I don’t understand why you are so conceited. Is it because you have your own apartment when a lot of people your age don’t? Is it because you have a university commerce degree and are getting even more education on top of that? You’re so sure that because you’ll have human resource mgmt (from your degree) AND accounting (from community college) that you’ll “stand out” amongst the masses of grads and land yourself that lovely place in an accounting firm. I will laugh come this May when you graduate and are still waiting tables. And trust me, you will still be waiting tables, or doing some other menial job, even a year from now. You think you’re so educated, smart, confident, and charming that 10, 15, 20 years from now (you’re 25) you’ll be in this big-shot position, bringing in the dough.
Here’s your reality check, girlie:
Your education won’t get you a good job because you don’t have any connections and you’re really not all that bright. How do I know you’re not that bright? You got laid off from your job! I also know a LOT of people who went to uni, and they’re not exactly intelligent! I think you confuse confidence with cockiness, and as far as charm is concerned, hun, you don’t have an ounce of it. How charming can you be if you only have 2 good friends? You don’t even have an effing boyfriend! Supposedly, you’re ok with the single life. But that’s a good thing for you, I guess, because your looks are only ok/moderately attractive and… well re-read what I just wrote! Have fun staying unemployed for the rest of the semester (since you refuse to work in fast food) and enjoy that future eviction from your apartment when you’re no longer able to pay your rent! —Your Reality Check
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.
uh, wait. Let me get this right. This person has a good work ethic (a degree AND community college? could definitely help…) and is working their way through school. Why can’t they get a decent job at an accounting firm?
What does having few friends or no boyfriend have to do with this? People CAN enjoy being single and not everyone needs many friends to be happy in life. A few good friends that always have your back are better than lots of half acquaintances.
You’re an asshole and you sound jealous that you haven’t had the work ethic to do something with your life, or jealous that you need to have a lover to make you feel like someone who’s worth something. Some people have worth all on their own, and know it. You clearly don’t.
You need the reality check, OP.
I agree, I really don’t see much to bitch about here…
Next time bitch about her being conceited, not about her being successful.
‘You don’t even have an effing boyfriend!’ – that one statement underlined your own shallow stupidity – obviously, you think a man makes a woman’s life complete – the only loser around here is YOU, OP, and you’re a very nasty and jealous one at that.
Got to agree with longwalker, and plus lots of bright people have been laid off, its usually do to economics and maybe seniority bumps not whether your “bright or not”
Lol, envy is a cruel mistress OB, now look in the mirror and see what failure really is.
Actually I sort of agree with OB — not in the hate part for the subject for the bitch, but the reality is:
HR jobs are almost impossible to get if you don’t have experience. Even with co-op, most places hiring for HR will require two years. Thing is, the market for HR is flooded right now, and you’re getting people with experience and CHRP designation and degrees, etc… applying for entry level positions. This chick doesn’t have anything to brag about re: an HR degree.
As for the accounting. Sure she has a degree — BUT IT’S NOT IN ACCOUNTING. That’s not to say she won’t get a job, but it’ll likely be an entry level position and will have to compete with people who have degrees in accounting and have extra designations you can’t get without an accounting degree (chartered accountant for example — can you even become one if you don’t have a degree in accounting? And even if you can — you’ll fall flat on your face without the advanced knowledge a degree provides).
This chick’ll get a job — but it’ll take a while (years, maybe to be honest) and it’ll be entry level. And yes, she needs connections because in order to get in, someone needs to give you a break.
If she wants a big fat job in accounting she’s going to have to get a major in accounting from a university and she’s likely going to have to get further education re: a designation (CMA, Chartered Accountant, etc…).
And if she wants to get an HR job in general she’ll need to get her CHRP designation or become a certified payroll specialist through further education, or work her way up from the very bottom (I’m talking call centres here). But without that CHRP she won’t advance very far in HR.
