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[–] [email protected] 177 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's because anon can't spell than

[–] [email protected] 108 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Or she's paid for her skills/experience/contacts, and ~~he~~ anon doesn't have any of those.

edit: She probably makes lots of money for her employer in those 1 or 2 conversations per day

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Doesn't make it not absurd.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm not pro-management or anything. Maybe anon should be angry at their higher-ups instead of being annoyed at the success of their wife

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Doesn't seem to me like op is annoyed at wifes success. Op os annoyed that bullshit jobs make tons of money and the actual hard work only earns you a broken body, depression, and poverty.

You dont think laborers deserve ample time off and good pay?
Please explain your position.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You dont think laborers deserve ample time off and good pay?

Yes, I'm an actual monster. /s.

No! I was speculating about the anon's situation, as are you. Maybe they have a job at a factory, risking life and limb every day. Maybe they just dislike their boring office position. Maybe they dig ditches and their back will give out before retirement. We don't know. I did imply that they were unfairly compensated here:

Maybe anon should be angry at their higher-ups

And yes, I did read "My wife has a make-believe job and it's kinda annoying" as them being annoyed specifically at their wife rather than their own work situation. This is because they were disparaging their wife's job with "make-believe", which seemed dismissive to me. It doesn't seem like a stretch to go from "dismissive of their wife's job" to "dismissive of their wife". But I could see how you could interpret it the other way.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Why would it make it absurd? Those few conversations possibly bring the company incredible value. Just because someone works hard doesn't mean their job has incredible value, since effort isn't proportional to value.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Remember:

If you saw someone living a decent life while "working" a bullshit job, no you didn't!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Yes you did, now go and demand a better working environment for the sake of "competitive pay"

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She's possibly a manager of some kind, I have seen plenty of managers that have days that are kinda like this, though less extreme

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ahh yes, the air stirrers.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

We call them "flow through heaters" because they take the same info anyone already has and restructure it and put it in a ppt or something.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds awesome! Are they still hiring?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

Grab an application for me too

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (7 children)

You guys need to read Bullshit Jobs. Some percentage of jobs just don't need to exist.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

That percentage being fuckin most of them.

Fantastic book BTW.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ironic part is that the only changes are her lack of commute times and where she clocks in. Oh, and that he now knows the insides details of what she does. He should be grateful that she's earning a paycheck and quit whining (assuming it's even a true story). Most people can't even afford an apartment without 2 incomes.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude I find guy who get weird about their partner making more money than them sorta odd. Fucking please, by all means honey go make significantly more money than me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a toxic masculinity trait. His value is tied to how much money he makes in his mind, and because men are supposed to be more valuable to society according to the patriarchy he is therefore a failure.

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[–] corsicanguppy 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

literally

then me

This is how I know the OP isn't out of high school.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’d be shocked to learn that more than half of Americans have at best a 6th grade reading ability, so their writing won’t even make it to a high school level.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't see the problem. She makes more, then him. Is she available?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

Anon's wife is a middle manager.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

His make believe wife's make believe job

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

This was my job until this week. Got onto a new team with a great manager. Now I actually have to work, but I'll get to enjoy what I do again.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Yeah I bet it's really annoying for your wife to contribute to ~~her~~ your shared income with her hustling skills gtfo. This is either fake or they're both professional workers doing so well the man-child has to whine about how much money ~~she~~ they make.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I am an elementary school teacher. I took a personal day and I was hanging with my friend. She works virtually for an NGO. She replied to a few emails, updated some data in a spreadsheet, she called a few people. That was all she did. I made some snide remarks about it and she was like 'oh I'm sure your job is so much harder.'

The sheer audacity. I do all that shit she does, in 20 minutes before class starts, while I am slamming coffee and doughnuts. Then I do exhausting work all day.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

If every worker wants other's to have it as bad as them we'd all be slaves, blame the employers and economic conditions rather than the worker who has it better than you. Really if your job is stressful and more work you should want better conditions for yourself, not worse conditions for someone else. She has knowledge that professional employers think is worth paying for, that's not something you should blame her for.

IMO I think for teachers and nurses, they should be way better compensated, and even treated as a special class.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Ah yes, Federal employment. Can confirm this is the case for almost all of us.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Any IT positions I can pretend to work at?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

can you download adobe reader

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Sorry all I know is Google Ultron

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Jeez that sounds like work forget I asked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can even do that with a chocolaty command

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Pretend work sucks more than real work

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ok. I'm going to ask for a raise.

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