Author Topic: LFR- homeless using Libraries. (Read 7590 times)

Duke Nukum · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2015, 01:28:06 PM »

Liberals need homelessness. Liberals need suffering. There used to be places for the mentally ill until liberals turned them out on the streets.

thundley4 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 28, 2015, 01:39:56 PM »

Quote from: Duke Nukum on May 28, 2015, 01:28:06 PM

Liberals need homelessness. Liberals need suffering. There used to be places for the mentally ill until liberals turned them out on the streets.

There is still a place online for the mentally ill, it's called Democratic Underground.

I_B_Perky · « **Reply #27 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:23:36 PM »

Quote from: dmf777 on May 28, 2015, 12:37:59 AM

Actually, I worked for the State Corrections system, and was unemployed because of privatization. Not my own choices, educate yourself on unemployment.

I applied for several jobs, most of which required at least a 2 year degree.

I worked hard enough and performed well enough to have made Captain, after 14 years on the job. Yet I still lost my job. My brother in law was a very hard worker at his job, yet because the "downturn" he was fired, why? Not performance, age and moeny. It costs less to hire someone young who won't retire for a long time, than an experienced worker who has earned a higher salary through seniority and could be retired soon.

Good gravy!!! You got 14 years of correction experience, made captain, and still can't find a job in that field? The feds are screaming for corrections people. States are screaming for corrections people cause the feds poach from the states.

I found this in 10 seconds online, said 1300+ jobs, several in Florida:
http://www.indeed.com/q-Correctional-Officer-jobs.html

You are welcome. 5 cents please.

dutch508 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:26:56 PM »

How have I gotten so many positive hi-fives? I haven't been paying attention for like the last year and suddenly today I notice I am way ahead on +s.

landofconfusion80 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:30:54 PM »

Quote from: dutch508 on May 28, 2015, 08:26:56 PM

How have I gotten so many positive hi-fives? I haven't been paying attention for like the last year and suddenly today I notice I am way ahead on +s.

It's those low cut shirts you've been wearing.

SVPete · « **Reply #30 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:12:59 PM »

Quote from: BuzzClik on May 28, 2015, 11:48:11 AM

The homeless are a mixed bag of problems: addictions, bad choices, bad luck, and a lot of mental illness.

It certainly is more complicated than ****ing off for 18 years.

Ummmmmm ... th4 made that point already in a "FIFY" of one of the DU-folks' comments. Well before you did.

SVPete · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:15:31 PM »

Quote from: dutch508 on May 28, 2015, 08:26:56 PM

How have I gotten so many positive hi-fives? I haven't been paying attention for like the last year and suddenly today I notice I am way ahead on +s.

Maybe an un-fan or two of yours got bored.

dutch508 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 29, 2015, 12:49:59 AM »

Quote from: landofconfusion80 on May 28, 2015, 08:30:54 PM

It's those low cut shirts you've been wearing.

true...

Chris_ · « **Reply #33 on:** May 29, 2015, 01:06:04 AM »

Anyone who celebrates homeless people using libraries has probably never spent the day in said library. Rank vagrants sleeping at desks making a disgusting mess of the restrooms, terminal alcoholics pissing and shitting themselves, or smelly hobos sleeping in the chairs in the periodicals section, or hiding in unused closets. Those people aren't "improving" themselves... they're finding a place indoors to pass the time until they can move on to their next freebie, overnight flophouse, or day of panhandling.

There are public employment offices with computers for job searching and resume writing. There are charities for overnight lodging and bathing.

I imagine Los Angeles is one of those cities that is great "except for the smell".

GOBUCKS · « **Reply #34 on:** May 29, 2015, 01:07:45 AM »

Quote

You got 14 years of correction experience, made captain, and still can't find a job in that field?

Well, there was that possession-for-sale conviction that got him fired.

That might hinder the job search.

AprilRazz · « **Reply #35 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:33:21 AM »

Quote from: I_B_Perky on May 28, 2015, 08:23:36 PM

Good gravy!!! You got 14 years of correction experience, made captain, and still can't find a job in that field? The feds are screaming for corrections people. States are screaming for corrections people cause the feds poach from the states.

