Update XVII: I Ate The Strawberry (The REAL, AUTHENTIC Update)

[Keystone Phil]

I would like to see Our Dear Friend apply for a job in the office of future Senator Lankford.

Bushie should work in government.  Back when I worked as an intern for Senator Lautenberg in 2008, they sometimes said even if I wasn't that great with constituents who called the office with questions (it was the first time I'd ever had to talk to people over the phone regularly) they would keep me around just because I livened up the place with political banter and could hold my own in a discussion of current events.

The only problem with that is that working in a elected official's office, it is a lot of call center work trying to answer questions about the official's positions and then GOTV efforts.  That's a call center.  Lest we all forget the lesson learned from my previous employment attempts - BushOklahoma and call centers don't mix.  We're not friends.  If I take a call center job, no matter the nature, it's a matter of time before we sing this same song again.  My old man told me this evening not to ever go back to customer service!!

Ok, I understand how it's call center-esque but just so I'm clear: my point was that you'd try to work for him after he wins in November. You'd have nothing to do with "GOTV efforts" while trying to help Eskimo Joe with his Social Security Disability claim.

[Lief 🗽]

Wait why would Eskimo Joe have a SSDI claim? Has something happened to Eskimo Joe??!?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's partly their fault for hiring someone in 90 mins. Maybe if they'd been more thorough, they'd have known.

[memphis]

Time to quit these delusions of grandeur and just accept your lot in life.  Become an overnight security guard at a storage unit complex.

^^^^^^^
Get a job that is sustainable already! Everybody will be much better off if you work at BigBoxMart 30 hours a week and just live in the train room than if you keep doing what you've been doing.
 

[Joe Biden 2020]

Guys, again, I have no reason to give up on myself or think of myself as less than normal society.  You guys think that, but I don't.

[King]

Guys, again, I have no reason to give up on myself or think of myself as less than normal society.  You guys think that, but I don't.

You're the one demeaning people as you apparently think people who work at WalMart, UStorIt, and blue collar jobs, while probably also raising kids and cooking meals for them and themselves, are beneath you and normal society.

You need to take a job with 0 responsibility because that's all you could handle or have interest in handling. The blueprints for our nations best engineering aren't done by "clockwatchers." You aren't a CAD guy.

You are the one making yourself unhappy. If you just let go of the grandeur, as Joe said, and took a super easy job where there was so little responsibility that you could get away with reading the Bible and posting here during your shift, you would be so much happier.

[Franzl]

It's a matter of what Bushie really wants. I think he'd be capable of a CAD job if he put serious effort into it. (i.e. practicing instead of watching hours and hours of football).

But considering that's what he really enjoys doing, perhaps it would be better to seek a less demanding job.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Guys, again, I have no reason to give up on myself or think of myself as less than normal society.  You guys think that, but I don't.

You need a job you can be good at, that doesn't require spoon-feeding and baby-sitting.

There's nothing abnormal about doing a job like that, millions do. You're constantly wandering off wild goose chases in search of that thing you're good at, call-centres (NO) and you might need to accept that you need more time on CADD in your own time before going down that path again. Yes, again, that means giving up your free-time. In the meantime surely any job is better than draining more from your parents.

Use the discussion on Tuesday as a positive thing. He has been infinitely patient with you, so don't try that. Ask him seriously, what does he see as your biggest issue. ACTUALLY LISTEN. Accept that you're not ready for full-time CADD work yet. Because it's obvious that you're not, there's a difference between being negative and assessing the situation. No boss, would have the time to deal with you while you're at this level.  

[King]

I'm looking at jobs in Tulsa right now and, honestly, it only makes me realize that Bushie is disabled and unfit for work. I'm sorry man, but I have to call it as I see it.

He can't cook.
He can't interact with customers.
He can't stand for long periods of time.
He can't lift 70 lbs.
He can't work overnight.
He's not creative.
He's not a self-starter.
He doesn't display leadership skills.

There's literally no job Bushie can perform at a high level with all those above characteristics. The closest I can find is that Tulsa Public Schools are looking for Bus Drivers, but I'm pretty sure his Tourette's would prevent him from getting the necessary license to drive a bus.

[Mr. Morden]

The closest I can find is that Tulsa Public Schools are looking for Bus Drivers, but I'm pretty sure his Tourette's would prevent him from getting the necessary license to drive a bus.

A job that involves driving would work as long as it never ever snows.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Once again, I am not giving up on my CAD career.  This was just ONE job.  Maybe if I had a string of bad luck like the call centers, would I give up, but while I am not the best drafter, I am still a pretty darn good drafter.  I may not be good enough for him, but that doesn't mean I can't do it.  I am improving, just not to the level he wants.  I have no reason to give up on my CAD career.

[King]

Bushie, your employer was a small business run by a senior citizen that hired you after 90 minutes. You aren't going to get a fairer, more understanding shake, and a better teacher.  This wasn't a job at Lockheed Martin out of a rookie drafter's league.

