The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread...

[raj007]

So, I've been a stay at home dad for over 4 years ..but, it's time to get back to work (beyond this online teaching thing).

I've been on the job market here in Portland for 5 weeks and can't get anyone to give me the time of day.

I am college educated, have loads of various job experience, etc........

And I'm not even looking for precise shit....any full time gig that's weekdays will do just fine...don't even need a high paying position...

It's starting to piss me off.

[neonblack]

I've had the hiccups for what feels like 2 hours

[Bassist_Diver]

So, I've been a stay at home dad for over 4 years ..but, it's time to get back to work (beyond this online teaching thing).

I've been on the job market here in Portland for 5 weeks and can't get anyone to give me the time of day.

I am college educated, have loads of various job experience, etc........

And I'm not even looking for precise shit....any full time gig that's weekdays will do just fine...don't even need a high paying position...

It's starting to piss me off.

What kind of work are you looking for?

[TraceItalian]

My brother decided to finally take my complaint seriously about how aggravating it is for family to randomly show up. So he texted me he'd be here. An hour and a half ago. I had people over last night and I've got another hour to finish cleaning the house, otherwise, I risk a 45 minute call from my mom about how I live in filfth and bad security (read: Haven't mopped the place in 2 weeks, and waiting for a door repair for a frame break that happened yesterday [but the homeowner's association wouldn't let me do myself]). I'm so fucking stressed, I hate cleaning for other people's sake.

[raj007]

So, I've been a stay at home dad for over 4 years ..but, it's time to get back to work (beyond this online teaching thing).

I've been on the job market here in Portland for 5 weeks and can't get anyone to give me the time of day.

I am college educated, have loads of various job experience, etc........

And I'm not even looking for precise shit....any full time gig that's weekdays will do just fine...don't even need a high paying position...

It's starting to piss me off.

What kind of work are you looking for?

Pretty open-minded. I have Administrative experience so I've been looking at Admin jobs at the colleges here...Banks...County jobs...

I've even applied to some music shops and even driving type jobs...

Two friends out here had "sure thing" opportunities , but both fell through (one as a log scaler at a mill, other at Nike) ...not because of bad interviews, but I can't even get people to have the courtesy to call me back.

I don't want to work weekends so that kinda rules out a handful of stuff. Weekends are family time and I'm not willing to sacrifice that yet.

I have a Masters in English but the last thing I want to do is teach...

I have a feeling I may need to remove my Masters degree from my Resume...some jobs may tag that as overqualified. Who knows...

[BetterOffShred]

Yeah you're probably right. A lot of jobs probably don't even consider you because of a master's degree.

[Achtane]

My brother decided to finally take my complaint seriously about how aggravating it is for family to randomly show up. So he texted me he'd be here. An hour and a half ago. I had people over last night and I've got another hour to finish cleaning the house, otherwise, I risk a 45 minute call from my mom about how I live in filfth and bad security (read: Haven't mopped the place in 2 weeks, and waiting for a door repair for a frame break that happened yesterday [but the homeowner's association wouldn't let me do myself]). I'm so fucking stressed, I hate cleaning for other people's sake.

I feel you, my dude. I have to withhold so much stupid little stuff from my mom because it immediately becomes a huge deal and a game of 20 questions. So like anything I'd mention otherwise in casual conversation becomes material that i have to filter and censor. It's hard to maintain and definitely not relaxing.

[comesect2.0]

I havent had some one come to visit me for ..no joke..its was 3 yrs until a few weeks ago...cuz they always come to town when theres something else like someone died.. and I just get 20 min with an old friend, like the other day that happend, ...no family or friends that live near, so I feel Ive obtained a freakishness about me self from being alone so much. ..idk know how to talk to the guy making my nachos or the girl checking me out at the restaurant me: "hey, new around here?" girl: "ya its my first day" me: " oh really...thats cool" END CONVO.

[cherler]

So, I've been a stay at home dad for over 4 years ..but, it's time to get back to work (beyond this online teaching thing).

I've been on the job market here in Portland for 5 weeks and can't get anyone to give me the time of day.

