Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, What if the prospective worker can't afford to get anywhere the jobs are. Yeah, we're going around in a circle but like I've said, if I had enough money to travel to more promising locales, then I wouldn't have the problem I'm in. Phil Forrest On Sat, 12 May 2012 20:37:42 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Chris Crawford wrote: > > >>> > Those jobs today pay so little that the airfare to get you there and > back will exceed your earnings for the summer. > <<< > > I guess you haven't worked in a fish processing factory. > > >>> > Its not about being 'too good' > to work, its being too smart to work for nothing. > <<< > > With an attitude like this you're right. At the end of the season > this attitude will earn you a handshake along with your final > paycheck. A more constructive attitude will earn you an interview > for a better-paying job. > > One of my daughter's co-workers in a northern California national > park was an MD (not medical student) from the Czech Republic. He > made more money in a summer cleaning toilets than he had in a year in > the Czech Republic as an MD. His constructive attitude earned him > more job offers. > > >>> > Those jobs are for rich kids looking for a fun summer job experience. > They don't need the money and don't care about the pay. For someone > who actually has to work for a living, such jobs are not realistic. > <<< > > Fun? Absolutely!!! It was the adventure of a lifetime, the company > housing was cheap, the company food was good and cheap, and I > returned to school with a good start on the next year's tuition. > > You can keep making excuses but your future is in your hands. Not > mine, not the government's, yours. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest