Unlike previous posts I've written over the past year, the title has everything to do with this post.
Everyone has heard the term "bad neighborhood," as it relates to a certain section of a town riddled in crime. Generally those crimes range anywhere from petty theft to murder. Not exactly the best one-to-ten scale anyone wants to be a part of. Thus, the point of this post...
I think we need to completely obliterate the term "bad neighborhood" from our language. This term both condemns and condescends a large group of people.
Everyone is so busy talking about how hard it is for less fortunate people--because generally these proclaimed "bad neighborhoods" are owned by the impoverished--to find jobs, but no one wants to talk about the route cause. We, as a society, facilitate bigotry. Sometimes we don't even know we're doing it. I know that I've used this phrase a gazillion times in my life, but I started to take a closer look at what this kind of phrase means to people who might live in these neighborhoods but having nothing to do with the crime. It's as though they are guilty by association.
So, while we're talking about the minimum wage being increased, completelty getting rid of racism, and the like, let's make sure we are removing other ignorant phrases from our language so that real progress takes form.
Food for thought.
- PatInTheHat
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Spiralling; Tied Up to the Ground
I know I've written about this topic before, but it remains to be an inceasingly important one throughout the country.
The topic: Wages and, both indirectly and directly, education.
No, I'm not going to talk about what's happening in LA. All I'll say is is that I'm pretty happy about that, and I anticipate a snow-ball effect in the near future in other major cities.
Why do I feel this way? I'll explain, but before I do I want to say this: This is a super important topic. I know that this is just some blog written by some guy, but if you're going to read this at all, then please take what I'm about to say seriously. Research some things on your own if you wish...in fact, I implore you to if you care about this stuff as much as I do. Whether you disagree or agree, the topic deserves a multitude of conversations across the nation. I digress...
I've seen countless arguments about the wage increases that are taking effect across a few parts of the country. The majority of those people disagreeing, the ones that received at least a bachelors degree from XYZ Universities, are complaining in ways like, "Well, what was the point of that education I have," or, "Hey, can I have a big raise, too?!" and so on and so forth.
The problem with these arguments is that these people are ignoring a few key, and very real, problems.
For one, the educational system is completely broken. They should know this--the people disagreeing--but they don't. Remember when we were young and our parents were telling us how important it is to receive higher education to better our lives and/or our chances of progressing in life? I sure do, and unbeknownst to them, because they sincerely didn't know the system could get this bad, they were lying to us. Ok, so, that's not lying, but the point is: They were wrong. Moreover, we, us millenials, didn't do a great job at adapting to the trends. Even when we noticed that tuition was rising to astronomical values we continued going to 4 year Universities to get that "much-needed" education. (Not that it mattered much anyway unless you went to Stanford, Harvard, Notre Dame, or other well-known colleges.) I'm sure many of us have seen this cartoon by now, which is a pretty decent representation of what has been going on for quite some time.
The topic: Wages and, both indirectly and directly, education.
No, I'm not going to talk about what's happening in LA. All I'll say is is that I'm pretty happy about that, and I anticipate a snow-ball effect in the near future in other major cities.
Why do I feel this way? I'll explain, but before I do I want to say this: This is a super important topic. I know that this is just some blog written by some guy, but if you're going to read this at all, then please take what I'm about to say seriously. Research some things on your own if you wish...in fact, I implore you to if you care about this stuff as much as I do. Whether you disagree or agree, the topic deserves a multitude of conversations across the nation. I digress...
I've seen countless arguments about the wage increases that are taking effect across a few parts of the country. The majority of those people disagreeing, the ones that received at least a bachelors degree from XYZ Universities, are complaining in ways like, "Well, what was the point of that education I have," or, "Hey, can I have a big raise, too?!" and so on and so forth.
The problem with these arguments is that these people are ignoring a few key, and very real, problems.
