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@sdwa That’s because they are really unintelligent, unimaginative, un-talented and unskilled people who don’t know how to do their job and have to hide that fact by making everyone else look bad and blaming others for their mistakes. And usually they don’t aspire to anything better than managing the local dollar store and think they are something special for rising to that level of mediocrity. Or they are really bitter and resentful and frustrated with their own lives and have to take it out on others.

The manager at that store posted a list of funny/sarcastic sayings in the staff room that she got off the Internet. One has always stuck in my mind because when I read it I thought it fit her perfectly: “Oh, sorry, did I step on your itty bitty ego?”

But I’m being mean. Many of them probably have learning disabilities. Some of them may actually be insane. Most people think I’m stupid and/or crazy so I shouldn’t be so quick to pin the label on others.

I know what you mean about how everything you want to do costs money instead of bringing in income. And the retraining and not finding a job too. I’ve known people who had that happen.

What about writing? Is there some way you could make money from it? Working freelance for a newspaper maybe. Or I should say website since newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur.

Of course, it probably wouldn’t pay enough even if you could. Well, there must be something. I’m sure you will find it.

@Scattybird, that’s a great suggestion. Not silly at all. It may not work for sdwa for the reasons she listed. And I would rather pull my hair out than do anything remotely associated with math. But it would be a great option for those who do have the skills.

As for dressing up for interviews, I don’t really. I keep it very simple, so that I don’t waste energy. Dress pants, nice shirt, hair in a bun, clean nails, shiny shoes. And foundation to cover my blemished and uneven skin so I won’t feel self conscious about it. If I worry too much about how i look I’ll probably make myself late fussing and won’t be able to focus during the interview because I’ll be too busy thinking about how I look. So I go with what I know and use the same outfit for everything, just dressing it up or down to suit the situation. But then I have never applied to a job where they might not hire you just because you  broke some silly rule about how you’re supposed to dress for interviews.

That’s a good point about the Human Resources department. We’re not people, just resources. Numbers on a page. Someday maybe they’ll wake up and see that that’s the problem. When my last employer fired me he said “It wasn’t an easy decision to make”. BS. He never even took the time to get to know me. If he had he might have seen what a huge asset I could have been. But he’d rather have a brainless twit who batts her pretty eyelashes at him and says all the things he wants to hear than someone who might actually be able to help him.

And I’m going to my dark place again. Enough of that.

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