You're not going to make it somewhere else.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie, your employer was a small business run by a senior citizen that hired you after 90 minutes. You aren't going to get a fairer, more understanding shake, and a better teacher.  This wasn't a job at Lockheed Martin out of a rookie drafter's league.

You're not going to make it somewhere else.

I know what I can do.  I can do drafting.  You're not going to convince me otherwise, so you might as well save your breath.

[angus]

A draft of hot air is indeed blowing through the forum.

[King]

If you were a pretty darn good drafter, you wouldn't be getting cut. It doesn't matter what you think of your work, it's what others think only.

If I recall, your drafting job here was for AC installation. This was as low risk work of a CAD job as you could get. You weren't helping build bridges here. There's no way "pace of improvement" was too high of a standard here. All of your coworkers were hired in the same fashion as you. Are they all brilliant savant engineers who improved at a remarkable pace? No, they are probably about average at the work. That puts you at below average.

And if you couldn't improve at a fast pace and knew it, what the hell were you doing all these months when you had AutoCAD and CAD textbooks at home to make up for your struggles?

I know what I can do.  I can do drafting.  You're not going to convince me otherwise, so you might as well save your breath.

Fine, prove me wrong, but in order to do that you're actually going to have to work harder. You need to study AutoCAD every day you are unemployed and perhaps every day after work once you get employed as well.

[Lief 🗽]

Wait what, why is a job as a security job "abnormal" now?

[King]

Wait what, why is a job as a security job "abnormal" now?

Bushie sees himself as a suave businessman who is going to become filthy rich in the lucrative world of computer drafting. He's no security guard.

[Lief 🗽]

An overnight security guard job would be perfect for Bushie. In college, I had a work study job as a guard at the dorms. I sat at a desk and went on my laptop the whole day, and all I had to do was make sure the students coming into the dorm swiped their ID cards. At midnight I was replaced by some random guy from a security agency, who sat at the desk and made sure the now drunk students swiped their cards. They worked until 8 am and then another student came to replace them. Many of them were overweight. Some of them barely spoke English. And then Bushie could return home, take a long nap, watch his football, and head back to work again.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think he'd be a great security guard. He needs to accept CADD isn't for him. This job was as good as it gets in terms of pace, speed, and low risk, yet he couldn't cut it. Somehow I think working for a larger company like his family seems to want him to do would be worse, because they wouldn't even take time to work with him. He'd just be shown the door.

I wish he had inquired with his boss what it was all about when he texted him. But the fact he didn't even call him, just sent him a text, tells me he will just greet Bushie at his desk Tuesday and have him escorted out of the building. I doubt there will be a talk, especially if they've already hired Bushie's replacement.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

bushie, it is unfortunate but cadd might not be for you.

It's better than customer service.  I'm not going to give up on CAD.  I know I can do it, and I was starting to get it, I just need a more patient boss.

Anyway, I have PM'd some of the Update readers the name of my family member's company for their investigation.  I look forward to reading their findings.

You should've gotten it while you were taking CAD classes. You thought leaving early wouldn't affect you, but it's looking like that contributed to the position you're in now.

[WalterMitty]

i dont understand why bushie doesnt pursue becoming a preacher.  he seems to love church (and church people).

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

i dont understand why bushie doesnt pursue becoming a preacher.  he seems to love church (and church people).

See King's post. Bushie thinks he's going to be a powerful businessman who makes loads of money and is the talk of the town. Whenever someone comes to him with a realistic opportunity, he scoffs at it as being beneath him, like being a security guard or working in retail or working during school or anything like that.

I don't think he likes CADD and only did it because Papa Bushie told him to do it. If he really liked it, he'd want to learn all he could about it; practice it; ask whoever he could for guidance instead of watching the clock all day; and he would've finished his class instead of leaving early while doing the bare minimum to graduate.

I know what it's like to work jobs you don't like. Most of my summer jobs in undergrad and high school were at a golf course where I worked 15 hour days from 6am to 9pm and it sucked being outside in the heat. I'd watch the clock or play on my phone half the time. That's Bushie now. He just doesn't like CADD no matter what he says here.

[memphis]

Bushie, I know I'm not the first person to tell you this, but you have to get beyond this pridefulness thing. You're not better than people who work low prestige jobs.  Being so smug and full of pride is the only thing keeping you from having a job that lasts more than a month or two. It's not just impacting you. It's hurting your entire family. I am also curious why you don't go for the preacher thing. It seems up your alley. Is it Tourette's that keeps you from doing that?

[© tweed]

i dont understand why bushie doesnt pursue becoming a preacher.  he seems to love church (and church people).

could he pass a course in Biblical Greek?  or do the yahoo denominations not require such a thing?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Bushie, I know I'm not the first person to tell you this, but you have to get beyond this pridefulness thing. You're not better than people who work low prestige jobs.  Being so smug and full of pride is the only thing keeping you from having a job that lasts more than a month or two. It's not just impacting you. It's hurting your entire family. I am also curious why you don't go for the preacher thing. It seems up your alley. Is it Tourette's that keeps you from doing that?

I'm not sure it's pride than it's the fact that Bushie sees the American Dream in 1955 and wants so bad for that to be his life.