For one, the educational system is completely broken. They should know this--the people disagreeing--but they don't. Remember when we were young and our parents were telling us how important it is to receive higher education to better our lives and/or our chances of progressing in life? I sure do, and unbeknownst to them, because they sincerely didn't know the system could get this bad, they were lying to us. Ok, so, that's not lying, but the point is: They were wrong. Moreover, we, us millenials, didn't do a great job at adapting to the trends. Even when we noticed that tuition was rising to astronomical values we continued going to 4 year Universities to get that "much-needed" education. (Not that it mattered much anyway unless you went to Stanford, Harvard, Notre Dame, or other well-known colleges.) I'm sure many of us have seen this cartoon by now, which is a pretty decent representation of what has been going on for quite some time.
Secondly, businesses are making the problem worse by paying us less. Once we get that loan-filled sack of educational knowledge, it is expected that we receive a job sufficient enough to pay back the system while living off of our own means. BERMP! Wrong again. Just when you thought you did everything you were supposed to, you find out that none of that even mattered. And now you're struggling to make ends meet even WITH a "decent paying" job. And that's if you're living with your parents. Good luck if you think you can live on your own without stressing yourself out to death in the process off of these wages. No wonder everyone is marrying before they're actually ready to really commit to someone. The benefits of extra income outweigh the potentail downfalls of a broken marriage down the line for some. Before I mentioned that, you could already hear the money leaving your wallets, and I didn't even mention food, travel expenses, car insurance, car repairs, or any of that stuff, yet. Oh, and best of luck having children!
Thirdly, if you are going to get your bachelors, then you might as well pony-up the dough to get your masters. Sorry to tell you, but getting your masters is the new college degree. Take it from someone who just got their masters in a "lucrative accounting field." The issue with having an extended learning degree is that businesses know they'll have to pay you more. Which means what? That's right, they'll pass you over for cheaper labor. So the system, in this way, can be even MORE broken depending upon the company you interview with, etc. Now, I did get a job after I received my masters, but I'm working at the place I interned at for 2 years. I'll admit that I'm super proud of my accomplishment, and am quite thrilled with the opportunity and happy to be working in a new environment, but take it from me: All I earned was a full-time job. Not a full-time job with more of a salary bump for the avg masters grad. Just a full-time job. (I actually make less than the average income a college graduate is supposed to make in my position. And yes, I did try to negotiate salary.)
See the problem, yet? No? That's OK, I have more...
"It's not what you know; it's who you know."
This is a saying that goes around the corporate world. You've probably heard it before. It seems like such a beacon of hope in the desolate land that our country is becoming. The first few times I heard it, I definitely felt that way, but after really dissecting the phrase I realized that, man, it's really quite terrible, isn't it? I mean, if you know important people that can help you get up in life, then of course you're giggling to yourself with confidence, but what if you're someone who doesn't know anyone. Perhaps you're the type of person who isn't great at networking. Or maybe you work in a business atmosphere where the culture is so terrible that making connections is near impossible. The point is that if this phrase is true, then why are we going to school at all? We could just put a bunch of mumbo jumbo on our resumes--which I know there's a few street-smart people out there that do this anyway--know some important people, and get a leg-up on everyone else. This phrase more than anything I've menetioned to this point is the main reason I'm 100% OK with the minimum wage increases. This phrase admits to everyone that the system is completely busted. I don't even have to go any further in explaining it than that, do I? It's right there in bold print. And it makes all of the sense.
So, how do we fix this mess?
1. I don't have all of the answers, but I am a huge advocate of doing something over nothing to see how things play out. Hopefully a wage increase works the way it should by funneling money out of big businesses and into homes throughout the country. Businesses hoard way too much money. They have full departments that have the sole purpose of saving as much tax expense as possible, and a lot of those companies are really good at it, which means money never funnels back into the country for other people to use. This wage increase is basically a tax that corporations HAVE TO PAY. In that aspect, I think it's pretty brilliant. Yes, small businesses might have trouble getting traction, but as much as that does suck, they're not helping many people. We need to fix the big problems before we fix the small ones.
