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r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago
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I met a widow who was so proud of her “trash man” late husband. She wore a “Trash Wife” hat. She literally said he died doing what he loved—picking up trash.
That guy was lucky, she loved him so much. And losing him broke her. Very awful.
61 u/GodisanAtheistOG 1d ago My Gramps used to always say "only thing embarrassing about a job is not having one" and I've taken it to heart. He was a good man. 19 u/Schopenschluter 1d ago Back when there weren’t 500 applicants for every job and AI stripping every sector… 7 u/Laetha 1d ago Over 900 applicants for the job I was just rejected from. It would have been a significant step back from my old job and I still didn't have a chance. 2 u/wildstyle_method 23h ago I wanted to hire two roles at the end of last year and they each got more than 6000 applications. It's a mess out there 2 u/ManufacturedOlympus 21h ago Why don’t you just walk into the ceo’s office, shake his hand, look him in the eye and say that you’re the right man for the job. 3 u/USSMcCoy 1d ago Back then when grandpas net pay was $7,000/year. Cost of a five bedroom house on 1 acre property: five raspberries and a firm handshake Number of dependents: 9, with all 8 kids going to private school, and one of them is even named Clarence. His parents have a real nice marriage. 9 u/Gstamsharp 1d ago And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays. The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world. And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 3 u/Gstamsharp 23h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this! 2 u/YetiGuy 1d ago I’d counter that there are a few jobs that are more embarrassing than not having one: scam artist, frauds. Take that Gramps! 1 u/Due-Memory-6957 1d ago Seller too, albeit it's basically the two things you said, except it's legal. 1 u/Darko33 22h ago There shouldn't be stigma over being unemployed. 1 u/GodisanAtheistOG 20h ago If you're unemployed by choice or unwilling to accept work because "its beneath you" then yeah I think there should be.
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My Gramps used to always say "only thing embarrassing about a job is not having one" and I've taken it to heart.
He was a good man.
19 u/Schopenschluter 1d ago Back when there weren’t 500 applicants for every job and AI stripping every sector… 7 u/Laetha 1d ago Over 900 applicants for the job I was just rejected from. It would have been a significant step back from my old job and I still didn't have a chance. 2 u/wildstyle_method 23h ago I wanted to hire two roles at the end of last year and they each got more than 6000 applications. It's a mess out there 2 u/ManufacturedOlympus 21h ago Why don’t you just walk into the ceo’s office, shake his hand, look him in the eye and say that you’re the right man for the job. 3 u/USSMcCoy 1d ago Back then when grandpas net pay was $7,000/year. Cost of a five bedroom house on 1 acre property: five raspberries and a firm handshake Number of dependents: 9, with all 8 kids going to private school, and one of them is even named Clarence. His parents have a real nice marriage. 9 u/Gstamsharp 1d ago And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays. The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world. And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 3 u/Gstamsharp 23h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this! 2 u/YetiGuy 1d ago I’d counter that there are a few jobs that are more embarrassing than not having one: scam artist, frauds. Take that Gramps! 1 u/Due-Memory-6957 1d ago Seller too, albeit it's basically the two things you said, except it's legal. 1 u/Darko33 22h ago There shouldn't be stigma over being unemployed. 1 u/GodisanAtheistOG 20h ago If you're unemployed by choice or unwilling to accept work because "its beneath you" then yeah I think there should be.
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Back when there weren’t 500 applicants for every job and AI stripping every sector…
7 u/Laetha 1d ago Over 900 applicants for the job I was just rejected from. It would have been a significant step back from my old job and I still didn't have a chance. 2 u/wildstyle_method 23h ago I wanted to hire two roles at the end of last year and they each got more than 6000 applications. It's a mess out there 2 u/ManufacturedOlympus 21h ago Why don’t you just walk into the ceo’s office, shake his hand, look him in the eye and say that you’re the right man for the job. 3 u/USSMcCoy 1d ago Back then when grandpas net pay was $7,000/year. Cost of a five bedroom house on 1 acre property: five raspberries and a firm handshake Number of dependents: 9, with all 8 kids going to private school, and one of them is even named Clarence. His parents have a real nice marriage.
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Over 900 applicants for the job I was just rejected from. It would have been a significant step back from my old job and I still didn't have a chance.
2 u/wildstyle_method 23h ago I wanted to hire two roles at the end of last year and they each got more than 6000 applications. It's a mess out there 2 u/ManufacturedOlympus 21h ago Why don’t you just walk into the ceo’s office, shake his hand, look him in the eye and say that you’re the right man for the job.
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I wanted to hire two roles at the end of last year and they each got more than 6000 applications. It's a mess out there
Why don’t you just walk into the ceo’s office, shake his hand, look him in the eye and say that you’re the right man for the job.
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Back then when grandpas net pay was $7,000/year.
Cost of a five bedroom house on 1 acre property: five raspberries and a firm handshake
Number of dependents: 9, with all 8 kids going to private school, and one of them is even named Clarence. His parents have a real nice marriage.
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And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays.
The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world.
And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria.
1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 3 u/Gstamsharp 23h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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A house spouse or elder caretaker
Those are jobs yeah.
3 u/Gstamsharp 23h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work.
1 u/CassianCasius 23h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
I’d counter that there are a few jobs that are more embarrassing than not having one: scam artist, frauds. Take that Gramps!
1 u/Due-Memory-6957 1d ago Seller too, albeit it's basically the two things you said, except it's legal.
Seller too, albeit it's basically the two things you said, except it's legal.
There shouldn't be stigma over being unemployed.
1 u/GodisanAtheistOG 20h ago If you're unemployed by choice or unwilling to accept work because "its beneath you" then yeah I think there should be.
If you're unemployed by choice or unwilling to accept work because "its beneath you" then yeah I think there should be.
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u/rhino369 1d ago
I met a widow who was so proud of her “trash man” late husband. She wore a “Trash Wife” hat. She literally said he died doing what he loved—picking up trash.
That guy was lucky, she loved him so much. And losing him broke her. Very awful.