Am I just being a grinch or does anyone else hate these corporate volunteer things? Everyone knows that the people that do them are doing it out of pure selfishness to make themselves feel good about “giving back” when in reality you’re just making the lives of the the full time volunteers or charity employees miserable because they have to spend hours of their own time teaching you how to do a job they themselves can do five times faster and better. Then the company takes pictures at the charity place and plasters it all over the office about how they’re helping the community when in reality they added zero help to the charity.
I like what my company does – we pick a charity once a year, donate money to them and then we pick a team of our employees and they actually spend a full year working with that charity, getting to know the ins and outs and actually making a difference.
You let her know that you actually haven’t and you’re good for another drink or two. If it’s a good relationship, she’ll take your word for it because she trusts you and acknowledges your ability to control your liquor. If it’s not, you two get into a fight and you sleep on the couch.
My girlfriend and I are the same way. It’s also much harder because there’s so much less free time – between work, gym, errands, time with our families and time with each other, there’s less and less time to spend on hanging out or meeting other people.
I still talk to my close friends, who are from either high school or college, pretty much every day, but they’re all throughout the country.
Solid tale, couldn’t agree more. We’re all adults now and are free choose who we associate with in our spare time. If we dislike someone and don’t have to associate with them, why do it?
They’re companies that sell watches but are not “authorized” dealers. As a result, the watch company does not offer a warranty for the watch in case something goes wrong. It’s a great place to buy relatively inexpensive watches ($200-$1,000) because as a result of a lack of manufacturer warranty, the companies can offer watches for much cheaper than retail. You can find watches for 30%-50% cheaper at these sites.
Jomashop and Ashford are two of the big ones online. They’re all 100% authentic (American Express regularly offers coupons for Ashford).
Agreed. Citizen EcoDrives are very solid watches, just don’t pay retail for them because you can find them for so much cheaper on the grey market (where you should be buying any moderately-priced watch anyway).
Dammit, Kevin Spacey. Why couldn’t you keep your dick reserved for consensual adults, just like the rest of us? Now I’ll never be able to see The Usual Suspects of American Beauty the same way.
I think a lot of people have these concerns. If you think about it, our generation probably has more opportunity to change and shape the world than any generation before us in human history, which is both a blessing and a curse. I think the biggest thing is (unless you’re a trust fund baby) is to spend your early 20s getting your career going and late 20s getting established in said career and making enough money to be financially comfortable. Then when you get to 30, you have both the ability to figure out what you want to do with your life (hopefully), and the wherewithal to do it.
Just don’t have kids before you’re ready because the moment you do, you stop living your life for yourself and start living it for someone else. This takes more selflessness than I can ever imagine.
Sorry guys, I know you’re just trying to promote your products and make money (whooo capitalism) but that watch is just an insane ripoff. You can easily get a lower tier grey market Swiss auto for $300-$350 (the Tissot Le Locle I’m currently sporting was $330 two years ago) or if you keep an eye out for sales, you can get a super nice Movado chronograph in that same price range (got one for my dad last year). Both of these are so much better than paying for a Chinese-made Japanese quartz watch that’s in all honesty probably worth $50 at most.
If you make enough where you can nonchalantly drop $650 on 2 vests, a pair of pants and a duffel bag, you probably lack the “problems” part of “PostGradProblems.”
Ah. *puts tinfoil hat on* Maybe this is why there haven’t been anymore submissions from that one writer that was trying to get out of her credit card debt.
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Thank you for proving my point.
Am I just being a grinch or does anyone else hate these corporate volunteer things? Everyone knows that the people that do them are doing it out of pure selfishness to make themselves feel good about “giving back” when in reality you’re just making the lives of the the full time volunteers or charity employees miserable because they have to spend hours of their own time teaching you how to do a job they themselves can do five times faster and better. Then the company takes pictures at the charity place and plasters it all over the office about how they’re helping the community when in reality they added zero help to the charity.
I like what my company does – we pick a charity once a year, donate money to them and then we pick a team of our employees and they actually spend a full year working with that charity, getting to know the ins and outs and actually making a difference.
But the post grad people don’t?
Hell yes. Also, you have to capitalize “i” when referring to yourself. Don’t they teach this in like, second grade?
You let her know that you actually haven’t and you’re good for another drink or two. If it’s a good relationship, she’ll take your word for it because she trusts you and acknowledges your ability to control your liquor. If it’s not, you two get into a fight and you sleep on the couch.
My girlfriend and I are the same way. It’s also much harder because there’s so much less free time – between work, gym, errands, time with our families and time with each other, there’s less and less time to spend on hanging out or meeting other people.
I still talk to my close friends, who are from either high school or college, pretty much every day, but they’re all throughout the country.
Solid take*
Solid tale, couldn’t agree more. We’re all adults now and are free choose who we associate with in our spare time. If we dislike someone and don’t have to associate with them, why do it?
They’re companies that sell watches but are not “authorized” dealers. As a result, the watch company does not offer a warranty for the watch in case something goes wrong. It’s a great place to buy relatively inexpensive watches ($200-$1,000) because as a result of a lack of manufacturer warranty, the companies can offer watches for much cheaper than retail. You can find watches for 30%-50% cheaper at these sites.
Jomashop and Ashford are two of the big ones online. They’re all 100% authentic (American Express regularly offers coupons for Ashford).
Agreed. Citizen EcoDrives are very solid watches, just don’t pay retail for them because you can find them for so much cheaper on the grey market (where you should be buying any moderately-priced watch anyway).
or American Beauty*
Dammit, Kevin Spacey. Why couldn’t you keep your dick reserved for consensual adults, just like the rest of us? Now I’ll never be able to see The Usual Suspects of American Beauty the same way.
I think a lot of people have these concerns. If you think about it, our generation probably has more opportunity to change and shape the world than any generation before us in human history, which is both a blessing and a curse. I think the biggest thing is (unless you’re a trust fund baby) is to spend your early 20s getting your career going and late 20s getting established in said career and making enough money to be financially comfortable. Then when you get to 30, you have both the ability to figure out what you want to do with your life (hopefully), and the wherewithal to do it.
Just don’t have kids before you’re ready because the moment you do, you stop living your life for yourself and start living it for someone else. This takes more selflessness than I can ever imagine.
Sorry guys, I know you’re just trying to promote your products and make money (whooo capitalism) but that watch is just an insane ripoff. You can easily get a lower tier grey market Swiss auto for $300-$350 (the Tissot Le Locle I’m currently sporting was $330 two years ago) or if you keep an eye out for sales, you can get a super nice Movado chronograph in that same price range (got one for my dad last year). Both of these are so much better than paying for a Chinese-made Japanese quartz watch that’s in all honesty probably worth $50 at most.
I used to think that my family is crazy, but after reading this I now think that they’re only mildly nuts.
I trust you because you live in Minneapolis.
If you make enough where you can nonchalantly drop $650 on 2 vests, a pair of pants and a duffel bag, you probably lack the “problems” part of “PostGradProblems.”
Ah. *puts tinfoil hat on* Maybe this is why there haven’t been anymore submissions from that one writer that was trying to get out of her credit card debt.
$145 pants? How do people afford this stuff?
Tyler is doing the Lord’s work.