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Anon's mom gives them an ultimatum (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Now that's some bad parenting. But you are going to need to do something if you don't eventually wanna live on the streets. Your mom isn't going to be there forever, and doing nothing for longer will make it more difficult.

And if it's her that's keeping you down and disfunctional, I can tell you from experience its 1000x better to live alone.

This sounds like getting a job thrown on your lap, unless you really hate it, go for it. You can always use it for some experience and go for something else later.

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Now that's some bad parenting.

I don't think this counts as parenting, because OP isn't a child.

That's a very fed up roommate being passive aggressive instead of just going through a justified eviction.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Please dispatch is a truly terrible first job though.

They need to be started off with something much more low stakes so that when they inevitably screw it up it isn't a major issue

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not familiar with the field but that is a good point

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Not if they're in a smaller town.

[–] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In case you’re out of the loop like me and need to look it up:

NEET = This is a term used in the field of education, the acronym stands for; Not in Education, Employment or Training but young people have started to use it as a term for bums/layabouts with no future.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Ah, so a gamer

[–] Keineanung@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hope he lasts three months, because they always need more dispatchers. So many of them quit because of the horrible things they hear. Like people crying for help while they’re being killed.

I couldn’t do that shit. I don’t have the fortitude for it.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Imagine the call goes dead and your manager says "what are you waiting for, log the ticket already" and you're just

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My buddy who worked dispatch said the vast majority of the calls were elderly people who are lonely. We're in Florida though, so maybe that's why

[–] tory@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

One wonders how we have a functioning dispatch system. Folks have the most stressful phone conversations you could imagine nonstop for their entire workday. Mistakes are documented publically and may quite literally cost lives. It is extremely likely that you will develop trauma, so much so that counseling is free and integrated into the job. The rules are rigid, and you are subject to initial and ongoing randomized drug tests.

Total compensation: ~ 23$/hr

[–] kite@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where in the world are you able to have your mom "sign you up" to be a dispatcher?! To work for our dispatch, you have to apply, have a rigorous background check and a panel-type interview. And then they last less than 3 months because they make all their dispatchers switch from day to night shift and vice versa every two weeks.

[–] Osix@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

They were probably "promised" the job. Anon will will still need to apply and the state will perform the minimum amount of interviews (they're legally obligated to) only to miraculously land on a candidate with no experience. Good old fashioned nepotism.

Most likely this is fiction of a deranged person. Considering every possible situation they might get a job and how to avoid it.

[–] Bobble9211@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Anon's mom hopefully is bluffing, but I think she's hinting she wants him to start working.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd rather kill myself than work police dispatch.

Edit: folks, this is a commentary on how dispatch jobs have a higher rate of suicide.

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