So, yeah, OB’s right on the fact that this chick needs a reality check, all jealousy issues aside. But don’t worry, she’ll get one after she graduates.
You just don’t graduate with a BComm (in anything) and a business program from NSCC and walk into some awesome big fat job. It just doesn’t happen.
This bitch reads like it was written by a jealous 12 year old.
9/10 says she’s prettier than you are too.
“I know a LOT of people who went to uni, and they’re not exactly intelligent.”
Okay, Reality Check, here’s your chance. How DID you know that a lot of people who went to uni were “not exactly intelligent?” What, exactly, IS intelligence, Reality Check? You’ve got to be able to answer that question before you can make the quoted assertion. You do realize that, don’t you?
Write back soon.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I can just see you now OP.. staring at her. Googling her and stalking her facebook. Staring at her pretty photos, her witty updates.. her clever notes… And hating her for being more successful than you are. You sound obsessed with her OP. And it’s creepy.
Here’s some advice for you OP. You’re not very intelligent. You’re not very mature. You also clearly have no appreciable self esteem. This combination of traits makes the old trick of insulting someone in order to make them less of a threat transparent for what it is. You’re making yourself sick with jealousy. I don’t know what it is about this girl… but clearly you have illustrated your feelings of having competed with her and lost.
You have illustrated her as the superior specimen. And yourself as an uneducated and idiotic fool.
Hold on a second!
She has her own apartment and she’s ONLY 25?!!
shit I had my own house by 25. Don’t be jealous of people more driven than you.
and lol who at 25 DOESN’T have their own apartment?
Destination: Teh Lulz
IK: perhaps this chick OB’s bitching about brags and goes on and on like a cocky little bitch? OB sounds jealous, sure, and doesn’t sound very mature, but I know I’d get fed up REALLY quick with someone’s bragging. But maybe that’s because I’ve had that reality check and know what this chick is in for (which wouldn’t exactly make me bitch about her — it would either a) make me laugh at her inside my head or b) feel sorry for her. But maybe that’s because I went to school for my second degree with a bunch of air heads who thought they’d be handed CEO jobs upon graduation. Even then I knew better. But, when that’s all you hear all the fucking time, it gets really old, really quick. (though I will say that being laid off usually has nothing to do with someone’s job performance — if it did it would be a firing, not a lay off). I think, though, OB’s lack of maturity and her blatant jealousy has made everyone lose sight of the real issue here: the chick she’s bitching about lives in a goddamned dream world.
Also: I gotta say, great post, mo-man.
People who think their shit doesn’t stink can be infuriating, but ignoring them is better than focusing your energy trying to bring them down or insult them. That only makes you look crazy. If they need a reality check they’ll eventually get one. Get on with your life.
PK yeah.. i did consider that. And it’s definitely possible. But given the tone of this bitch and the relative maturity of the bitcher.. i’m guessing “conceited” probably is the umbrella term OP uses to describe “confident, beautiful and intelligent”
Agreed, Thomas. And don’t worry, a reality check’ll come.
You can’t rely solely on education — plenty of people work ther way up through initiative, natural smarts and hard work (like Thomas!)
Yeah, you can’t rely solely on ANYTHING, PK. A degree means nothing if you’re a total doufus that no one wants to work with or hire, and sometimes you do need that degree to do certain things, no matter how qualified you may be without it.
Y’know, even if she does get a good job, I bet she hates it! Sour grapes, anytime? I hope you weren’t counting yourself as one of those two friends, OB.
OB, your friend lives in an apartment? That’s nothing to brag about. Yuck. Waiting tables? That’s a job for losers.
OP..wow…you really need to grip on your own reality. You really should worry about yourself and your own mental state. Jealousy & envy can be dangerous beasts.
Jealous much OB.
Wow OB … bitter much?!?
Trying to make yourself feel better by berating/demeaning/insulting someone else is not very becoming … I don’t care how valid any of your statements may be. You sound like my ex who was unhappy and insecure with what he had done with his life and regularly told me I didn’t know anything unless it came from a book.
