Antiwork

“Only apply if you're interest in ACTUALLY WORKING and are GRATEFUL TO HAVE A JOB” i feel irritated by people who write things like this. i wonder how they'd feel if some employable-looking people came into their business, asked if they were the ones struggling to find a person for the position from the listing, then thanked them for participating in the job market and handed them a ribbon. then, do like they always do and feign like you're genuinely trying to give them a gift or cheer them up or something

Like, you ever think of yourself as a jaded cynical person who just doesn't like people and has a hard time relating or connecting to people… only to reflect on it and think maybe it has something to do with your daily work environment in which you have to politely accept disrespect and degradation? In which setting boundaries for yourself and telling people when they've gone too far is explicitly not allowed? Alternatively, are you a “people person” who has no problem getting along in these situations? In which case, how the hell do you do it?

I just went to an interview on the far side of town. When I got there they were unprepared, but whatever. For the “interview” they tell me about the company and position (which was all on the job ad), asked a few questions (the answers to which were on the resume IN HIS HAND), whined about how “everyone wants to gets paid for just sitting at home now”, then thanked me for coming out and said they'd call me. Am I being Punk'd?? That could have been a phone call or email. Unless they wanted to make sure my skin was white enough or something. What a waste of time and gas. I WANT to work, but I'm not the one who needs to try harder. I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, this idiocracy can't be real.