This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

She sounds like an opportunist though.

Thank you for pushing back against some of the judgement in this thread. The sentiment that any worker and every worker can ‘bootstraps’ themselves to a good job (if only they have the drive, humbleness, and tenacity these successful posters did) is not one I expected to see put forth so strongly in the comments…

“Unpaid or minimum wage legal internships/clerkships for new grads were still widely available.”

I see what you mean, but I think there’s middle ground between “any job” and “the perfect job” - sometimes people are treated like they’re being snobbish or lazy for holding out for a good job, but the reality is that when you’re starting out a career the job you take can make a difference. That’s your base salary,…

I think I am, and they rest on the idea that people in predicaments like LW2's are simply refusing work. Even if she were working, half her paycheck would be going into paying back loans so she’ll still be living with her shitty family.

Thank you for saying this. At my first job out of college, I was making under 30K and even after being promoted twice, only ever saw a top salary of 32K. I got totally and completed screwed, and it’s tiresome seeing people acting like just they did x, you can too. I was privileged enough to have parents who didn’t…

I know what you’re saying, but it’s better to have a country where corporations aren’t allowed to exploit workers. Sure, working your way up is totally fine and legit, but being taken advantage of and underpaid is not. And even though you made it, doesn’t mean everyone’s story is the same. I’ve always respected your…

Thank you! I think I am the same age as the poster above (graduated undergrad in 2008) and I feel like we of all people should remember just how hard it can be to get any job, since we came out right as the recession hit. I did so many temp jobs (for over a year), because I could not find even a full-time…

Yes. There seems to be real confusion here between getting a job to get a little independence, and working at toilet polisher to somehow work your way up to CEO via the hustle.

“Its crazy kids today think they need to sit around waiting for the perfect job to come around.”

Have you ever heard of the “crab bucket” analogy? Basically, if you put a bunch of crabs in a bucket, they’ll literally crawl all over each other trying to get out. And while it’s true that the crab at the top made it out because they worked harder than all the other crabs, the real problem is that someone put all the…

I’m amazed reading your reading comments.

Have you browsed for an internship recently?

“Its crazy kids today think they need to sit around waiting for the perfect job to come around.” Are you for real?

You graduated 10 years ago. Things. Are. Not. The. Same. Furthermore I’m tired of people acting like companies should get away with not paying people (esp entry level) a living wage. I have come across so many jobs it would actually cost more in transportation to get to, than the job actually pays. No one expects a…

The job market is very difficult for youngins right now, and it’s usually not just that they all want a big fancy job right out the gate. A person with that much debt can’t afford to pay it and rent every month on the salaries that are being offered for many of the entry-level jobs being offered. So sure, she could…

Actually, she’s show quality, that is, like a pedigreed dog - completely and utterly useless for the purpose for which she was allegedly bred, but ticks all the AKC boxes.

Ever see a German Shepherd at the National Dog Show? A truly tragic looking beast, to say the least. Poor thing can barely walk normally, but…

I’m so sick of hearing about the police murdering compliant people in total absence of wrongdoing. I’m even sicker of the fact that they get away with it.