If this other person’s behaviour is that much of a problem for you … call her out on it or keep on walking. To stress yourself out that much over someone who is probably not a permanent fixture in your life (and really, that’s only your children and even that permanence becomes isn’t guaranteed once they become adults) is not healthy. And, if you happen to have this attitude toward others in your life … maybe you need to fix some things with yourself.
I think we’ve got this covered, OP needs to focus on themselves and not let the big talker get under their skin.
me-fucking-ow.
Agreed Troodon … I suppose it’s also not very becoming to continue to beat something that’s already dead.
Op, whatever you do, don’t take career advice from a chick that has 3 degrees and a low income job.
um…..hi, PK! 🙂
Um who said I have a low income job, GV?
My job pays quite nicely, and I’m actually about to get quite a sizable raise.
I manage my department, I have two assistants and I get paid quite well for what I do (I even get paid for lunch). And I worked damn hard for it and paid my dues.
You should really check your facts and information before making claims that make you look stupid, GV.
Uhhhh who said I have a low income job?
I manage my department, I have two assistants and I have a great salary. And oh hey the raise I’m getting at the end of the month would make you cry.
And you know what? I worked my ass off to be in the position I am now. Nothing got handed to me on a silver platter after graduation.
So you should really check your facts, GV, before posting inaccurate statements. It just makes you look like the dumbass we all know you are.
Uhhhh who said I have a low income job?
I manage my department, I have two assistants and I have a great salary. And oh hey the raise I’m getting at the end of the month would make you cry.
And you know what? I worked my ass off to be in the position I am now. Nothing got handed to me on a silver platter after graduation.
So you should really check your facts, GV, before posting inaccurate statements. It just makes you look like the dumbass we all know you are.
Also: my fucking posts won’t go through. This is the third time posting this. ugh.
I have a community college diploma and I got a job the day I graduated and have been working for 10 years. Nothing wrong with community college. You, my friend are a jealous bitter green-eyed monster. Ew. Your attitude sucks.
I’m sorry, PK. It looks like I’ve assumed too much. I was basing it on your past bitches where you make it sound like you are paid minimum wage, multiple degrees, and too poor to move to Calgary for a fair wage.
Anyone want to enlighten me what “good paying” means ?
As someone who was accepted to a higher education, but instead went directly to the workforce after high school, then 2 years later took technical courses & presently (more than 10 years) breaks 6 figures each year…does that mean I have a “good paying” job ?
I’m certain that I wouldn’t have what I do now, at minimum wage + tips ! Presently in my area, brand new people with no experience & no training (& for what we do, schooling is very little help) the lowest paid are around 15.00 an hour + fringes. Thirds are around 20 dollars + fringes an hour… & it goes up ,as per your speciality etc.
looks you whore…
if you find her conceited, piss all over her, and want to cut her down to size…
why bother associate with her?
just fuck off, mind your own business and cut ties already.
geez.
More … in my opinion, a “good paying” job is relative. I have friends who are paid $16/hr and to them it’s a good paying job. I have friends that make three and four times that amount – some of whom feel they have a good paying job and some who don’t. For those that are higher wage earners and don’t consider it a good paying job … their position on salary is not a surprise to me based on what I know of their personality. For me, as long as I’m fairly compensated for what I do and can go to work (most days) not wishing I were working elsewhere … I’m good. It’s not about making more money and it’s not about being in a position of power … it’s about my happiness.
To comment a bit on education in preparation for employment … for some fields it’s an absolute necessity, for others there are ways to get the required knowledge without a university or community college education. My degree is in Kinesiology – when I graduated there were next to no job openings in that field in the Halifax area. So, in order to pay my bills, I continued working in the office where I was employed part-time as a student. I started at the bottom but didn’t stay there for long … not because I was always looking to move ‘up’ and went seeking it … in fact it was always offered because I was capable, I’m not one to shy away from a challenge and I embrace change when it’s good change and challenge it when it isn’t. What I find a shame these days is that so much emphasis is placed on more and more education when it’s often not necessary for the position … it just breeds an environment where people are not satisfied with what they’re doing or how much money they make because they believe (often rightfully so) that the education that was specified as ‘required’ in a job posting, really isn’t.
