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December 11, 2017 at 2:59 pm
(December 11, 2017 at 2:47 pm)SaStrike Wrote: Lol wait. I can decide work isnt right for me? I've been doing this millennial thing wrong. Getting a college education and job and stuff. But then again there's the whole gender issue. Gotta love 2017.
It's much less a gender thing than you might think. I know roughly the same amount of men who don't work and are my age as women. I understand that's just my experience, but I'm a woman, and I can't decide not to work. It's really a lifestyle/relationship thing. If your time is better spent at home than in the workplace and your partner is amenable to the idea, go for it.
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December 11, 2017 at 3:02 pm
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(December 11, 2017 at 1:07 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Okay, so. . .
I have about 20 employees, and this shit is not even an exaggeration. Not a little bit. Not satire.
Me to new teacher: I haven't scheduled classes for you yet, so you can observe the other teachers today. You start with David.
New teacher: So. . . I don't have my own classes?
Me: That's right. For now, you will observe and learn.
NT: The contract says I have to teach up to 6 hours, but it doesn't say anything about having to observe anyone.
Me: Ummmm. . . Okay, so do you just want to go ahead and start teaching?
NT: weelllll. . . since I don't have any classes anyway, can I take a break? I haven't had lunch yet. (It's now 2:25 pm, 5 minutes before the first class of the day starts)
Me: You haven't done anything yet, so you don't really need a break. Please go observe the class, and we can talk about the classes after I'm done with my own.
NT: I feel like you aren't hearing me. Are you always so hostile? I thought you were going to be a nice boss.
Me: I've instructed you to observe a class. Are you going to do it, or not?
NT: Listen to meeeee. You're getting mad, you're not listening to meeee.
Me: Classes are starting right now. I literally have to run to start my class. Go observe, and we'll talk about this later.
NT: But. . . my breeeaaaak. You aren't LISTENING! I want you to listen to why I shouldn't have to work right now.
Me: Go to class, or you're done.
NT: Listeennnnnnnn.
Me: So. . . are you giving notice?
NT: Okay. . . I'll give you 2 days' notice. If you're going to be like this, I'm going to take another job. I'll be out of the apartment you provided in a couple weeks, ok?
Me: You are required by the contract and your visa stipulations to give a months' notice.
NT: Well. . . I think let's just finish today then. And don't forget to pay me for the full day, since this is all your fault. I'll let you know when I'm done with the apartment so you can bring in a new teacher.
Me: If you're not going to do your job, then get your shit out of the fucking apartment by midnight, or I'll have the cops do it for you.
NT: OMG I can't believe what a monster you are. I just wanted you to LISTEN!!! *shrieks* . . . well. . . at least I think you better give me a letter of reference so I can get another job. You owe me at least that much, right?
NOT. . . FUCKING. . . EXAGGERATING. This happened.
Stop hiring trust fund babies then.
(December 11, 2017 at 1:52 pm)Aegon Wrote: (December 11, 2017 at 1:39 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm a millennial but I'm not offended by this. I think it's funny, and unfortunately, there is truth to it.
Sure, there is truth to it. But like I said, it seems people of our generation are being dismissed politically and socially while being wrongfully attributed the stereotypes in the video as justification. So I feel like I have to say something, regardless of whether some people are like that or not.
"How Millenials Are Killing the Stock Market," "How Millennials are killing the Housing Market," "How Millennials Are Killing Golf Clubs," I'm just sick of it all. I'm desperately waiting for the headline "How Millennials Are Killing the Wall Street Journal," those divisive fucks.
By the way, the answer to those headlines: we have no money because we had to go deep into debt for our college degrees to be competitive in today's economy and we need to spend our little money on silly things like food, rent, gas and electric.
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December 11, 2017 at 3:16 pm
Of course the other thing to criticize about the video is the idea that if any of those stereotypes were true it would be because of the millennial themselves and not the generation that raised them to be that way. Children rarely spoil themselves.
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December 11, 2017 at 3:17 pm
This one is pretty funny, too.
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December 11, 2017 at 3:29 pm
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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December 11, 2017 at 3:34 pm
(December 11, 2017 at 3:29 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:
And when I say dinner it was more like half a leaf of broccoli with a cup of boiling dish water to wash it down. But you didn't hear me complaining. Wasn't right to.
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December 11, 2017 at 3:45 pm
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December 11, 2017 at 3:47 pm
I stand officially corrected on this.
Apparently I didn't have the correct definition of "millennial", and I AM a millennial!
Dunn, dunn, dunn!!
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December 11, 2017 at 3:55 pm
(December 11, 2017 at 3:45 pm)Shell B Wrote:
Apology accepted! In fact, I think you deserve an award for your participation in this thread. You may be the worst generation but, dammit, at least you try your little hearts out.
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December 11, 2017 at 4:05 pm
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(December 11, 2017 at 3:47 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I stand officially corrected on this.
Apparently I didn't have the correct definition of "millennial", and I AM a millennial!
Dunn, dunn, dunn!!
I have to correct my stupid ass friends on this all the time. They're always retweeting stupid memes.
(December 11, 2017 at 3:55 pm)Whateverist Wrote: (December 11, 2017 at 3:45 pm)Shell B Wrote:
Apology accepted! In fact, I think you deserve an award for your participation in this thread. You may be the worst generation but, dammit, at least you try your little hearts out.
As a reward, I would like my money back from Social Security or the ability to use it in my retirement years.
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