2. There are colleges that are getting the hint that their tuition prices are getting ridiculous, so they've created plans where students with parents of certain wage pools pay little to no tuition for their schools. Stanford started doing this. Georgetown started doing this, and others! They realize that if we--the students going to their schools--have money, then they can pay money. If they DON'T have money, then they can't pay money. The more students that are in debt, with the potential of defaulting, the worse our economy is, because then our banks go back to drowning like they were in the housing collapse of 2008/2009.
3. Lastly, knowledge should still equal power. If knowing Bob equals power, then, man, that's...that's a problem.
Ultimately, we, as a country, need to find the means to an end, because the current system just isn't working. And those disagreeing really need to stop blaming the people asking for a higher wage increase. They ARE NOT the problem.
- PatInTheHat
Friday, May 15, 2015
Off Track
The train disaster that happened a few days ago was terrible. Like most Americans, we all want to point the finger somewhere to make ourselves feel better about why it happened. I am in no way talking about the victims of the families, here. In my opinion, since they are directly affected, they can point their fingers wherever they damn well please. All the power to them.
If you're not in that bubble of people who were directly affected by the train disaster, then it is important for you to think about things logically. It's important for you to take all of the information you were able to gather about Amtrak, our govt., the driver, the tracks, etc. in order to formulate your own opinion and come up with potential solutions to the problem to make sure something like this never happens again. Accidents happen all the time, but like drinking and driving or texting while driving, a lot of accidents can be prevented or avoided.
If you haven't been able to read any articles or watch much news about what happened because you're busy, that's understandable, but I implore you to check out some of these written/video documents, because it might mean the safety of you or any of your family members who wish to travel by train in the near to distant future. If you're in that bubble that hasn't been able to really read or discuss this topic, I am going to list for you the facts that I know about the situation in it's entirety:
1. The driver was definitely speeding around the curve. Preliminary findings show that the train was likely going over 100mph.
2. The speed limit for the tracks around the bend were 50mph, but according to someone I know who works for Amtrak, I can tell you that the area of that track can handle 90mph.
3. In recent years, there was a $200M decrease in Amtrak's budget.
4. Track sensors, ones that can put the brakes on a train by itself at certain points of a track, are not mandated by the government. Despite this fact, many tracks have these sensors, but for this part of the track, these modifications could not be done until December 2015. According to many sources, the reason for the December 2015 date is because it is believed that Amtrak would not be properly funded for this project until that point.*
5. Barak Obama believes that if we, the govt., put more money into the system, then these reparations can/could have happen(ed) much sooner rather than later. John Boener thinks people who think this way are "stupid."
My opinions:
I generally dislike when a crisis of some sort happens, and certain politicians react to these occurrences with this, "Let's continue to do nothing," kind of attitude. It's the worst. It's an attitude that keeps us from moving forward, and it's an attitude that needs to end from our politicians.
People (conservatives) get very upset with the liberal mind, because those damn liberals keep trying to get the country to progress in a positive direction. As I've said in posts before, a different direction tends to be a "bad direction" according to most conservatives, because they root themselves in tradition. So as far as changing goes, forgive me and many of my liberal friends for trying to find solutions to problems! And, ya know what, I include Libertarians in that problem-solving category, because even if I may disagree with them about their ideas, at least they're different!
I saw an article today from a conservative source that talked about income inequality. The article is posted with a picture of a black basketball player with his starting salary underneath of his picture. Next to him, a white enlisted private with his much lower starting salary along with the caption "You wanna talk 'Income Inequality?"' This irked me incredibly. The article tells you to read the rest of it before commenting on it, and of course I read the article and understand it's points until it tells me that it is our "God-given unalienable right" to strive for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," which was written by our founding fathers, and not God. I actually appreciated the article all the way up until that point, because, although the picture in the article lead you on to believe that it was about income inequality between blacks and whites, it was more so about people who serve next to those who have glamorous jobs. I whole-heartedly agree that enlisted personnel are grossly underpaid, I just wish the writers of the article did a better job at not insinuating that black minorities don't have a reason to complain about income inequality, because OF COURSE THEY DO!
