Hold up, people would rather be on welfare than work at Target or Old Navy?

Current Events

Current Events » Hold up, people would rather be on welfare than work at Target or Old Navy?
AzNDarkSamurai
03/15/2024
02:04 AM
#1
Isnt it better to have a job than be unemployed and do nothing with your life?

Whats wrong with working at Dennys, Burger King, or Walmart? Isnt that better than applying for welfare?
Pinoy Pride , 1988 - the day I die!
Senta
03/15/2024
02:08 AM
#2
I can understand it. Working with the public suuuuucks. And those jobs sure as hell don't pay enough to make it worth it.
http://tinyurl.com/b95dwtg
FL81
03/15/2024
02:09 AM
#3
  • get job at Target or Old Navy at barely above minimum wage
  • suddenly make "too much money" to qualify for welfare
the system is broken
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif
mercurydude
03/15/2024
02:15 AM
#4
FL81 posted...
* get job at Target or Old Navy at barely above minimum wage
* suddenly make "too much money" to qualify for welfare
the system is broken

Yes, and it's not a ballpark either and there's no grace period. The second your bank account reaches that amount, you're out. So you might've just had that much because of a Christmas bonus or monetary gifts for your birthday---they don't care, you're out. It's a system designed to keep people in poverty.
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast
Naysaspace
03/15/2024
02:15 AM
#5
i doubt that. people who do? would rather be on welfare anyways.
AMD is the best company in the history of computing!
kirbymuncher
03/15/2024
02:16 AM
#6
do you think people on welfare just lie there and stare at the ceiling all day or something
THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF
BloodMoon7
03/15/2024
02:17 AM
#7
AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Isnt it better to have a job than be unemployed and do nothing with your life?

Whats wrong with working at Dennys, Burger King, or Walmart? Isnt that better than applying for welfare?
Everything is wrong with it tbh, if people would rather be in welfare than work at those places then the fault is clearly not with the people.
My maid will hear about this.
008Zulu
03/15/2024
02:22 AM
#8
Some people don't like being verbally, and on occasion, physically abused enough to work a minimum wage customer service job.
If you're not smart enough to survive, you are basically just food for something smarter.
MirageOfRuins
03/15/2024
02:28 AM
#9
TC obviously never worked retail a day in his life.
ai123
03/15/2024
02:33 AM
#10
AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Isnt it better to have a job than be unemployed and do nothing with your life?

There are other productive and enjoyable things to do, besides working in fast food or retail.



Whats wrong with working at Dennys, Burger King, or Walmart? Isnt that better than applying for welfare?

If Dennys, Burger King, or Walmart are not offering a more attractive proposition than living in poverty on welfare, then maybe they should have a rethink.

'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.
Mew
03/15/2024
02:42 AM
#11
Does TC even have a job
https://iili.io/J2AP3an.gif
TeaMilk
03/15/2024
03:04 AM
#12
Personally, yes
(they/them) | http://large.horse/
Show user avatars on posts: https://openuserjs.org/scripts/melon/GameFAQs_Show_Icon
Guide
03/15/2024
03:06 AM
#13
I wouldn't bother working if I couldn't make significantly more than what welfare would give me.
evening main 2.4356848e+91
https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU
sfcalimari
03/15/2024
03:10 AM
#14
kirbymuncher posted...
do you think people on welfare just lie there and stare at the ceiling all day or something

"omg some of them have refrigerators and bicycles omg"
"Tether even a roasted chicken."
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo
action52
03/15/2024
03:22 AM
#15
FL81 posted...
* get job at Target or Old Navy at barely above minimum wage
* suddenly make "too much money" to qualify for welfare
the system is broken
Notice how, with the graduated tax system, they have all this complicated math to make sure the rate only changes on what you earn over a certain amount. Because if they didn't, rich people would throw a fit at the very possibility that they could end up with less money because their salary went up. "What is even the point of working?" they would scream.