Not to mention that typically, with more education comes more student loans. So now you have this newly graduated, burgeoning work force entering into the fray up to their eyeballs in debt. Not exactly the most desirable way to start off, already owing tens of thousands of dollars.
Jezsuz OP, you sound like a major Debbie Downer, likely sucking the life out of anyone who’s in earshot of you. Work on yourself so you can get your confidence from yourself instead of getting it from putting people down and hoping that those who have good things, fail. Did this little bitch make you feel good about yourself for like 2 hours? Good for you, you’re such a success! Frig, I truly hate people like you.
GV: I actually only have two degrees and a certificate. The first degree’s an arts degree. The second degree is in communications/commerce and the certificate is in human resources mgmt. Many of my classmates who I became friends with were in accounting so I think I do have a little bit of background in what the chick OB is bitching about is going to encounter upon graduation. It’s a tough world out there, and it took me a good year or so to find this position. In the meantime I took admin assistant jobs and other temporary jobs to make the connections and get some more experience (I did co op and had summer positions in my field so I have 18 months of experience, but unless you have that magical two years…. it’s rough). Thing *is* when you graduate, you don’t always have the savings to relocate. I always had jobs that paid well, but they weren’t using my skill set, and like I said, were great for getting my foot in the door. And, I actually did get my current position through an agency and am being shifted from contract to perm. in a month. I’ve managed to save up a pile of money while working the temp jobs TO be able to move away, but I found this job, so there’s no need to go anymore.
It’s not easy being a new grad in certain fields. UNless you’re in engineering, nursing, other medical professions, etc… it can be a very tough road, and this chick has chosen one of those tough roads — she DOES need a reality check, and will get one soon enough. There’s a lot of pavement pounding and networking (including taking jobs that you may be overqualified for) to get into a well paying job that uses your education to its fullest.
That’s not to say that OB isn’t being a colossal bitch, but she does make a point in principle.
persevere: I agree 100%. I certainly don’t make as much as one of my good friends who’s an internal specialist, but I make a great salary for my field (and certainly enough to live independently while carrying 100k in student debt).
🙂
PK, you are a fucking idiot. I think GV was safe to assume you don’t make that much since you live with your fucking parents.
How did you you accumulate that much student debt and come out with such a shitty job?
Um, I don’t have a shitty job?
And I live with my parents for a reason: it saves me money so a) I can pay down my loans sooner, and b) I can sock money away in my bank account.
I don’t really see how living with my parents is such an issue to you, asshole, but I get along with them great, I have lots of money in savings and my debt is vanishing quite quickly. I’m happy as a fucking clam right now, so YOUR issue with MY living situation is YOUR problem, asshole.
The majority of commerce students don’t have job offers for high paying jobs right out of school. It can take a bit and getting your foot in the door and making connections is one way of getting in. It worked for me and now I have a great job and I’m making great money.
I really fail to see how being realistic and following a path that led to getting what I want makes me an idiot.
Op,if you cant hear them over your music get used to asking people tp repeat themselves, cuz youzza killin ur hearin, ma fend.
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: Persevere (Jam. 13, 9:42AM)
“To comment a bit on education in preparation for employment…”
I’ve said this before but it’s so important I’m going to say it again: Do not confuse education with training! There’s nothing wrong with training, of course, but it’s not education. In other words, education is never “preparation for employment.” In fact, it’s not a “preparation” for anything. It is not a means to some further end. It is self-justifying. Its value is intrinsic. It consists of the cultivation of the mind.