The whole point of deviating from the original reason I posted this article--the train debacle--is because I was reminded of the words in the Star-Spangled Banner. The one where we say .."One nation, under God, indivisible..." I've been the one over the years to advocate for the removal of the words, "Under God." I thought THAT was the biggest problem, but actually, the biggest problem in that "patriotic hymn" is INDIVISIBLE.
Aside from the Civil War we as a nation had only 160 years ago, our media, govt, and other entities of people do their absolute best to divide us from finding the actual truth to really important situations. Even if the truth is staring us in the face, there is a group of people saying, "No, that's not the truth at all," and then they make up some bullshit narrative so that "their side of their own agenda" go, "YEAH! SEE! You're so wrong, and he/she is right!" These people, these sheeple, I cannot stand, because they are taking it from the horse's mouth that certain insinuations are true. Not to mention completely derailing the idea that our country is "indivisible."
This leads me to my conclusion of this long-winded rant: If you consider yourself someone who is open-minded, then actually BE open-minded. Don't just say you are and then reject new information. I, and from what I can see a large majority of this country, WELCOME SKEPTICISM! The only way you can truly BE a skeptic is if you do the research to ease yourself of feeling uneasy. It sounds really simple to it's core, and IT IS! All you have to do is keep searching for the truth, and then you will find it! If you follow one side of the story--even if it IS the truth--you're not trying hard enough to find the truth! You're just blindly siding with one person based on some quasi-amount of reputation given to them by people who also like agendas.
The conclusion to that conclusion: I'm not saying that either Obama or Boehner is right or wrong about the train debacle, but generally when someone uses the words, "stupid," to convey that the ideas of a populous are worthless, I'm going to assume that there is more agenda behind his/her words than someone who does not do that! Do not brain wash people into siding with you by using that sort of verbage! Implore them, ask them, hell, even DEMAND THEM to search for the truth on their own! Why do politicians always feel like they are walking encyclopedias that are able to divulge a large quantity of information and consider it 100% truth like they're infallible?
Why?
I actually wish that one day we have a set of leaders who can look into a camera lens and say these three words seriously, "I don't know." I respect people who actually say this from time to time, because that means that they are humble enough to accept that they are not knowledgeable on a subject and are likely to do the research to find answers and form their own opinions. When someone just strikes the gavel and exclaims, "Let it be written, let it be law!" without any real motive or logical reasoning I kinda hesitate to trust them.
Don't you?
Is it too much to ask for a country that comes together to help one another instead of help their agenda? If the answer is "yes," then I don't think we're much of a country at all. And even though I kinda disprove of it, I can kinda see why there are people stepping on the American flag. Some are doing it without even knowing why, but some are doing it to say, "This isn't the country we're supposed to be, and it can be a whole lot better."
The point is: this whole country has been falling off the tracks. On Tuesday, 200+ people felt the effects of a falling country first hand. Instead of coming together to find a solution, we're still just fighting one another. And guess what?
Nothing's changing.
- PatInTheHat
* As you can see, I do not know this part as fact, and although I have it here, I still question the validity. If someone can prove it wrong or contrary, then by all means bring your proof forward. The whole point of this is to bring truth to the situation, anyway.
If you're not in that bubble of people who were directly affected by the train disaster, then it is important for you to think about things logically. It's important for you to take all of the information you were able to gather about Amtrak, our govt., the driver, the tracks, etc. in order to formulate your own opinion and come up with potential solutions to the problem to make sure something like this never happens again. Accidents happen all the time, but like drinking and driving or texting while driving, a lot of accidents can be prevented or avoided.
If you haven't been able to read any articles or watch much news about what happened because you're busy, that's understandable, but I implore you to check out some of these written/video documents, because it might mean the safety of you or any of your family members who wish to travel by train in the near to distant future. If you're in that bubble that hasn't been able to really read or discuss this topic, I am going to list for you the facts that I know about the situation in it's entirety:
1. The driver was definitely speeding around the curve. Preliminary findings show that the train was likely going over 100mph.
