I'm going to allow this post to apply to me personally, because I'm currently bored and could do with an argument to pass the time.
Okay, I'll take you on. Nothing personal - I like a good fight too.
Rawr. I came prepared myself. Unlike my recent half-assed one liners, I've written a draft in response to this argument on a notepad.
Fuck off.
One, you're neither gutless nor hopeless; two, I have never claimed you don't have the right to find a job that suits your needs. You can do whatever you damn well please - and yet it pushes your buttons to hear me say I think you should try harder. So I suspect that on some level you agree with me, or you really wouldn't care what I think. You may not have seen evidence of me trying for basic jobs - well, I haven't seen evidence of you trying to work despite your issues. Now I don't know you in real life, so I may just be missing it. And I'm open to being wrong. But I haven't seen it.
Yes, you've pushed my buttons; if you didn't then I wouldn't respond to you.
Though it isn't hard to rile me up over this considering that it's a sensitive issue for me. Oh woe is me for not being the hunting and gathering male.
Check your facts before you make accusations. I've applied for entry-level positions at Walmart, Meijers, Home Depot (major USA chain stores) as well as waitressing jobs. At Steak and Shake they laughed me out of the place, because my resume had stuff like "Art Director" and "Graphic Designer and Illustrator". They asked whether I was making a career change into hospitality.... I just needed the money. I can't know for certain but my guess is that I looked so overqualified that they assumed I must have something else seriously wrong with me. They were kinda right.
Hey, if you have chosen to get involved in my life and my personal (lol!) business, back it up with personal experiences and how emotionally daunting it was for you to cope in those jobs. Otherwise, I'm going to assume that you're a close-minded, stuck-up, social-darwinistic bitch who doesn't know what she's on about.
You know full well that I've been trying to get on the ladder of unemployment through my voluntary work for the past couple of years. I was trying to build up good job references and to also improve my people's skills, which is pretty admirable for someone who is a self-diagnosed agoraphobic. It's not putting meat on the table, sure, but it's a start -- and it's for a good cause.
Nope, but I seriously doubt the USA is any better.
Fact: The USA has more job opportunities than the UK does.
Also, the USA have a more positive attitude towards the disabled, which is quite ironic considering that they still use outdated autism research.
There was this tv documentary about a Tourette's sufferer who wasn't getting any equal opportunities in the UK, since he was patronised and regarded as a thicko. When he moved into the United States, however, he acquired a good job AND a girlfriend in tow.
Here's where I get lambasted, but yes. Why? Sink or swim. People are more resourceful than they think, and the fact of this earth is that if you have a disability, you're going to have to scramble harder in order to hold your own. I know there comes a point where people are not physically capable of pushing themselves any farther, and that's fine - that's the time to stop and adjust to one's limitations. But can you honestly tell me you've reached that point?
Where did I say that I've reached my limit? I'm still applying for jobs: one is for a retailing job at a video games shop (full-time); the other is a part-time one at a garden superstore -- as I have some gardening experience. I won't know when I'll get these jobs until I get an interview, which may take up to one, two... maybe three weeks time. :p
I've also registered myself with other cleaning agencies, but there's no local work right now because it's Janurary, and Janurary is always a funny time of the year when it comes to jobs.
I judge no one any harsher than I judge myself. The practical help I am providing personally is mostly going to my partner and close friends, because I haven't yet mastered the art of helping large groups of people at once. But don't you worry - I don't say things like this out of convenience or laziness, I say them because I believe them, and I do live out my values in real life.
That's fine, but I don't have the habit of chastising people online over work just because I don't have a close relationship with them. People who just post this shit and fucks off afterwards piss me off a little. I could easily disregard it as text on a screen but I'm dealing with actual human beings here.