This will sound hopelessly unrealistic to most but, nonetheless, it is the case. Many will protest:”But we’ve got to live!” and that is true but it is not simply physical existence itself which is central to human life, it is how one lives, and how one lives is the proper sphere of education.
The central error of confounding education and training is the reduction of the former to the latter which, in its turn, rests upon an unconscious acceptance of pragmatism, the view that nothing can be considered of value unless it serves as a means of obtaining something else. Life, in other words, becomes devoted to the fruitless pursuit of ever-receding goals. It is fruitless because the goals are illusory, even the so-called highest good of all, that of “happiness” itself which, of course, is not itself a goal at all but rather the by-product of creative activity. Do not embrace statues.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Excellent as always, MM! How’s the weather in Montreal today?
PK, I thought, as you stated a while ago, that your parents lived with you, not the other way around.
That’s basically it. I lived in this apartment before they moved in. They sold their house in the valley and moved back to Halifax, and instead of getting roommates, they moved in with me. I have a three bedroom and we all split the rent. I have the master with the walk in closet and the ensuite, I only pay $333/month in rent (my parents pay the electricity/cable/internet/phone and buy food). They do this because they weren’t able to help me when I was in university so along with paying off my line of credit, they help me out with costs so I can sock more onto my student loans and get a head start on putting some money into savings — both long term, retirement savings, and savings for when I eventually do move out (next couple years, likely) and for some fun stuff. I could move out right now if I wanted to — I make enough money, but for now I don’t want to move out. I’m happy here. And people like asshole above (everyone here is an idiot or whatever the fuck his name is) can suck the shit right out of my ass if they don’t like it.
What’s funny is, I work with a lot of people in their 20s and a few people my age who all tell me that if they could move back in with their parents, they would to save money.
Not my fault I actually *like* my family. *shrug*
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: Donairious Big (Jan 13, 4:54PM)
The weather at present in Montreal is, well, “Mon pays, c’est hiver!” and all that. Nightmares on the evening rush hour – hundreds of rear-enders and all the rest, but Montrealman snaps his fingers at all of this.
The fresh snow outside is beautiful, our yellow lights shining up through the tall cedars in the front of the house are spectacular and, together with my whippets, I retreat into the inner spaces of my mind from which, on occasion, my pristine philosophical reflections flow.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“Mon pays, c’est hiver!”
Ah, yes – Gilles Vigneault’s paean to Quebec libre
Or, as the rest of the country knows it:
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Blast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TohEJPjyi-U
That’s better
pk, excluding bad human beings, I beleive spending time with family is one of the keys to being happy. Congrats on the living situation, it sounds like a good deal for both you and your parents.
Thanks, GV. 🙂
i just had a funny thought.
You’re talking about your sister, aren’t you OP?
Marsha Marsha Marsha!
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: Col. Ivan Sonofabitch (Jan. 13, 6:18PM)
Très bien, Ivan, mais ou est Gilles?
On the other hand, did you notice the slight, but unmistakable, swelling of Patsy’s breasts? Her split skirt also held out the promise of further delights.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Confident with a positive attitude, oh yeah what a loser. Look up “sour grapes”.
FFS, when I was 25, I was 5 years into my career, owned a car, had my own place, and was travelling the world.
Better get to it OB, or the world will pass you by.
PK…I actually love my family.
But no way I would ever want to live with them again !
Surely I could find a place I could pitch a tent somewhere, to save me from that !
But everyone’s got different ideas & priorities…what do you do when you wanna rip the clothes off someone…bring them home to Mum & Dad ? ! ! Awkward ! !
I remember when I bought an urnal for my bathroom, & my mum asked me what that was for ?!?
I’m fairly certain most of you know what its for, & when you live in a rural setting & have a dug well & septic system, dumping gallons of water down the toilet for a little pee, when you can do the same thing with a couple of liters of water…well it just made sense to me…but it grossed my poor ole mum out, the idea of that hanging on the wall !
