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Post by AztecWilliam on Jul 19, 2010 20:15:10 GMT -8
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 20, 2010 7:08:58 GMT -8
Age discrimination is totally oppressive in this country. Over the years I have collected a lot of friends and keep in touch with them. Those in their late fifties and into their sixties who are out of work all tell me the same thing, and that is they don't even get the opportunity to interview for jobs. It would appear that all across the nation, the people doing the preliminary screening of resumes are young, and resumes from older applicants are never forwarded for consideration.
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Post by uwaztec on Jul 20, 2010 9:18:50 GMT -8
Well, as my main source of income has dried up quite a bit due to the economy.... I was forced to look for consulting work in a field I had been out of for 10 years. I will admit to dying my hair for the first time in my life for the initial interviews.... age discrimination is a reality.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 20, 2010 15:44:21 GMT -8
I'll add to this that studies have shown that tall men tend to make more bucks than short men.
=Bob
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 21, 2010 13:31:47 GMT -8
Better get some shoes with lifts in them!  |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 21, 2010 13:55:29 GMT -8
Better get some shoes with lifts in them! I was never really ambitious enough to care and with government jobs, salaries are set and raises come with promotions. I got enough of them to be happy since I never wanted to be management anyway. =Bob |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 21, 2010 14:32:34 GMT -8
Better get some shoes with lifts in them! I was never really ambitious enough to care and with government jobs, salaries are set and raises come with promotions. I got enough of them to be happy since I never wanted to be management anyway. =Bob Which came first? Being short or lack of ambition? When did you start saying that you never wanted to be a success anyway? |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 21, 2010 16:06:00 GMT -8
I was never really ambitious enough to care and with government jobs, salaries are set and raises come with promotions. I got enough of them to be happy since I never wanted to be management anyway. =Bob Which came first? Being short or lack of ambition? When did you start saying that you never wanted to be a success anyway? I've never considered "success" to be measured by how much I made but rather by whether or not I enjoyed my jobs. With the exception of the time I spent carrying mail, I have had fun in every job I've ever had and if USPS management wasn't jam packed full of assholes, I would have enjoyed that as well. The guy who was County Planning's director the 2nd time I was there had a serious short man's complex, even though he was about an inch taller than me (5-7 or so). The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I really didn't grow up around people who were all that tall in Northern New York. I went to a Jr./Sr. high school - 7-12 - and during the 5 years I was there, our B-Ball team never had a center who was taller than 6-2. My closest friends were 5-9 and 5-4. So being my height was not in the least unusual. But that director grew up in Omaheehaw, where there are lots of large, corn-fed boys. In that setting, being his height was most likely a lot different than it was in my setting. Either way, I made enough as a planner to have a decent retirement that I supplement with the best job I've ever had, working to restore the San Diego River and its tributaries. So while you may consider "success" to be how many bucks you have when you die, it's never been my first consideration and I think I've led a quite successful life. =Bob |
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Post by davdesid on Jul 21, 2010 16:33:19 GMT -8
>>>...and if USPS management wasn't jam packed full of assholes...<<<
Well, don't think the health care system won't be similarly packed.
