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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, it's what we deserve for vilifying service industry jobs.

You can't tell every senior in high school that the only path to success is college and then get mad at them upon college graduation for not wanting to work a low-paying job or feeling that they are above service-industry jobs.

The labor crisis we have in the US was caused by us only pushing higher education as the acceptable path after graduation, and telling those graduates that those who go to college are better than those who don't. When more than 75% of your graduating high schoolers go on to higher education, who do you think will fill the low-level jobs? It's not going to be Chad with a BS from UVA or Brayden with a BS from JMU. My nephew has turned down 2 $60k/yr entry level jobs because, and I quote, "It's insulting. I didn't bust my ass at Tech (VT) for 4 years to make the same as some construction guy." 'As some construction guy' speaks volumes. No respect for service-industry jobs. No respect for anyone working a job that doesn't require a college degree. Know what job deserves respect? The kind that provides a paycheck. Every job out there is essential for a functioning society. And we know that because of what happens when certain industries go on strike. Society falls apart. [/quote]
I agree with this. I've met people who lost their white collar jobs and wouldn't take something lesser even though they needed the work. It's offensive and immature.

As to the first question, yes, I think it's possible. [/quote]

If you take a job you lose your unemployment benefits and more importantly you lose a lot of time for job searching and interviewing. Taking a job at Mcdonalds or wherever could very well be penny wise and pound foolish. Since unemployment pays around the equivalent of $11 an hour you're now working for essentially $6.50 an hour while giving up all your prime interviewing hours. [/quote]

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