Which made my day actually, my place ,I’ll do what I damn well like ~:)
3 decades ago Montrealman. Unless she’s been bathing in the blood of virgins a la Countess Bathory she probably resembles a smoked catcher’s mitt. My Grade 12 French teacher used to tell us that when Poubelle province severed it’s political ties with the rest of Canada (This was 3 years into the reign of Rene) then Vigneault’s dirge would be the national anthem of The People’s Democratic Republic du Quebec. He didn’t like the notion of us maudites attending Hab’s games and singing “I’m a star in New York…” Ah well, alternate history.
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: Col. Ivan Sonofabitch (Jan. 14, 5:18PM)
But you’ve got to use your imagination, Ivan. You know, being transported into the realm of fantasy and all that, a journey with which I’m sure you’re familiar – in your bedroom at night with those nifty model airplanes hanging by strings from the ceiling, Dad’s armband on the dresser, and that poster of Treblinka on the wall.
Yes, Rene would be turning over in his grave right now at the present plight of the Habs and their maudit coach.
Went to Grade 12 then, did you? Did you manage to pass?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Ahhhh – When I was 14 I had the Airfix 1/72 kits of Bomber Command’s 3 “heavies” the Lancaster, the Halifax and the Stirling flying in a vic over my bed. No Treblinka poster, but I did have Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel. Still a handsome woman, but nothing beats her attire as “The Queen of Sin”
No stalgia is good stalgia.
…and yes, I did pass. But only by dint of adopting special ed. guise and telling the guidance councillor that M. Puipshuyt “touchded me, down dere”. As Wellington said of Waterloo – “Twas a damned near run thing”
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: Col. Ivan Sonovabitch (Jan. 14, 5:41PM)
By God Ivan, I bet you did!
And Diana Ross – by any chance did you notice the slight, but unmistakable, swelling of her breasts and the promise of further delights her split skirt promised? Did you pull the covers over your head? Did you … but decency forbids me to go on.
(Jan. 14, 5:45PM) – Ivan, you did the right thing.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Diana RIGG – and you bet your bippy I did.
Relationships with one’s family can differ from person-to-person, More, and after some readjustments to living together again, my parents and I don’t have any issues living with each other. In fact, when I was on my own I was a little lonely, but refused to have roommates — at least when you live with family you know what you’re getting into, and I’ve always liked living with my parents because they’re relatively easy to live with. My family is small (only three of us), so it’s not like there are a lot of personalities to contend with. My parents are freaking awesome and knowing them as an adult is mind blowing. I can’t believe they were always like this — they were so different towards me when I was a kid. If they weren’t my parents, I”d totally be friends with them.
As for the sex thing: they’re not home ALL the time, and tend to go away a lot. *shrug* And it’s not like a significant other wouldn’t have their own place.
It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make right now (and it doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice) — why pay tons in rent and living expenses when I can stay here and save tons of money so when I do move out I’ll have my student debt paid down and have some nice savings?
Definately understand doing what you have to, to pay off debt Petty.
IMO one of the smartest things a person can do.
We can’t help but go into debt sometimes, its difficult to save up to buy a home outright for most people. A new car is another large purchase many choose to go into debt for.
Getting yourself set up so you can make extra payments with out additional charge is something everyone should do, yet few bother or even use the option if they have it.
Don’t know about student debt….never had any .
me and my ma would be happy if the whole family lived in a giant house together, we are the only ones tho^^
Dearest Painey, in the teaser column on the right of the bitch page, all I could read was ***me and my ma would be happy if the whole family lived in a giant***
and so I took a few minutes to fill in the blank before I clicked to read the rest. Here’s what I came up with:
• shoe
• peach
• houseboat
• cardboard box (y’know, from Monty Python “a cardboard box woulda been a palace to us, it would!”)
a bit anticlimactic, really to click and read the real end of the sentence…sorry you can’t get what you want, though.