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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: bufferman on October 31, 2006, 11:09:50 AM
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The following is an actual help wanted ad on page 20 of the Money Saver in Eugene, Oregon, August 11, 2005.
HELP WANTED
Entry level position.
Starts $8 per hour.
Primarily we clean roofs and gutters, power wash and trim trees.
Looking for someone who is not allergic to sweat.
Must be able to work without a coffee cup in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Must understand that it's OK for the boss to make a profit.
Must understand company vehicles are not to be used for crash tests and are not receptacles for your personal trash.
Must own and know how to operate an alarm clock.
Must not request more days off than the boss.
Must not ask the boss for a raise if you've turned down overtime.
Must understand that opening day of fishing and hunting season are not considered automatic days off.
If you think it's OK to be late to work, I'm sure you won't mind if your paycheck is late also.
Having your wife or your girlfriend call for you about this job, does not demonstrate that you have good delegating skills.
If you've had more jobs than you can remember in the past year, don't call to brag about how many trades you know.
If you take company tools and supplies home but never return them, do not apply.
If you like to work a couple of months and collect unemployment the rest of the year, do not apply.
If you do not believe in taking a shower, dressing decent and brushing your teeth on the day you apply for this job, do not apply.
If most of your work experience is making license plates, we are not authorized to make or sell them.
If you always seem so much smarter than the people you work for, start your own damned business
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If you ask me, hes asking a lot for $8 an hour. :huh:
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No doubt...
64 bucks a day before taxes? LOL.
Seriously, who can survive on that?
Screw it... the boss can have it.
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Perhaps the cost if living is better in Oregon. but then again, cleaning gutters isn't rocket science. Pretty funny ad though.
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Perhaps the cost if living is better in Oregon. but then again, cleaning gutters isn't rocket science. Pretty funny ad though.
My thoughts exaclty.Oregon the state of no sales tax! State of morgages are tax deductible and poss vehicle loans might be aswell! It's not rocket science and if you need a job it's a start. Chewing buble gum and walking at the same time takes about the same smarts ! :P Oh yea and Gas was a least 1/2 the price on Thanksgiving weekend !
my 2 cents
Gary
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8 bucks in Eugene is ok, just a bunch of hippies down there. :D
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Hey Chris, you got state income tax there?
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Yes. They get us in the long run, but no sales tax is nice on big items.
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What is minimun wage there???
However being a business owner I can relate to this ad... Money aside. I wish I could post an ad like that....
BTW I am hiring again ;)
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I think we are at $7.15 $7.25. If you had to you could live off of it, cost of living is not to bad. I think we have one of the highest hourly wages in the US, but I believe we have one of the highest unemployment rates also. Figure that one out!
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. I wish I could post an ad like that....
BTW I am hiring again ;)
Give it a try. That would be a pretty funny read.
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8 bucks in Eugene is ok, just a bunch of hippies down there. :D
Ah, Eugene, Oregon...Steve Prefontaine, Bill Bowerman, Hayward Field, etc, Pre's Trail...a runner's paradise :) Spent many summer days in Eugene and Coos Bay on vacations...
Neil.
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Ah, Eugene, Oregon...Steve Prefontaine, Bill Bowerman, Hayward Field, etc, Pre's Trail...a runner's paradise :) Spent many summer days in Eugene and Coos Bay on vacations...
Neil.
Coos Bay Yea! Winchester,Honeyman Love the dunes!!!!! :P
Gary