I am college educated, have loads of various job experience, etc........

And I'm not even looking for precise shit....any full time gig that's weekdays will do just fine...don't even need a high paying position...

It's starting to piss me off.

What kind of work are you looking for?

Pretty open-minded. I have Administrative experience so I've been looking at Admin jobs at the colleges here...Banks...County jobs...

I've even applied to some music shops and even driving type jobs...

Two friends out here had "sure thing" opportunities , but both fell through (one as a log scaler at a mill, other at Nike) ...not because of bad interviews, but I can't even get people to have the courtesy to call me back.

I don't want to work weekends so that kinda rules out a handful of stuff. Weekends are family time and I'm not willing to sacrifice that yet.

I have a Masters in English but the last thing I want to do is teach...

I have a feeling I may need to remove my Masters degree from my Resume...some jobs may tag that as overqualified. Who knows...

I just went through this for about 10 months and it was the fucking worst, I was very close to taking my masters off my resume. My girlfriend and I met a PhD from MIT up here that took that off his resume because he couldn't get the time of day either. I do not understand that shit, I hope you can get through to someone.

[Jwar]

The stuff going on right now with the Catholic church is appalling. For the last two decades, I've been in and mostly out of the church due to many factors, but one always stayed at the forefront, sexual abuse within the churches.

My church for instance has a priest who was accused of sexual misconduct with a female at his previous parish. He is on some kind of punishment period where he cannot perform mass or anything but is allowed to remain a priest and stay on site with the other priests.

Two weeks ago, a well known parishioner (which is someone who helps out in masses) was accused and convicted of soliciting sex from minors. He is/was the coach of the girls soccer team (I believe it was soccer) at Blue Valley High School up the road a ways from the church. The man was charged with a misdemeanor. What? So, this fucker, who my entire family thought was really handsy with his own kids during mass (rubbing up and down his teenage daughter's backs and such but it seemed creepy), is just getting a slap on the wrist. Are you fucking kidding me? He could have raped, molested...etc girls and yet he's being charged lightly?? What is this shit?

Then the stuff with the Pope recently. I just, I'm done. I'm fucking done. I'm still a believer, I still value my beliefs, but I can no longer stand with the church in anyway. They have lost me, a long time ago, but now my feelings are solidified even more than ever.

The funny thing is, I've been saying this shit to other Catholic's for years, and years and no one would listen to me. My mom saw our Priest crying the other day. I'm hoping he's a good man, he seems like it, but he cannot save this mess and he knows it. He probably feels betrayed and lost just like all of us that tried to place any stock in the faith.

No one pays attentions to the centuries of horrible things that have happened in the church. It's like they have blinders on. The reformation never happened, we never burned people alive or killed entire villages because they were non believers or covered up sexual atrocities for hundreds of years. Fuck this shit.

[friendship]

Did you read the huge investigative report on BuzzFeed about Catholic orphanages? Fuck the Catholic church forever.

[aens_wife]

Did you read the huge investigative report on BuzzFeed about Catholic orphanages? Fuck the Catholic church forever.

I read that the other night. It was just gut wrenching. My dad was raised Catholic and went to a very strict catholic school. His stories are bad enough. Hard for me to wrap my brain around adults being that fucking awful.

[dubkitty]

I sincerely don't understand how the Catholic Church is still operating and hasn't been sued into oblivion given all the atrocities revealed in the last 50 years. you'd think every cathedral in Ireland would have been Varg-ed by now.

[jrfox92]

I sincerely don't understand how the Catholic Church is still operating and hasn't been sued into oblivion given all the atrocities revealed in the last 50 years. you'd think every cathedral in Ireland would have been Varg-ed by now.

Because they run a sovereign nation and controlled the entire world for a over a millenia?
They might not have the power they used, but they still have enough power, it seems.

[gnomethrone]

You ever listen to a practice recording of a band you put together and wrote everything for and decide its trash and break up the band, sell your rig to guitar center for whatever cash they'll put in your hand and just go on a bender instead of creating stuff?