Quote:I once decided to leave a second job I carried as a mechanic, and my boss, who I had an excellent relationship tasked me with finding my own replacement.


About a week later I went to a friends BBQ, where I met a guy who had lost his job as a GM tech something like 8 months prior. I offered him the position and he flat out refused because it was less than he had previously made at his old job, and argued why should he go back to work for less money when he can make nearly the same I was offering to do nothing?


I had to walk away without saying another word to him.

 

I had a similar experience.  My sister-in-law was dating a guy that had been laid off and was collecting unemployment among other things.  Of course, there is a bit more to the story.  He was also a union worker, and even though he had been offered a couple of non-union jobs, he refused because he didn't want to be a "scab".  "Besides" he told me, "I can just kick back at home, get high and play video games while I collect unemployment and get food stamps".

 

I told my sister-in-law that her boyfriend was not welcome back to my home.  She dumped him a short time later.

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