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I've noticed this phenomena for awhile now, at least here in Colorado, but I doubt it's specific to this location. If you go to any public location like, say, a park, on a random weekday, it's full of people that don't really seem to have to work. A certain amount of this can be explained by: *people who have the day off *people who don't work M-F *Stay at home parents But even being super generous and saying that's 50% of those people, what the gently caress do the other half of them do for money? Are there just that many jobs out there that don't require you to have anything to show for the salary you're pulling from the company? Are these people all 1 month from getting fired? Is there just a job bubble, lots of 'creative' types just not doing poo poo and drawing 6 figure salaries? I can't be the only jealous rear end in a top hat who's noticed this, right? More importantly, how do I get in on the action? Tell me about your job where you don't really do anything and just hang out all day.
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The part of Chicago I'm in it's like this, but that's because there's a lot of hipsters who work service industry who live here. The dude sitting at the bar on a Wednesday at 3 in the afternoon will more than likely be pouring me a beer after I get off work on Friday.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:11
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They are all working on their apps OP, the the pre-funding, pre-IPO stage.
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They're working their asses off 24/7 but it doesn't look like it because their work poo poo is in the Cloud
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Icochet posted:They're working their asses off 24/7 but it doesn't look like it because their work poo poo is in the Cloud It really doesn't look like it. They're either not on their computer or phone, or if they are, when you creep on their screens it's just reading articles about how hosed the world is or reading some food blog. EDIT: I will acknowledge remote workers. But those people tend to stick to coffee shops and the like. Pawn 17 posted:They are all working on their apps OP, the the pre-funding, pre-IPO stage. Every uber/lyft driver these days seems to give this story. I've actually heard a few solid ideas, but I doubt even one of them will come to fruition. Biohazard fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Feb 12, 2020 19:19
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Biohazard posted:It really doesn't look like it. They're either not on their computer or phone, or if they are, when you creep on their screens it's just reading articles about how hosed the world is or reading some food blog. EDIT: I will acknowledge remote workers. But those people tend to stick to coffee shops and the like. At the office you instinctively alt+tab from your browser to a spreadsheet when someone approaches. Outdoors it works the other way around because you don't want to look like a square.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:26
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In the United States a lot of people work in the "gig economy" which is a fancy way of saying you have to work multiple jobs in order to make end's meet, most of which don't conform to the 9-5 five day a week model you must be a part of. Most likely a portion of these people are working multiple part time jobs in order to keep a roof over their heads and are just trying to enjoy a tiny bit of freedom before going back to the soul-crushing majority of their lives.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:26
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Living off their parents
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Feb 12, 2020 19:28
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They're out there having fun before coronavirus hits. They're actually real smart, OP
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Feb 12, 2020 19:29
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we get paid for knowing stuff instead of doing stuff
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Feb 12, 2020 19:30
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boar guy posted:we get paid for knowing stuff instead of doing stuff I get paid for the stuff I know but I still have to produce a product. How did you get away from the producing a product part? Spinz posted:Living off their parents Likely true in part here. Lots of rich texas oil money kids come here. And Californians. A Fancy Hat posted:In the United States a lot of people work in the "gig economy" which is a fancy way of saying you have to work multiple jobs in order to make end's meet, most of which don't conform to the 9-5 five day a week model you must be a part of. True. Maybe I'm just a giant judgmental rear end in a top hat. Still I think you can usually spot people that are on a break and have to go back to their lovely job. They have a broken look to them. Most people I see are way too relaxed for this. Biohazard fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Feb 12, 2020 19:35
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Those people are just part of the simulation.
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Biohazard posted:I get paid for the stuff I know but I still have to produce a product. How did you get away from the producing a product part? by knowing enough to do the work (produce the product) in a quarter of the time i bill for it 
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Feb 12, 2020 19:43
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What's the point of having people who are willing to die for "freedom" if nobody gets to actually enjoy it?
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Feb 12, 2020 19:47
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I work in a spa on an afternoon shift, sometimes I do weekends, so I have weekday mornings and sometimes days off.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:50
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trouser chili posted:Those people are just part of the simulation. Depending upon where you spawn, there will be a variable numbers of NPCs.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:52
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The streets and parks are empty during normal 9-5 work hours OP, I think you're suffering from hallucinations and should see a doctor. edit: please make sure the doctor is not also a hallucination
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Feb 12, 2020 19:54
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Genesplicer posted:Depending upon where you spawn, there will be a variable numbers of NPCs. This would explain why when I look around I just seem to see the same loving people over and over again.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:54
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Many factories and warehouses work 24/7, which means 2/3rds of the work force is not at work during "office hours". Also, retail, fast food, etc. When I was a warehouse leadhand I worked 6 or 9pm to 6am. I could either sleep right away and be up at 2 or 3, or be awake during the day and sleep in the afternoon. Depended what chores needed doing. Recently I was working in a factory (as an engineer now, so 8am-430pm) and spoke to many of the line workers leaving in the morning (our shifts overlapped some) and they had the same routine. The world isn't strictly 9-5 now op, and I busted my rear end for years to get a 9-5 desk job.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:57
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:Many factories and warehouses work 24/7... Fair point. This isn't a big industrial town, but I'm sure there's plenty of 3rd shift workers in medicine and whatnot. I always assumed people went home and went to bed after their shifts.
