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"hang in there, you'll find a job"....
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| Jake Benson |
This has single most handedly become the most insincere sentence in my life. It's the epiphany of perfunctory conversation, which (probably unintentionally) avoids helping me find a job when I talk to someone about it. It goes like this:
"What do you do for work?"
Me: "Oh I'm unemployed, still looking"
"What do you want to do?"
Me: "video production, music editing, or neuroscience, or other research or related fields"
"Hang in there you'll find something"
How is "hang in there you'll find something," helping me find a job? No if I hang in there I'll find something. That's like saying, "hang in there you'll get hungry." No wait, it's more like running from store to store during a rain shower and every employee says to me, "hang in there you'll find an umbrella," and no one has an umbrella. This sentence makes no attempt to actually resolve the situation, but it's a thoughtless way to ameliorate my stress over looking for a job. What most people don't realize is that since nearly everyone else says this it has no effect. Similarly the sentence, "hi how are you," doesn't mean, "Hello, I want to know how you are doing." It's just a polite way to say, "I vaguely acknowledge your existence. Now reply back to me right now with, 'fine thanks,' or else I'll think you're strange for deviating from this propriety."
Sorry just had to vent. I know I'll get flamed for this, but at least it'll put me in a better mood |
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| Marcus Summers |
| hang in there dude |
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| Jake Benson |
| NOOOOOOOO I stopped hanging. Now what do I do? And why are you in North Carolina? |
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| Marcus Summers |
| Because I like the scenery and retarded hicks. :p |
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| Jake Benson |
| It's probably better than Los Angeles that's for damn troof. |
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| Meat187 |
| Hang yourself, you'll never find a job. |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Hang yourself, you'll never find a job. |
+10
That's exactly what people SHOULD be saying instead! I love you for keeping it real. |
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| EddieZilker |
| I'm in the same boat. My only advice is to keep doing stuff. I'm not going to be someone who has nothing to show for my time off apart from the dime-store psychology tips and lethargy induced weight gain obtained from the brutal constancy of mediocre daytime television. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I got a job for ya. *points at crotch* |
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| Marcus Summers |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
I got a job for ya. *points at crotch* |
*faints* |
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| DigitalPhoenix |
I hate that ...mindless talk.
STFU and look the other away if you aint got something constructive/ entertaining to say to me
/postal rage :gsmile: |
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| KilldaDJ |
| When it rains...it pours. |
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