2. The speed limit for the tracks around the bend were 50mph, but according to someone I know who works for Amtrak, I can tell you that the area of that track can handle 90mph.
3. In recent years, there was a $200M decrease in Amtrak's budget.
4. Track sensors, ones that can put the brakes on a train by itself at certain points of a track, are not mandated by the government. Despite this fact, many tracks have these sensors, but for this part of the track, these modifications could not be done until December 2015. According to many sources, the reason for the December 2015 date is because it is believed that Amtrak would not be properly funded for this project until that point.*
5. Barak Obama believes that if we, the govt., put more money into the system, then these reparations can/could have happen(ed) much sooner rather than later. John Boener thinks people who think this way are "stupid."
My opinions:
I generally dislike when a crisis of some sort happens, and certain politicians react to these occurrences with this, "Let's continue to do nothing," kind of attitude. It's the worst. It's an attitude that keeps us from moving forward, and it's an attitude that needs to end from our politicians.
People (conservatives) get very upset with the liberal mind, because those damn liberals keep trying to get the country to progress in a positive direction. As I've said in posts before, a different direction tends to be a "bad direction" according to most conservatives, because they root themselves in tradition. So as far as changing goes, forgive me and many of my liberal friends for trying to find solutions to problems! And, ya know what, I include Libertarians in that problem-solving category, because even if I may disagree with them about their ideas, at least they're different!
I saw an article today from a conservative source that talked about income inequality. The article is posted with a picture of a black basketball player with his starting salary underneath of his picture. Next to him, a white enlisted private with his much lower starting salary along with the caption "You wanna talk 'Income Inequality?"' This irked me incredibly. The article tells you to read the rest of it before commenting on it, and of course I read the article and understand it's points until it tells me that it is our "God-given unalienable right" to strive for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," which was written by our founding fathers, and not God. I actually appreciated the article all the way up until that point, because, although the picture in the article lead you on to believe that it was about income inequality between blacks and whites, it was more so about people who serve next to those who have glamorous jobs. I whole-heartedly agree that enlisted personnel are grossly underpaid, I just wish the writers of the article did a better job at not insinuating that black minorities don't have a reason to complain about income inequality, because OF COURSE THEY DO!
The whole point of deviating from the original reason I posted this article--the train debacle--is because I was reminded of the words in the Star-Spangled Banner. The one where we say .."One nation, under God, indivisible..." I've been the one over the years to advocate for the removal of the words, "Under God." I thought THAT was the biggest problem, but actually, the biggest problem in that "patriotic hymn" is INDIVISIBLE.
Aside from the Civil War we as a nation had only 160 years ago, our media, govt, and other entities of people do their absolute best to divide us from finding the actual truth to really important situations. Even if the truth is staring us in the face, there is a group of people saying, "No, that's not the truth at all," and then they make up some bullshit narrative so that "their side of their own agenda" go, "YEAH! SEE! You're so wrong, and he/she is right!" These people, these sheeple, I cannot stand, because they are taking it from the horse's mouth that certain insinuations are true. Not to mention completely derailing the idea that our country is "indivisible."
This leads me to my conclusion of this long-winded rant: If you consider yourself someone who is open-minded, then actually BE open-minded. Don't just say you are and then reject new information. I, and from what I can see a large majority of this country, WELCOME SKEPTICISM! The only way you can truly BE a skeptic is if you do the research to ease yourself of feeling uneasy. It sounds really simple to it's core, and IT IS! All you have to do is keep searching for the truth, and then you will find it! If you follow one side of the story--even if it IS the truth--you're not trying hard enough to find the truth! You're just blindly siding with one person based on some quasi-amount of reputation given to them by people who also like agendas.
The conclusion to that conclusion: I'm not saying that either Obama or Boehner is right or wrong about the train debacle, but generally when someone uses the words, "stupid," to convey that the ideas of a populous are worthless, I'm going to assume that there is more agenda behind his/her words than someone who does not do that! Do not brain wash people into siding with you by using that sort of verbage! Implore them, ask them, hell, even DEMAND THEM to search for the truth on their own! Why do politicians always feel like they are walking encyclopedias that are able to divulge a large quantity of information and consider it 100% truth like they're infallible?
