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Came to a realization.

posted by Adhdferret on Whatever

So just had a close friend with me out here, I realized that for some reason the people I have associated with don't care about anything, but how they can suck resources off those around them.

This guy....so deal was that I pay for hotels, food, and 500 a wk to him....he would in turn fill out DoT forms, and basic checks like lights, and tires. Plus he was to prep the next truck like pull out the liner in the bucket, or apply needed decals.

Immediately he was falling asleep, playing games on his phone, finding every single way to annoy me...always demanding I get the jab, that I stop smoking...this or that.

Then breaking or losing equipment. "Forgetting" aspects that he agreed to, or giving excuses as to why he wasn't able to perform those tasks.

I confronted him and he just had this blank stare....then said....you are boring and this is boring...I said then leave!

Suddenly he wasn't bored....I said no you made you intent as well as desire towards this very clear...1024 a wk in expenses just for fuel and hotel....not including the food.

Plus 500 a week?

Minimum effort guarantees minimum wage....this to you doesn't matter as none of this shit is yours....nor is it your career.

In the past 6m and all the people I have tried to give a job, it is the same with them....no one wants to expend the effort to make themselves better.

I get that my ethic can't be theirs, and I accept that, but just leach to get a check? Bitch about how 8hrs is such a chore?

How do you think I can afford to keep you here and me make a profit?

I am just about to give up....seriously I want to help someone....I do, but I am realizing that no one wants help...they just want someone else to take care of them.

So just had a close friend with me out here, I realized that for some reason the people I have associated with don't care about anything, but how they can suck resources off those around them. This guy....so deal was that I pay for hotels, food, and 500 a wk to him....he would in turn fill out DoT forms, and basic checks like lights, and tires. Plus he was to prep the next truck like pull out the liner in the bucket, or apply needed decals. Immediately he was falling asleep, playing games on his phone, finding every single way to annoy me...always demanding I get the jab, that I stop smoking...this or that. Then breaking or losing equipment. "Forgetting" aspects that he agreed to, or giving excuses as to why he wasn't able to perform those tasks. I confronted him and he just had this blank stare....then said....you are boring and this is boring...I said then leave! Suddenly he wasn't bored....I said no you made you intent as well as desire towards this very clear...1024 a wk in expenses just for fuel and hotel....not including the food. Plus 500 a week? Minimum effort guarantees minimum wage....this to you doesn't matter as none of this shit is yours....nor is it your career. In the past 6m and all the people I have tried to give a job, it is the same with them....no one wants to expend the effort to make themselves better. I get that my ethic can't be theirs, and I accept that, but just leach to get a check? Bitch about how 8hrs is such a chore? How do you think I can afford to keep you here and me make a profit? I am just about to give up....seriously I want to help someone....I do, but I am realizing that no one wants help...they just want someone else to take care of them.

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[–] Adhdferret [OP] 3 points (+3|-0)

This whole anti work movement will do nothing but consolidate the job markets to the major players....

I am only 42 years old, but I remember mom and pop restaurants, appliance stores, and just everything else. Now it isnt anything but corporate America or Amazon.

It will end up biting these people who support this movement in the ass. Well not them, but certainly their kids.

Amazon is making their own towns around locations in remote areas.....to lure workers, it is only a fucking matter of time before these people work to live.

This guy I spoke of in the post....he said that he should get half of what I do.....for fucking what exactly?

Being present in physical form?

Right now I am in centraila Illinois and you know what is here on the main strip? 17 bars...9 slot machine places, and 4 privately owned restaurants that are probably in debt to their eye balls.

That is within a 1/2 mile from me right now!

It gets worse closer you get to Chicago and these fucking people don't care....I hope you can weather this......

[–] OeeThaGreat 4 points (+4|-0)

I'm 35 and I have seen my small town grow into a small city invaded by corporations and tourism. The majority of the factories and independent business have closed down and as a replacement we have resorts and corporate restaurants.

When you bring up the tourism destroying the town, the locals say "but that's the driving force in our local economy!" So we exchanged manufacturing and small businesses for corporate fast food and seasonal work?

As all the corps move in and drive away what made this town special, the tourists are eventually going to leave because this place no longer stands out as something different from the big cities. And with manufacturing gone, the locals have no real way to make a livable wage and will eventually leave.

Even small town America is falling for this corporatism and I fear the future isn't all that bright for us.