Thing's Are So Different Now Than When I Was A Younger Man (Page 2): We didn’t have people handing out money to lazy people back then. I’ve never drawn unemployment or federal aid of...

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Passingbye wrote:

I don't know if you have noticed but they're grown men today the won't get out of bed, go get a job and make their own living.

As soon as I finished high school, I didn't take the Summer to play, goof off to do nothing. I ran into a high school buddy who told me a mobile home factory was hiring, I was just 19 years old and I went to apply, was hired, given tool's then went to work in the cabinet department building counter tops all day, our department also handled all cabinets installation. I worked there for 4 years, I was young, strong and was always working overtime, I'd go work for other supervisors who couldn't get their own people to work over. I built walls and helped set and install them, the window guy's I did overtime with them. Plumbing inside and under the house installing work, flooring and decking I was there. Now I remembered these skills for a lifetime and built the 5,000 square foot house with just my own two hand's in 1990. Nowadays I see grown men who stay home, live off momma's social security check because they're too sorry and lazy to get off her tata's and work to make their own money!

I've told a few that I've met, Hey momma's not going to live forever and you're not going to know how to make it on your own! I let a woman who found herself homeless and rented her a room in our house for $250 a month and pay her part of the electric bill, I made her son go get a job..That lasted for one month, I knew and asked his former boss why he fired him? He said, I got tired of hunting him down and he was crying 😭 Now he's 35 year's old, He said, he feels like he's being punished,The boss said, Punished?!! They just want you to pay your own way and get off your momma's tata's! News flash! There's a lot of grown men, I found out have this afraid to work mentality! ...I loved working building house's, I loved refinishing furniture for 35 year's and fishing like a fool to put wholesome fresh food in the house! What has happened to people?!! Shiftless and sorry crop of men.

I don't know if you have noticed but they're grown... (show quote)

We didn’t have people handing out money to lazy people back then. I’ve never drawn unemployment or federal aid of any kind. I had some friends that got unemployment when we were younger and it was such a hassle I didn’t have a desire to try it. I’ve never had a problem finding work and was taught if I wanted or needed something I just had to figure out a way to earn it. I’ve never found anything too difficult to acquire with a little ambition. It ain’t that way any more but those of us that were raised to earn our way still don’t have problem with getting by jus fine on our own.

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

Jeremy wrote:

If it is your place tell them to get out. I think enabling others is not a good thing. I help people that need something but I don't expect something in return. Many won't do anything for others ever. I have helped a few over the years that I had to tell to get lost and don't come back.

Not enabling no one we want to move closer to lake without anyone else.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Passingbye wrote:

Not enabling no one we want to move closer to lake without anyone else.

Good plan. 👍

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Slimshady wrote:

PB,you’re absolutely right. There are no work ethic’s anymore. They all want top dollar and less work.

It’s like the old saying, give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach him how to fish or give him a fish every day for the rest of your life.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

flyguy wrote:

I may have been wrong, but I raised my two boys with tough love, and they both turn out o.k.

Justoldjim Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.

Slimshady wrote:

PB,you’re absolutely right. There are no work ethic’s anymore. They all want top dollar and less work.

they say they are looking for a position not a job

Andy cacciatori Loc: Modesto cal.

Passingbye wrote:

Amen!

I'll second that AMEM !!

Barnacles Loc: Northern California

Way too many guys out there who think that getting a woman knocked up makes them a PARENT!
Parenthood is more than creating another human. It's creating a USEFUL human who won't be a burden to others.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Barnacles wrote:

Way too many guys out there who think that getting a woman knocked up makes them a PARENT!
Parenthood is more than creating another human. It's creating a USEFUL human who won't be a burden to others.

Just about anyone can become a mother or a father but it takes a special person to be a Mom or Dad.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Justoldjim wrote:

they say they are looking for a position not a job

Very true Jim. One of my clients, in Oregon, turned down a $95.00/hour job after being on unemployment for over a year because the “position” didn’t cover all of the criteria for his education. He said he was not about to take a step backwards just to have a job. Over educated electrical engineer that couldn’t tie his own shoes.

Justoldjim Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.

Catfish hunter wrote:

Very true Jim. One of my clients, in Oregon, turned down a $95.00/hour job after being on unemployment for over a year because the “position” didn’t cover all of the criteria for his education. He said he was not about to take a step backwards just to have a job. Over educated electrical engineer that couldn’t tie his own shoes.

In my opinion any person that turns down a job that pays more than unemployment should be unenrolled from it

Mudbugger Loc: North Central Indiana, just north of Kokomo.

In the early summer of 1969, I was hired into a spring factory, at the age of 17 (different times, and a good friend that worked in the office). My job was man handling rolls of spring wire that weighed more than I did and two wheel carting, barrels of springs to various locations in the factory.
On my 18th birthday, as I walked in that morning, the plant superintendent, tossed me the forktruck keys, telling me that they had fired the forktruck driver last evening and that was now my job.
No training (BTW, forktrucks steer differently than normal vehicles) and that lead to some other "advdntures" during my employment there.
Interesting and fun, first job!

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

When I worked in the oil field pipe reclaiming service, we took and refurbished oil field pipe from all over the world because it's very expensive buying brand new. I was the lead man inspector and tester. We use Cat 10 ton forklifts to load pipe onto flatbed Trucks, They hired this one guy who always drove his way too fast and tore the cabs off several truck's or flattened them..this guy worked there for 5 years..we had a meeting with all the Supervisors and the owner. The owner asked us if we had anything or a question for him. Yes how many Semi's are you going to buy before you get rid of Jerry?! The manager was covering up for him..what? I've bought 7 new tractor trailers for other companies?! Mark you want to fire him? Yep he's too dangerous gonna kill somebody! And he fired the manager too 🤣

Barnacles Loc: Northern California

Justoldjim wrote:

In my opinion any person that turns down a job that pays more than unemployment should be unenrolled from it

SAME WITH WELFARE!

fisher Loc: whitewater,colorado

Passingbye wrote:

I don't know if you have noticed but they're grown men today the won't get out of bed, go get a job and make their own living.

As soon as I finished high school, I didn't take the Summer to play, goof off to do nothing. I ran into a high school buddy who told me a mobile home factory was hiring, I was just 19 years old and I went to apply, was hired, given tool's then went to work in the cabinet department building counter tops all day, our department also handled all cabinets installation. I worked there for 4 years, I was young, strong and was always working overtime, I'd go work for other supervisors who couldn't get their own people to work over. I built walls and helped set and install them, the window guy's I did overtime with them. Plumbing inside and under the house installing work, flooring and decking I was there. Now I remembered these skills for a lifetime and built the 5,000 square foot house with just my own two hand's in 1990. Nowadays I see grown men who stay home, live off momma's social security check because they're too sorry and lazy to get off her tata's and work to make their own money!

I've told a few that I've met, Hey momma's not going to live forever and you're not going to know how to make it on your own! I let a woman who found herself homeless and rented her a room in our house for $250 a month and pay her part of the electric bill, I made her son go get a job..That lasted for one month, I knew and asked his former boss why he fired him? He said, I got tired of hunting him down and he was crying 😭 Now he's 35 year's old, He said, he feels like he's being punished,The boss said, Punished?!! They just want you to pay your own way and get off your momma's tata's! News flash! There's a lot of grown men, I found out have this afraid to work mentality! ...I loved working building house's, I loved refinishing furniture for 35 year's and fishing like a fool to put wholesome fresh food in the house! What has happened to people?!! Shiftless and sorry crop of men.

I don't know if you have noticed but they're grown... (show quote)

Proverbs 22.6
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
"The bible tells me so.........."