Ameri-whine
August 3, 2012 12:30 PM Subscribe
Americorps member Olga Rodriguez, two months into her service, writes an incredibly sh*tty, privileged whine about her pay. I'd say it beggars belief, but I'd likely be sadly mistaken. At first, I thought it was an Onion piece.
Sample:
"As it turns out, God and country is trumped by my desire for cold hard cash.
Shitty pay is making me a truly shitty employee. I know it, and I’m not proud of it, but I don’t lie about it. Still, people have a hard time believing that folks doing humanitarian work aren’t good people; they think I must be exaggerating when I say that I’m not working hard. But I solemnly swear I’ve been up to no good."
I'd say she should resign, but she won't. Why? Because, by her own admission, a) that's why she's doing Americorps, and b) would anyone hire her after reading this?
Sample:
"As it turns out, God and country is trumped by my desire for cold hard cash.
Shitty pay is making me a truly shitty employee. I know it, and I’m not proud of it, but I don’t lie about it. Still, people have a hard time believing that folks doing humanitarian work aren’t good people; they think I must be exaggerating when I say that I’m not working hard. But I solemnly swear I’ve been up to no good."
I'd say she should resign, but she won't. Why? Because, by her own admission, a) that's why she's doing Americorps, and b) would anyone hire her after reading this?
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is not how Metafilter posts work. -- restless_nomad
Wait, Olga Rodriguez? Arkhangel, I'm just gonna ask: are you affiliated with the Billfold in any way?
posted by boo_radley at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012
posted by boo_radley at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012
That's not an asterisk, it's a portobello mushroom!
posted by laconic skeuomorph at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by laconic skeuomorph at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
Because coopting that name -- that specific name -- for this kind of thing is pretty shitty comedy.
posted by boo_radley at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012
posted by boo_radley at 12:33 PM on August 3, 2012
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