Meanwhile if you're trying to pull yourself out of poverty? Nobody cares, and if you'd rather not work and get more money they'll say you're a lazy bum leeching off of hardworking taxpayers.
"It's Brockin' time."
Erin Brockovich, Erin Brockovich
hockeybabe89
03/15/2024
03:50 AM
#16
kirbymuncher posted...
do you think people on welfare just lie there and stare at the ceiling all day or something
People believe that people on welfare go on shopping sprees and live better than most working class folk
https://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png
she/her
trappedunderice
03/15/2024
04:51 AM
#17
I used to work at walmart unloading trucks for $8 an hour could barely get by living on my own. Management were assholes and some customers as well, fuck retail man.
VeesMcGees
03/15/2024
04:57 AM
#18
A person with one of those shitty jobs barely makes enough to care for themself. If that person has kids, there's even more issue. Especially because you can be stuck with bad shifts that don't allow you to care for your family.

Also, what gig at the restaurant? If you get server and Denny's doesn't pay even minimum wage and you are forced to rely on tips, you're probably better off staying on Welfare.
UnsteadyOwl
03/15/2024
05:11 AM
#19
The other thing with retail is that unless you're in management there's a good chance your hours and thus your pay not going to be consistent. You'll be able to get plenty of hours around Christmas time but the rest of the time your hours might fluctuate a lot depending on how busy the store is that time of year.

When I worked at Target a lot of people there worked a second job because they basically had to, especially if they had kids to support.
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."
Just_a_loser
03/15/2024
05:16 AM
#20
Working a dead end job to barely make ends meet to make mega corporations a fortune while you are miserable is defined as doing something with your life now?
Your face looks like I need a beer.
GrandConjuraton
03/15/2024
05:44 AM
#21
Just_a_loser posted...
Working a dead end job to barely make ends meet to make mega corporations a fortune while you are miserable is defined as doing something with your life now?

Can you wait another day? Wait another week? Wait another month? Wait another year?
https://imgur.com/o21DN7r
Dark_Arbron
03/15/2024
05:50 AM
#22
Just_a_loser posted...
Working a dead end job to barely make ends meet to make mega corporations a fortune while you are miserable is defined as doing something with your life now?

Yes, and to say otherwise is socialism.
"How is that a religious topic? That's just me talking about GOD." -Frostmourne
ClayGuida
03/15/2024
05:50 AM
#23
Any job is fine, but some jobs are notorious for treating their employees like shit. Fast food is one of those jobs. Places like dollar tree are others.
lolAmerica
Dark_Arbron
03/15/2024
05:53 AM
#24
My local Target looks like its a decent enough place to work, but in Australia workers actually have some rights, so

Also Ive noticed a trend going around with stores having signs up saying our staff are here to serve, not be abused so I assume management actually gives somewhat of a shit about their workers.

I cant imagine Walmart putting up signs like that, and hell, it wouldnt surprise me if red states have banned such signs.
"How is that a religious topic? That's just me talking about GOD." -Frostmourne
_____Cait
03/15/2024
05:54 AM
#25
Says a lot about those places, doesnt it
ORAS secret base: http://imgur.com/V9nAVrd
3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236
Crazyman93
03/15/2024
06:05 AM
#26
MirageOfRuins posted...
TC obviously never worked retail a day in his life.
I would rather take classes to professionally film drying paint than work another day in retail. I would rather get punched in the sack by Mike Tyson every day for a year than continue working retail. I would rather be hand wash the Eiffel Tower naked than continue working retail.
let's lubricate friction material!
~nickels, Cars & Trucks
The_Korey
03/15/2024
06:05 AM
#27
Before even thinking of what those places are like specifically, I would rather be on welfare than work in retail or any restaurant, fast food or not. And not for some petty "Those aren't respectable jobs" reasons either.
Philosophy major in the academy of Nope.
rexcrk
03/15/2024
06:07 AM
#28
AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Isnt it better to have a job than be unemployed and do nothing with your life?

Whats wrong with working at Dennys, Burger King, or Walmart? Isnt that better than applying for welfare?


Completely obvious bad faith topic, if this were serious, Id say tell me youve never worked service or retail without saying youve never worked service or retail

Shplendid!
Current Events » Hold up, people would rather be on welfare than work at Target or Old Navy?