped going to the casinos. There is no way I could go on forever without working, even if I had $37 million dollars. I'd have to do at least something, volunteer work, etc. Sloth is a sin. Considering that your previous job cannot have paid that much I have no idea how you've made it a year without working unless you have some other source of income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well, I myself have been unemployed for a year, and have had similar droughts.Sometimes I question my ambition. I know I can try harder and am lazy. Don't get me wrong, I apply to jobs, but the constant lack of success discourages me. Fortunately my financial situation is okay enough where I am not starving or living out of my car. There is not a day that goes by where I am not anxious or unhappy about my situation. I graduated college in 2004, and would've hoped my career had progressed more than it has. I am bored lifeless. Like today for instance....I have nothing to do. Watching South Africa vs. Uruguay(nice goal). Thankfully I have stopped going to the casinos. There is no way I could go on forever without working, even if I had $37 million dollars. I'd have to do at least something, volunteer work, etc. Sloth is a sin. If you don't mind me asking, why don't you volunteer now if you're miserable doing nothing? It seems that, if you've been unemployed for a year and wouldn't even "do nothing" with millions in the bank, you should want to do something without that money, right? However, you say that you're spending today watching soccer and are bored lifeless. Hell, you could work waiting tables or in retail while you wait for a more permanent job to come in. What did you major in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 If you don't mind me asking, why don't you volunteer now if you're miserable doing nothing? It seems that, if you've been unemployed for a year and wouldn't even "do nothing" with millions in the bank, you should want to do something without that money, right? However, you say that you're spending today watching soccer and are bored lifeless. Hell, you could work waiting tables or in retail while you wait for a more permanent job to come in. What did you major in? You are a good fellow TD. I do volunteer. In January and February I did volunteer tutoring at the Boys and Girls Club of Venice. I have also used my free time to exercise more and meet new people. I've been depressed previously at my lack of friends, I think I may have even told the board about this. Plentyoffish.com is awesome! I now can actually go out and do stuff, and have two new female friends. I have tried to learn how to cook. Little things to better myself. I have also been taking GMAT classes with Kaplan and plan on taking it in late July. I suck at math so hard You are completely correct about finding a temporary job. I don't really have any answer for that. I graduated from Occidental College in 2004 with a BA in Sociology. Previously have worked as a counselor at group homes and rehab centers for adolescents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 You are a good fellow TD. I do volunteer. In January and February I did volunteer tutoring at the Boys and Girls Club of Venice. I have also used my free time to exercise more and meet new people. I've been depressed previously at my lack of friends, I think I may have even told the board about this. Plentyoffish.com is awesome! I now can actually go out and do stuff, and have two new female friends. I have tried to learn how to cook. Little things to better myself. I have also been taking GMAT classes with Kaplan and plan on taking it in late July. I suck at math so hard You are completely correct about finding a temporary job. I don't really have any answer for that.I graduated from Occidental College in 2004 with a BA in Sociology. Previously have worked as a counselor at group homes and rehab centers for adolescents. So... let me get this straight...you worked for a few years at a group home...in the metro DC area....and have been unemployed for a year...let somehow have enough money to pay rent and take classes and have hobbies. I know I should have just sold weed for a living..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'm a firm believer in minimizing work as much as possible and enjoying life. This philosophy however is based on business models that generate revenue with as few hours per week as possible. Simply being a broke ass and not working is absurd. If you can't pay your own way you need to focus entirely on that unless there is a health issue preventing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Lets be real, no one likes to work, but I know quite a few people that just don't work. They either live with a girlfriend, or at home or with another family member. I see a lot of them just walking the streets looking for someone to chill with or sitting on a porch, on my way to work. Does anybody else know people like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Simply being a broke ass and not working is absurd. Them the kind of people I'm refering to. I don't like working either, but I still go everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortiz Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 this is a little off topic,but i have always wondered this about some of my guy friends who wives who haven't worked in years. i know for awhile these girls were stay at home moms but now their kids are in elementary school and they flat out just stay home and chill. the thing is ... they no nothing but their kids. that is all they talk about it and its a drag. it seems their brains went to mush. i'm a lazy SOB, but I have to work ... I mean, it would drive me nuts to stay home ALL day for years on top of years, weird to me man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 So... let me get this straight...you worked for a few years at a group home...in the metro DC area....and have been unemployed for a year...let somehow have enough money to pay rent and take classes and have hobbies.I know I should have just sold weed for a living..... Well, I live in Los Angeles. But yes...that's what I did. When I was younger I did some good things and have been able to save a lot of money. You guys ever heard of hiphopsite.com? I helped create that site, and made some good loot from it. Early on in my career I got some financial help from my father, so I was able to deposit my checks straight into my savings account. Believe me, I am far from a baller. I am going to need to get a job eventually or I will be living out of my car. Or sell weed Which is difficult to do in California with marijuana basically being legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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No Excuses Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I have a friend who graduated from high school in 2006 and all he has done since then is take 25 credits at a community college. He doesn't work, doesn't go to school, doesn't go after women... and it's not like he has anything holding him back. He's not fat, he's not ugly, comes from a good family and he's not a druggie or an alcoholic. He simply wakes up every morning, does absolutely nothing and goes right back to sleep. My other friends and I try so hard to get him out of his house but it simply doesn't work. The scary thing is that he's totally content with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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