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Choosing Beggars

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Stories of people who are being way too picky when it comes to who they beg for a relationship or any other matter.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They have to know how ridiculous that request is. Fuck asking someone to work 75 hours a week at all is already ridiculous. And it sure was shit eliminates the possibility that this person could have another job to take care of themselves, which they'd need as your offered pay barely covers a tank of gas these days, let alone food, rent and basic utilities. Oh, and they think someone can work 13 hours a day watching their 4 your children and still go to school? Take this person's kids away; they've clearly been doing way too much crack.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or it was fake to begin with? I first saw this years ago. And this is the Internet.

[–] Minarble@aussie.zone 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“No one lies in the internet”

  • Abraham Lincoln
[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro everyone know it was Newton, he wrote it in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, I believe it was Aristotle that said, "This generation no longer cares for the wisdom and advice of their elders! They instead seek opinions from their social networks! Now excuse me while I listen to his wise old angry person who agrees with me..."

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They're taking the piss and everyone in this thread is buying it except us. 😆

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

6am to 7pm. Somebody doesn't even like their kids and doesn't want anything to do with them.

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

prefer u are in or went to college.

When exactly are you supposed to go there if you spend your whole day with this person's spoiled brats.

[–] chicagohuman@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

collage

Need to have been in art projects

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

This is very obviously not real.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"No one wants to work anymore!"

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

it's just because they're conservative obviously, all part of the liberal agenda to discriminate against conservatives.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 64 points 1 year ago

Correction: collage degree. They literally can't even spell "college". Thank god they're smart enough to know they shouldn't be raising their kids, too bad they're too cheap or broke to afford the help they clearly need.

[–] Creddit@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if this post was made the day Facebook was founded, that pay is atrocious. And it’s for a collage student!

How are they supposed to finish their beautiful collage with a bunch of kids everywhere!?

[–] ohmyiv@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's why the pay is ~~$0.86~~ $1.15/hr. They deduct for child labor assistance with the collages.

Edit: my maths suck lol

[–] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$1.15/hr, but that's not really any better.

[–] ohmyiv@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh right, I flipped the numbers lol

[–] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

No worries! I do stuff like that all the time, hah.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

.866/hour, or .2166 per child per hour.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So the minimum wage from 1961.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the extra money probably went into the drug tests and criminal background checks.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Probably paying extra for the platinum hair tests too lmao can't have that DevILs LeTtuCe.

Or better yet, probably not paying at all, the candidate has to pay out of pocket for all that for the interview lolol

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why female only if they're all boys?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 87 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"conservative only" = "raising kids is womens work."

Can't be sure, but when I was growing up in rural America the belief was that if a boy was watching kids (already 'women's' work) then there was a higher likelihood they'd be touched. If the kids were girls, even applying for the job would have gotten you some flack.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Because only men can be pedophiles, of course.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can be in a collage if they want. Weird request

[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For a $1 an hour I'm willing to let my hair down

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

Ah, rage bait from the beforetimes.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

we're heavily christian

we're abusive

Well geez

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

the only way this would happen is if you had the person's living arrangements/food covered, and the person is your mom.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't this just satire (or maybe rage bait if taken seriously)?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It probably was or some stupid story behind it like she was trying to argue that she can't find any sitter so therefore X.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see why people are upset, if they are willing to pay $75/hour, they should get to set who they want to hire.

Wait? $75/week? That is what you would pay the 5 yr old in allowance in a couple years if they took on the job.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$75 per week? Of course not, don't be ridiculous!

It's 75 cents per week.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Best to just get a legit nursery if they want that qualification lol, their charge is also non-negotiable so it's like 95% of what the OP listed.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where I live that would be about $2,400 a week for daycare, or about $1,200 per week (minimum) for a live in nanny.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

A live in nanny is half the price of normal daycare AND I don't have to drop the kids off anywhere?? Lmao sign me TF up lolol

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The live in nanny would be half price?

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You'd also have to supply them their own room and food.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Daycare cost go up more per kid, nanny only goes up a couple dollars an hour per kid.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You sure a nanny? Where I live, that could get an au pair (pre-COViD rates)

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Everyone talking about the low pay when I'm sitting here thinking "75 what? Diamonds?" If I get to pick what you give me 75 of then this might be worth it.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

You would make a great math teacher

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's 75 bananas. Which by my calculation is equivalent to $750

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you know they are not doing any background test

methany soon will hoodwink them

[–] tun@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

If they are in one of the third world countries where the minimal daily wage like 1 USD/day, it is possible.