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 21, 2010 18:39:24 GMT -8
But that director grew up in Omaheehaw, where there are lots of large, corn-fed boys. In that setting, being his height was most likely a lot different than it was in my setting. =Bob Almost two years ago I flew from Dallas up to Des Moines, Iowa to tend to some business up there. The airport was not that big, but the women are. I got off of my plane and walked to the main lobby/luggage retrieval area/rent a car area and there must have been forty women already there waiting for their luggage or other business. BIG WOMEN! Six footers + and all were 280 to 320 pounds. Almost all had blond hair. I'm talking about the kind of women who can really keep you warm on a cold midwestern winter night! I could understand how a man as short as that guy from Omaha could have a complex. He probably was not Jewish. My father always told me that the Jewish men knew the true value of a BIG woman like that because you could get twice as much woman for the cost of one. |
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Post by ragin'aztec on Jul 22, 2010 21:09:52 GMT -8
There aren't enough hot chicks where I work. Since I believe in affirmative action, my company should be hiring more chicks that look like this:  |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 23, 2010 5:21:07 GMT -8
There aren't enough hot chicks where I work. Since I believe in affirmative action, my company should be hiring more chicks that look like this: Gosh, those were the days. I remember when all of my girlfriends had bodies like that. But then again, I had a body that they went crazy for, too. What goes around, comes around. It is now time for your generation to enjoy the pretty ladies' charms. In another twenty years there will be another generation and after them another and another...... |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 23, 2010 5:25:00 GMT -8
Well, as my main source of income has dried up quite a bit due to the economy.... I was forced to look for consulting work in a field I had been out of for 10 years. I will admit to dying my hair for the first time in my life for the initial interviews.... age discrimination is a reality. I don't need to dye my hair. It has never turned gray on me. Besides, I am retired. My problem since I entered my sixties has been the wrinkle lines around my eyes. Short of plastic surgery, I don't know of anything that can make them go away. |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 23, 2010 10:24:09 GMT -8
>>>...and if USPS management wasn't jam packed full of assholes...<<< Well, don't think the health care system won't be similarly packed. That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob |
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Post by davdesid on Jul 23, 2010 13:52:12 GMT -8
>>>...and if USPS management wasn't jam packed full of assholes...<<< Well, don't think the health care system won't be similarly packed. That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob Well, wrt to the health care takeover, referring to what are going to be basically treated as chattel as "customers" is a bit of a non sequitur, too. Especially since the philosopher kings who will run it are exempt. tinyurl.com/388z4cd |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 23, 2010 14:38:04 GMT -8
>>>...and if USPS management wasn't jam packed full of assholes...<<< Well, don't think the health care system won't be similarly packed. That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob There are a huge majority of Postal Workers that are hard working and treat the public with all the respect and courtesy that you will find in most any business. Postal Management is just structured so poorly and with minimum reward for the responsibility that most do not enter or strive for higher level jobs. Even some of those who do enter management are critical and in mos cases sorry for their move. My neighbor and y son are two examples. My wife retired from the Post Office as a clerk. It is a hostile work environment and in my view should be taken private. |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 23, 2010 14:40:40 GMT -8
That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob Well, wrt to the health care takeover, referring to what are going to be basically treated as chattel as "customers" is a bit of a non sequitur, too. Especially since the philosopher kings who will run it are exempt. tinyurl.com/388z4cdThe direction that heath care is headed can do nothing but turn out poorly. It will have lots of willing and right minded folks led by a bunch of idiots. It will be like I describe the Postal Service. |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 23, 2010 16:16:58 GMT -8
Well, as my main source of income has dried up quite a bit due to the economy.... I was forced to look for consulting work in a field I had been out of for 10 years. I will admit to dying my hair for the first time in my life for the initial interviews.... age discrimination is a reality. I don't need to dye my hair. It has never turned gray on me. Besides, I am retired. My problem since I entered my sixties has been the wrinkle lines around my eyes. Short of plastic surgery, I don't know of anything that can make them go away. Oh come now, Joe. Every picture you offer shows a different hair color  . =Bob |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 23, 2010 16:18:05 GMT -8
That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob Well, wrt to the health care takeover, referring to what are going to be basically treated as chattel as "customers" is a bit of a non sequitur, too. Especially since the philosopher kings who will run it are exempt. tinyurl.com/388z4cdNothing more than a political statement that has nothing at all to do with this thread. Try again. =Bob |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jul 23, 2010 16:23:32 GMT -8
That's a bit of a non sequitur given that I was referring to USPS management style and the way they treat the workers, not how they treat customers. =Bob There are a huge majority of Postal Workers that are hard working and treat the public with all the respect and courtesy that you will find in most any business. Postal Management is just structured so poorly and with minimum reward for the responsibility that most do not enter or strive for higher level jobs. Even some of those who do enter management are critical and in mos cases sorry for their move. My neighbor and y son are two examples. My wife retired from the Post Office as a clerk. It is a hostile work environment and in my view should be taken private. The day after I quit I wrote on a local BBS that USPS should be taken private because the management couldn't get any worse. Unfortunately, for those who work there, it has gotten progressively worse over the years, to the point that, at least from what I've been told, it is damn close to impossible. The entire system operates on "suck" and all too often it operates on who you screw. Email me if you want more on that. =Bob |
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