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Feb 12, 2020 20:01
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:The world isn't strictly 9-5 now op, and I busted my rear end for years to get a 9-5 desk job. same and now I loving hate it and I produce nothing
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Feb 12, 2020 20:03
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Stevie Lee posted:same and now I loving hate it and I produce nothing It beats producing nothing and having to sleep during the day instead. Also destroying my back at 25 sucked It's not thrilling but I at least I have time and money for things I actually enjoy
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Feb 12, 2020 20:06
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Before I had a kid I'd sometimes take a day off without telling my wife. I'd leave the house in the morning as if I was going in but instead go get breakfast, go for a walk, get coffee, read a book. Sit outside for a while if it was warm out. Good times. Alternatively, everyone you see outdoors during office hours is either coming from or going to a Grindr hookup.
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Feb 12, 2020 20:08
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They could have vacation days they need to use up so they're taking a random mini vacation, or sick time, or maybe they work 3rd shift somewhere or they're on lunch break, or they "work from home" which is the best, you can just do whatever and send a couple emails and boom, you're working. I had a job like that and I miss it 
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Feb 12, 2020 20:16
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i only work 4 days a week so i have to be tighter with my money but i can also do whatever the f*ck i want on tuesday or often times ill get a nice long weekend so i can be extra hung over on monday and not suffer the indignity of having to work through it
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Feb 12, 2020 20:25
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i post alot at work it involves typing on a keyboard so it looks like im working lifehack!!! 
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Feb 12, 2020 20:29
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I lost my job last week, so yes I am sitting in a bathrobe and having a beer at 1:30pm on a Wednesday.
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Feb 12, 2020 20:30
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I work medical so I have a four day work week, covering the weekend, at odd hours. I am always at places at weird times.
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numberoneposter posted:i only work 4 days a week so i have to be tighter with my money but i can also do whatever the f*ck i want on tuesday or often times ill get a nice long weekend so i can be extra hung over on monday and not suffer the indignity of having to work through it Can you swear on Tuesdays?
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Feb 12, 2020 20:34
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9 to 5 work schedules aren't the norm anymore, grandpa. How many people under 30 have "normal" schedules anymore?
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Chinatown posted:i post alot at work ill get really serious about a post and furrow my eyebrows a little bit and people think im writing a really important email numberoneposter fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Programmer
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Ever worked in a hospital? Three "12 hour day" shifts and four days off.
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Feb 12, 2020 20:37
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op's job doesn't seem to require real work if he has all this time to judge people in parks
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Feb 12, 2020 20:38
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Playing guitar on the MTV - That ain't working - That's the way to do it.
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Biohazard posted:I've noticed this phenomena for awhile now, at least here in Colorado, but I doubt it's specific to this location. If you go to any public location like, say, a park, on a random weekday, it's full of people that don't really seem to have to work. A certain amount of this can be explained by: You are way, way, way overestimating the amount of people that actually work a 9-5 in an office they go to everyday monday-friday. Out of 100 people 15 are children too young to work 10 are college/high school students that aren't working 5 are chronically unemployed (think big lebowski) 5 are disabled 20 are eldery/retired 10 work shift work (nights/weekends) 10 work part time (less than 20 hours week) 25 work m-f 9-5 ish or multiple jobs with a ton of hours in those times And that might be overestimating the amount m-f 9-5
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Feb 12, 2020 20:42
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I’m in the DC metro area so I assume they’re all military wives or politicians.
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Feb 12, 2020 20:54
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OP and other posters, don't make moronic assumptions about how much other people work off of casual observation, it's a dick move and is some Republican "They're able to protest because none of them have jobs!" vibes where you just draw the conclusion that someone is lazy and/or doesn't have a "real job" because you can't see it with your limited perspective at the time. Like just don't do that poo poo man.
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Feb 12, 2020 21:26
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The real litmus test is to find a suburb that has sidewalks and see how many people are walking on them during 9-5. If you count more than 5 I'd be surprised.
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The world is a great big pile of shi...ft work.
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