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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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Babysit 4 children for $1 an hour and have a college degree (fry.gs)
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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years 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 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Minarble@aussie.zone 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“No one lies in the internet”

  • Abraham Lincoln
[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 78 points 2 years 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 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 36 points 2 years ago

collage

Need to have been in art projects

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

This is very obviously not real.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 73 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"No one wants to work anymore!"

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

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

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 60 points 2 years 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 35 points 2 years 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 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] ohmyiv@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh right, I flipped the numbers lol

[–] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So the minimum wage from 1961.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years 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 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why female only if they're all boys?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

Because only men can be pedophiles, of course.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

we're heavily christian

we're abusive

Well geez

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago

Ah, rage bait from the beforetimes.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

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

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years 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 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

It's 75 cents per week.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 11 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

The live in nanny would be half price?

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years 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 1 points 2 years ago

You would make a great math teacher

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

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

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

you know they are not doing any background test

methany soon will hoodwink them

[–] tun@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

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