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August 20th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in arrogance, expectations, finances, work |


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20 Responses to “Nothing better to do.”

  1. Brandon Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Nice one.

    The curve also applies if the abscissa is changed to ‘Amount in Savings’.

  2. Richard Fritzson Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    I’m having trouble reading this one.

    It appears to say that your time unemployed (Time without employment) goes UP (to the right) as the jobs that seem beneath you goes DOWN.

    Isn’t the correlation direct? (i.e. the more job snobby your are, the more unemployed you are) Shouldn’t the line go up and to the right?

  3. Michael DeVoe Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Which is why I wash cars for a living

  4. Rick Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    It’s the other way around, the longer you are unemployed the less jobs are beneath you. The value on the y-axis relative to the value on the x-axis.

  5. gwjunkie Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    @Richard: The X axis (unemployment) traditionally is the causation on a graph while the Y axis (jobs below you) is the value affected by X.
    e.g. The more time you go without employment, the less jobs seem beneath you. Because obviously, you’re not making any money unless you have a job.

    Nice one, Jessica

  6. AGeekStory Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    A lot of people have discovered this in the last few months, I’m sure.

  7. Trude Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    I know from personal experience that this is soooo true. Good one!

  8. spuge Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Having trouble telling abscissa from ordinate? When you say “abscissa” your mouth opens sideways. When you say “ordinate” your mouth opens up and down. Go ahead, try it, no one’s looking.

  9. Rolland Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Spuge,

    Funnny. I was doing it when you said no one was looking. Funny.

  10. FTBC Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Also known as “Hey, McDonald’s is hiring,” which is something I regularly tell a certain habitually unemployed family member who feels entitled to a “good” job.

  11. Kae Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    This graph represents the reason I have an interview at Sears in the morning and why I have my fingers crossed.

  12. Phil Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am

    I went from a high level development position at a major firm developing high profile web 2.0 apps to being a janitor…seriously, I scrub poo now instead of debugging.

  13. Sarah Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 9:27 am

    I’ll second that emotion.

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  15. Joe Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Sigh. Spot on. I just applied for a marketing position at Walmart

  16. Casey Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    I’m with Joe only I’ve just been working with Walmart indirectly, so I’ve got that going for me.

  17. daysocks Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    It’s true, after 6 months I went for a McJob.

  18. Paul Pavao Says:
    August 25th, 2009 at 6:30 am

    I was referred here from http://www.rat-race-escape-artists. Thanks to Bolaji for referring me. These index cards are brilliant!

    I run a warehouse, and it’s amazing how many former employees who thought warehouse work was too boring don’t seem to mind it anymore!

  19. Ellen Says:
    August 26th, 2009 at 5:27 am

    Heh.
    Cartoon is as timely for me as for the rest of you, apparently–my boyfriend accepted a job at Safeway yesterday, which he wouldn’t have even applied for a year ago.

    I still love him, even though he asked me not to go shopping there when he’s on duty ;)

  20. Maria Says:
    September 7th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Thank you for this

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