Why?
I actually wish that one day we have a set of leaders who can look into a camera lens and say these three words seriously, "I don't know." I respect people who actually say this from time to time, because that means that they are humble enough to accept that they are not knowledgeable on a subject and are likely to do the research to find answers and form their own opinions. When someone just strikes the gavel and exclaims, "Let it be written, let it be law!" without any real motive or logical reasoning I kinda hesitate to trust them.
Don't you?
Is it too much to ask for a country that comes together to help one another instead of help their agenda? If the answer is "yes," then I don't think we're much of a country at all. And even though I kinda disprove of it, I can kinda see why there are people stepping on the American flag. Some are doing it without even knowing why, but some are doing it to say, "This isn't the country we're supposed to be, and it can be a whole lot better."
The point is: this whole country has been falling off the tracks. On Tuesday, 200+ people felt the effects of a falling country first hand. Instead of coming together to find a solution, we're still just fighting one another. And guess what?
Nothing's changing.
- PatInTheHat
* As you can see, I do not know this part as fact, and although I have it here, I still question the validity. If someone can prove it wrong or contrary, then by all means bring your proof forward. The whole point of this is to bring truth to the situation, anyway.
Monday, May 11, 2015
I'll Give It A Ten
Welp, this past weekend was Comic Con in Philly, and as you can probably imagine it was pretty awesome for me.
I finally got to meet and get a signed autograph from the one and only David Tennant, the 10th Doctor from Doctor Who. He was as hilarious and charming as everyone expects him to be. Every single fan he greeted by name and also made some jokes along the way.
Saturday I got to see David Tennant and Billie Piper answer questions at their panel Q&A in the Terrace Ballroom at the PA Convention Center. On this day, I dressed as the the Tenth and traveled along with my beautiful TARDIS-dressed girlfriend, Katie. Was it a bit cliche for a con that featured a Doctor? Meh, I guess you could say so, but it was great nonetheless as other similarly dressed couple pairs smiled and nodded at us as passersby.
The next day was the day I've been waiting for since I got my David Tennant VIP ticket: On Sunday I got to meet David Tennant. On this day, I went as House M.D., and surprisingly enough a lot of people understood my costume with one woman heralding it as the best costume she's seen at Con--which is crap, by the way, but it was flattering nonetheless. The last time I went to Con, which was also the first time, I went as an extra from the Avengers. Everyone generally loved it because it was different. I was probably the only Dr. House costume at Con, which doesn't necessarily make it the best, just the least seen. I digress...
It was a big opportunity for me. I've never wanted to meet a star more than I have David Tennant, because, as I'm sure many of you know, he's not only a great talent, but he's also just ridiculously nice and generous! Although our time together was short, I will not forget the day I met, took a picture with, and got an autograph from David Tennant.
I also have no idea where my wry smile came from, but it's all here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153254446160915&set=a.10151931614625915.1073741825.621610914&type=1&theater
Overall, it was a great weekend. Now all I need to do is catch up on some sleep. *Snooze*
- PatInTheHat
I finally got to meet and get a signed autograph from the one and only David Tennant, the 10th Doctor from Doctor Who. He was as hilarious and charming as everyone expects him to be. Every single fan he greeted by name and also made some jokes along the way.
Saturday I got to see David Tennant and Billie Piper answer questions at their panel Q&A in the Terrace Ballroom at the PA Convention Center. On this day, I dressed as the the Tenth and traveled along with my beautiful TARDIS-dressed girlfriend, Katie. Was it a bit cliche for a con that featured a Doctor? Meh, I guess you could say so, but it was great nonetheless as other similarly dressed couple pairs smiled and nodded at us as passersby.
