Bilbo

[Kev]

It is no doubt frustrating to be educated and not be getting the opportunities you think you deserve. But if the opportunities in that field are restricted and the competition too tough, then maybe alternatives should be sought in the mean time. Unemployment is sometimes an easier option than grinding out a living doing something we think is beneath us.

But in saying that, I am getting on my high horse again. And Im too hungover for that.

There is one problem with the way you have used the phrase in the mean time. It may be true to a certain extent but...If you are just taking a grunt job that you are way overqualified for, then the employer knows that you are only there until you find something better, and is likely to bump you to the bottom of the list because of that. I mean, why bother hiring and training someone who you know is gonna catch the first plane outta here?

That a fair point. But I would imagine the lowest jobs have a high turnover rate anyway. A supermarket, for example, would most likely be happy with what they can get. Nobody plans on waiting tables as a long term career choice. And the way things seem that high level job isnt going to come around too quickly anyway. But I see completely where you are coming from though.

Yeah regarding a supermarket you are probably right, but my point isn't about whether any jobs are available to Von but more whether it's any of our fucking business.

I just don't like it when any posters start to get on their moral high horse and lecturing others on their personal lives. I didn't like it when it happened to ICB and Donny either when some people questioned how they were going to pay for their kids and whether they were going to request state help.

It's just insulting to and rude and judge people that we don't even know.

I'm all for having a laugh and taking the piss out of each other, lord knows I do plenty of that, but personal attacks about serious things shouldn't have a place on the forum imo.

Anyway that's my two cents.