Solice Kirsk posted:

If it's like other internships they do the menial work that the company doesn't want to pay a secretary/runner to do. THen at the end of the internship they get hired on at minimum wage because they "really showed us something!"

Someone who is definitely not already deep in this poo poo posted:

There are no pyramid schemes, despite so many wanting to tag them as such, because you see - pyramid schemes are illegal. A lot of these businesses are multi level marketing which is what people are misinformed about. The MLM set up is why they are working with such success. They are set up in such a way to help the small business owner have a huge potential for financial success.

Think of your traditional brick and mortar business where people aren’t “afraid” of a scheme. Is there a manager that helps assist people at their job? Does that person have a boss? And does that boss have an overseeing boss or manager? And so on, and so forth?

Yes. Yes. Yes. And absolutely YES.

Now do those managers, bosses and CEO’s depend upon their staff to do their jobs diligently in order for their business and companies to be successful?

Yup.

Now anyone who is a motivated individual, would they want to move up in their company? Would they like more pay and higher success?

I would hope that every single working individual would answer yes to this.

Likewise, if these people like their job, do they talk about it? If you personally go to a restaurant you like, do you tell your friends about it? If you find a store whose clothing you have fallen in love with, do you share it? What about a new recipe you just tried that your family enjoyed...you probably have shared this with your co-workers and friends, no?

If this is the case, then every single one of us are involved in some type of pyramid scheme. God help us all.

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If this is the case, then every single one of us are involved in some type of pyramid scheme. God help us all.

pathetic little tramp posted:

That reminds me I have to take pictures of the children's book that was written for children of Amway parents - "Just wait 'till we're diamond" I found it in a thrift store for 25 cents.

pathetic little tramp posted:

That reminds me I have to take pictures of the children's book that was written for children of Amway parents - "Just wait 'till we're diamond" I found it in a thrift store for 25 cents.

defectivemonkey posted:

I'd had a Huffington Post thing about how many stay-at-home moms are getting involved in MLMs open in my browser for weeks because I thought it would be interesting. Turns out it is, but because it's just a bad ad for the idea of MLMs.


Selling for an MLM: Just like telling your friends about a restaurant you like except you're also an ENTREPRENEUR.

pathetic little tramp posted:

That reminds me I have to take pictures of the children's book that was written for children of Amway parents - "Just wait 'till we're diamond" I found it in a thrift store for 25 cents.

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

I feel for my coworker, but her decisions are all so bad. Her mom was some kind of alcoholic and her Dad died when she was really young. Her mom helped her get this house and is not good with money, but is trying to buy forgiveness after not talking to her daughter for 6 years.

My other coworkers all cheered her on and encouraged her to buy the house and get the wedding loan because "You only do it once! Make it memorable! It's your special day! Don't take no for an answer!"

I briefly tried to encourage her not to get a loan for a wedding and to not put major charges on the credit card when you are already thousands of dollars in debt (hundreds of thousands of dollars if you include both their student loans and mortgage) on a 28k income. But then I became the dream crusher and was not going to get into a fight with my boss (who was really adamant about advising her to go big) about weddings.

Everyone in my office is a middle-aged woman except for my younger woman coworker and one middle-aged man. They are all obsessed with encouraging her to go bigger and better and telling her how they missed out on one aspect of their wedding and how it is tacky to not have this aspect of a wedding and they really regretted not spending more on their own weddings. It's terrible.

BarbarianElephant posted:

That was me. The tax officials *did* have official ID, they just jumped back like Count Dracula facing garlic when I tried to take a picture of it so I could check later that they were the real deal. Seems dumb since I have no idea what the state tax ID cards look like and an official looking fake ID would have looked fine to me. It seemed to me like that is exactly what a scammer would do, so I didn't let them in, because they hadn't sent anything in the mail or phoned us beforehand to say they were coming.

We eventually sorted it out, it was an issue where we had paid the tax but although it showed up in their system as "received" it didn't show up as "paid" so they thought we had paid nothing with no explanation. And they thought they had sent letters about it, but we never got them, so who knows if they did or not. We have a similar address to a nearby building and they are always getting our mail so it was probably that. Turning up at our doorstep was a last resort for them, because they thought there was no other way to contact us.

Ashcans posted:

Obviously you need to join in on this, and recommend that her wedding has a horse.

pathetic little tramp posted:

My phone doesn't take the best pictures in low light and I'm not great at taking photos anyway so some of these may be a little grainy before I figured out turning on the flash really helps, but they're readable.

Just wait till we're diamond is the story of Reed, a poor little demon-faced child with a head the size of a watermelon, thinking back on her life till now as she sleeps in a hotel suite on the eve of her parents' diamondising. It hits quite a few little MLM tropes, I think my favourite drawing is the one of her parents having no will to live as they look at all those fukken bills

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pathetic little tramp posted:

Haifisch posted:

Hey kids, support your parent's Diamond dreams and you can go swimming and be Diamond and buy lots of stuff and eat fancy food and watch your Diamond parents walk out of a silver limo and see people throw roses because they're Diamond but while you're waiting for that you can make pretty drawings of your BIG DREAMS. Diamond.

So basically the exact same things the adults getting suckered into MLM dream of & do dumb motivational things for, just phrased with smaller words. Kind of puts it in perspective.

pathetic little tramp posted:

My phone doesn't take the best pictures in low light and I'm not great at taking photos anyway so some of these may be a little grainy before I figured out turning on the flash really helps, but they're readable.

Just wait till we're diamond is the story of Reed, a poor little demon-faced child with a head the size of a watermelon, thinking back on her life till now as she sleeps in a hotel suite on the eve of her parents' diamondising. It hits quite a few little MLM tropes, I think my favourite drawing is the one of her parents having no will to live as they look at all those fukken bills

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cooter64 posted:

That turkeys not even in any packaging. It's just a smoked turkey on his boss's desk.

"I appreciate the job, but I just don't need it any more. But Before I go, I'm going to watch you eat this entire loving turkey," dad said as he held the gun to his boss's temple. "Once you're done, you can shove this watch up your rear end."

cooter64 posted:

That turkeys not even in any packaging. It's just a smoked turkey on his boss's desk.

"I appreciate the job, but I just don't need it any more. But Before I go, I'm going to watch you eat this entire loving turkey," dad said as he held the gun to his boss's temple. "Once you're done, you can shove this watch up your rear end."

pig slut lisa posted:

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask / Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Bad With Money: Just Wait 'til We're Diamond

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Humphrey Appleby posted:

I give the book 9/10 because she did not get a Pony at the end.

pathetic little tramp posted:

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pathetic little tramp posted:

My phone doesn't take the best pictures in low light and I'm not great at taking photos anyway so some of these may be a little grainy before I figured out turning on the flash really helps, but they're readable.

Just wait till we're diamond is the story of Reed, a poor little demon-faced child with a head the size of a watermelon, thinking back on her life till now as she sleeps in a hotel suite on the eve of her parents' diamondising. It hits quite a few little MLM tropes, I think my favourite drawing is the one of her parents having no will to live as they look at all those fukken bills

pig slut lisa posted:

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask / Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Bad With Money: Just Wait 'til We're Diamond

pathetic little tramp posted:

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