I found this in 10 seconds online, said 1300+ jobs, several in Florida:
http://www.indeed.com/q-Correctional-Officer-jobs.html

You are welcome. 5 cents please.

There are several here in VA that are screaming for guards. Local, state and federal. Oh and VA is a right to work state.

obumazombie · « **Reply #36 on:** May 29, 2015, 12:51:00 PM »

The solution to this homeless problem is simple.
The homeless can just go be homeless somewhere else.
I am told all the time to go be black somewhere else.

I_B_Perky · « **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:53:10 PM »

Quote from: GOBUCKS on May 29, 2015, 01:07:45 AM

Well, there was that possession-for-sale conviction that got him fired.

That might hinder the job search.

H5 GB.

RayRaytheSBS · « **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2015, 04:10:43 AM »

DMFnumbers,

The point I think that we are the trying to make is that yes, homelessness happens, but what you don't want to to is let a homeless person or unemployed person see them self as a victim. THAT is the start of their problems.

When a person identifies them self as a victim, they don't ask the hard questions of 'what can I do right now to change this'? They stay wallowing in the 'woe is me' pity party.

They don't give themselves the opportunity to improve themselves, and their state in life. Sometimes you have to get frustrated in order to make a change for the better.

Some, not all, 'homeless people' make a 'career' out of extorting money from people who think they are genuinely helping someone in need.

If people aren't making changes for the better, its because they don't WANT to; They have no motivation to, because their 'needs' are being met, and in some cases they are self a medicating their state.

What I am getting at, is people need to stop trying to be a victim, accept what has happened to them, and MOVE ON. And accept the fact that something shitty happened, but it will NOT define the rest of your life... Unless you LET it.

Here is an example of a homeless person who DIDN'T let her situation define her, and changed her life for the better: http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/Articles/view/11133/former-homeless-veteran-earns-two-nmsu-degrees-pays-it-forward

One of the cavers here has a quote from Audie Murphy that sums up the job hunt perfectly: 'I may be changed by war, but I will not be defined by it'. I may be paraphrasing slightly, but it holds true to being fired as well.

Oh, and buzz click, I'm pretty certain what was meant by the 'screwing off for 18 years' comment was that if you screw around in school, your work habits carry over to your career, and you don't make it far unless YOU make a change.

I_B_Perky · « **Reply #39 on:** May 30, 2015, 09:32:31 PM »

Quote from: RayRaytheSBS on May 30, 2015, 04:10:43 AM

DMFnumbers,

The point I think that we are the trying to make is that yes, homelessness happens, but what you don't want to to is let a homeless person or unemployed person see them self as a victim. THAT is the start of their problems.

When a person identifies them self as a victim, they don't ask the hard questions of 'what can I do right now to change this'? They stay wallowing in the 'woe is me' pity party.

They don't give themselves the opportunity to improve themselves, and their state in life. Sometimes you have to get frustrated in order to make a change for the better.

Some, not all, 'homeless people' make a 'career' out of extorting money from people who think they are genuinely helping someone in need.

If people aren't making changes for the better, its because they don't WANT to; They have no motivation to, because their 'needs' are being met, and in some cases they are self a medicating their state.

What I am getting at, is people need to stop trying to be a victim, accept what has happened to them, and MOVE ON. And accept the fact that something shitty happened, but it will NOT define the rest of your life... Unless you LET it.

Here is an example of a homeless person who DIDN'T let her situation define her, and changed her life for the better: http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/Articles/view/11133/former-homeless-veteran-earns-two-nmsu-degrees-pays-it-forward

One of the cavers here has a quote from Audie Murphy that sums up the job hunt perfectly: 'I may be changed by war, but I will not be defined by it'. I may be paraphrasing slightly, but it holds true to being fired as well.

Oh, and buzz click, I'm pretty certain what was meant by the 'screwing off for 18 years' comment was that if you screw around in school, your work habits carry over to your career, and you don't make it far unless YOU make a change.

Trying to talk sense to a dummie is like trying to herd cats. It never works, annoys the shit out of you during the process and in the end the cats all run off in different directions.