25 years old and deep in debt

[Admiral Yi]

If teachers are paid so low wherever that dude lives that they have to take jobs as cashiers at fucking Best Buy, then something is seriously wrong.

Have you considered the possibility that rather than being forced into a retail job because of penury, they're doing it because they didn't want to sit around with their thumb up their ass for three months?

[The Brain]

In Sweden most teachers are grossly overpaid. Schools have declined in productivity for at least 40 years and are now a joke.

[garbon]

If teachers are paid so low wherever that dude lives that they have to take jobs as cashiers at fucking Best Buy, then something is seriously wrong.

Have you considered the possibility that rather than being forced into a retail job because of penury, they're doing it because they didn't want to sit around with their thumb up their ass for three months?

No, I haven't considered that. Retail is pretty dreadful that I can't see picking it up as a fun time killer.

[Eddie Teach]

Some people are strange. /shrug

[Admiral Yi]

No, I haven't considered that. Retail is pretty dreadful that I can't see picking it up as a fun time killer.

Yeah, it has to be one of those two: either a fun time killer or eating cat food.

I can very easily see someone with three months on their hands saying I might as well do something I get paid for.

[garbon]

No, I haven't considered that. Retail is pretty dreadful that I can't see picking it up as a fun time killer.

Yeah, it has to be one of those two: either a fun time killer or eating cat food.

I can very easily see someone with three months on their hands saying I might as well do something I get paid for.

And the only option is cashier at Best Buy? Granted he is in Iowa but you'd hope even there, someone highly educated could find something better.

[Eddie Teach]

There aren't a lot of high end jobs that hire somebody just for a couple months.

[Caliga]

Will he be: forced to push drastically overpriced cables on old people! 

Monster cables are monstrously good.

Oh look, an old guy.

[Caliga]

There aren't a lot of high end jobs that hire somebody just for a couple months.

When I was in college I worked for an ISP doing tech support one summer.  The pay wasn't phenomenal (IIRC it was $15/hr) but it was certainly better than a retail cashier's job (when I was in high school I worked retail btw).

[Darth Wagtaros]

Will he be: forced to push drastically overpriced cables on old people! 

Monster cables are monstrously good.

Oh look, an old guy.

Its the gold that makes the difference.  It alters the dynamics of the audio-experience.

[merithyn]

There aren't a lot of high end jobs that hire somebody just for a couple months.

When I was in college I worked for an ISP doing tech support one summer.  The pay wasn't phenomenal (IIRC it was $15/hr) but it was certainly better than a retail cashier's job (when I was in high school I worked retail btw).

But did you get a 15% discount on your purchases? Huh? HUH??

I'm with Yi, here. There are a lot of reasons to work in the summer at a Best Buy. He probably gets paid enough to live on, but figures a little more can't hurt. Besides, he's likely still paying off those student loans for going to Stanford, which can cut the biggest paycheck down to size.

[CountDeMoney]

But did you get a 15% discount on your purchases? Huh? HUH??

I'm with Yi, here. There are a lot of reasons to work in the summer at a Best Buy. He probably gets paid enough to live on, but figures a little more can't hurt. Besides, he's likely still paying off those student loans for going to Stanford, which can cut the biggest paycheck down to size.

Shit, I worked at a Best Buy for a couple of months once.  Spent more than I earned with that discount.

[merithyn]

But did you get a 15% discount on your purchases? Huh? HUH??

I'm with Yi, here. There are a lot of reasons to work in the summer at a Best Buy. He probably gets paid enough to live on, but figures a little more can't hurt. Besides, he's likely still paying off those student loans for going to Stanford, which can cut the biggest paycheck down to size.

Shit, I worked at a Best Buy for a couple of months once.  Spent more than I earned with that discount.

I did the same when I worked at Borders for the Christmas Holidays. 

[garbon]

When I'd just graduated high school, I worked at B&N. My discount was 30% and it also applied with affiliates of the time like Software Etc.

[CountDeMoney]

like Software Etc.

Old school right there.  They actually sold software.