The next day was the day I've been waiting for since I got my David Tennant VIP ticket: On Sunday I got to meet David Tennant. On this day, I went as House M.D., and surprisingly enough a lot of people understood my costume with one woman heralding it as the best costume she's seen at Con--which is crap, by the way, but it was flattering nonetheless. The last time I went to Con, which was also the first time, I went as an extra from the Avengers. Everyone generally loved it because it was different. I was probably the only Dr. House costume at Con, which doesn't necessarily make it the best, just the least seen. I digress...
It was a big opportunity for me. I've never wanted to meet a star more than I have David Tennant, because, as I'm sure many of you know, he's not only a great talent, but he's also just ridiculously nice and generous! Although our time together was short, I will not forget the day I met, took a picture with, and got an autograph from David Tennant.
I also have no idea where my wry smile came from, but it's all here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153254446160915&set=a.10151931614625915.1073741825.621610914&type=1&theater
Overall, it was a great weekend. Now all I need to do is catch up on some sleep. *Snooze*
- PatInTheHat
Friday, May 1, 2015
To Write, To Wrong
I saw a story circulating around the other day about businesses disliking the use of Times New Roman as a typeface for resumes. This was a real story. This real story, because of how absurd it was, was posted by The Onion. Wanna know why it was posted by The Onion? Because it's a joke.
Times New Roman is now being regarded as "Not creative enough for the resume process."
Does anyone else have that initial thought in their head of, "Fuck people," when they read this? 'Cause that's an acceptable reaction!
We're currently in an economy where jobs are slim pickins as it is.
As someone who received their Masters in December, I only JUST received a full-time position. Even after 2 years of corporate experience, it took me a while to find a job. It wasn't until an opening occurred in the company that I already work for that I was able to snag something. If during my interview my interviewer looked at my resume and asked, "Now, here's a question: Why did you use Times New Roman as a font for your resume?" I would have got up, punched them square in the mouth, left, and never came back.
I'm going to coin this use of bullshit "Corporate Pettiness." Corporate Pettiness, by my definition, is when employees of companies use bullshit excuses to not hire someone. Ya know, like the typeface they used on their resume. I mean, it's not like we're using Wingdings, and speaking in symbols. That said, we could always start doing that! And if they ask why we use a font no one can understand we can just respond, "Well, you didn't appreciate the lack of creativity in using Times New, so, ya know, I figured this would tickle your fancy." Except, we all know it wouldn't.
I know I've said it before, but I sincerely feel like this country does whatever it takes to sabotage themselves from progressing. It's...it's incredible.
I know a topic like a typeface seems so minute, but holy hell. There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. Just stop it. Seriously, if these corporations have a serious problem with a professional font, use Wingdings. That'll shut 'em up.
- PatInTheHat
Times New Roman is now being regarded as "Not creative enough for the resume process."
Does anyone else have that initial thought in their head of, "Fuck people," when they read this? 'Cause that's an acceptable reaction!
We're currently in an economy where jobs are slim pickins as it is.
As someone who received their Masters in December, I only JUST received a full-time position. Even after 2 years of corporate experience, it took me a while to find a job. It wasn't until an opening occurred in the company that I already work for that I was able to snag something. If during my interview my interviewer looked at my resume and asked, "Now, here's a question: Why did you use Times New Roman as a font for your resume?" I would have got up, punched them square in the mouth, left, and never came back.
I'm going to coin this use of bullshit "Corporate Pettiness." Corporate Pettiness, by my definition, is when employees of companies use bullshit excuses to not hire someone. Ya know, like the typeface they used on their resume. I mean, it's not like we're using Wingdings, and speaking in symbols. That said, we could always start doing that! And if they ask why we use a font no one can understand we can just respond, "Well, you didn't appreciate the lack of creativity in using Times New, so, ya know, I figured this would tickle your fancy." Except, we all know it wouldn't.
I know I've said it before, but I sincerely feel like this country does whatever it takes to sabotage themselves from progressing. It's...it's incredible.
I know a topic like a typeface seems so minute, but holy hell. There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. Just stop it. Seriously, if these corporations have a serious problem with a professional font, use Wingdings. That'll shut 'em up.
- PatInTheHat
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