Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay Controversy: Gay Employees Speak Out

[Penny Lane 8,159]

My take on all this is that I would rather live in a country where people may say they are against same-sex marriage, than in one where they must.

Well said.

[X Factor 1,112]

[Danno 1,228]

Well said.

Why don't you explain to us what that brilliant post... actually means.

I mean if you take out the gay-theme and insert, oh I don't know Techno-music.... it shows how silly it is.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Why don't you explain to us what that brilliant post... actually means.

I mean if you take out the gay-theme and insert, oh I don't know Techno-music.... it shows how silly it is.

I thought it was quite obvious what it meant. Sorry you need an explanation.

[Danno 1,228]

I thought it was quite obvious what it meant. Sorry you need an explanation.

I could have typed that up for you it was so predictable shallow.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Why don't you explain to us what that brilliant post... actually means.

I mean if you take out the gay-theme and insert, oh I don't know Techno-music.... it shows how silly it is.

I could do it were it not condescending.

I thought it was quite obvious what it meant. Sorry you need an explanation.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I could have typed that up for you it was so predictable shallow.

Okay.

[TracyTN 237]

Well I do agree Obama's economy is about to wreck the nation, your right about that. However fast food jobs are easy to get.

Tell that to a lot of the folks on this board who can't even get fast food jobs once they emigrate. The 'Finding Work in America' forum is rife with them. Probably does depend some on where you live and it's unemployment rate, but I do think to say they're 'easy to get' across the board is inaccurate.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Tell that to a lot of the folks on this board who can't even get fast food jobs once they emigrate.

Of course not. They have to be documentally qualified first, and they have to be persistent. Looking in the paper everyday, or stopping by the job center once a week is not enough. You have to be there when an employer is hiring, and that is generally when he is caught short-handed and is looking for anyone willing to work in order to fill the position right away. Or, in the case of Walmart, anyone that is still breathing and can pass the drug test.

[PMartin37 161]

[TracyTN 237]

Of course not. They have to be documentally qualified first, and they have to be persistent. Looking in the paper everyday, or stopping by the job center once a week is not enough. You have to be there when an employer is hiring, and that is generally when he is caught short-handed and is looking for anyone willing to work in order to fill the position right away. Or, in the case of Walmart, anyone that is still breathing and can pass the drug test.

Obviously.

From what I read from these folks, they are desperate for work, and I haven't read a story from one yet who says their job search entails merely looking in the paper and the job center and doing nothing else.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Obviously.

From what I read from these folks, they are desperate for work, and I haven't read a story from one yet who says their job search entails merely looking in the paper and the job center and doing nothing else.

All I know is that you don't seem to see any recent immigrants standing in the median begging for money. They are usually standing on Main Street or at the Home Depot or at the local hiring desk, waiting to be hired, ready for work. Of course I do know many folks that complain about not finding a job, but can't seem to get off the couch long enough to actually get a job. "Oh, I filled out an application at _______, and it has been three months and they haven't called me yet," seems to be the extent of their job search.

[mox 298]

Tell that to a lot of the folks on this board who can't even get fast food jobs once they emigrate. The 'Finding Work in America' forum is rife with them. Probably does depend some on where you live and it's unemployment rate, but I do think to say they're 'easy to get' across the board is inaccurate.

Anyone who thinks fast food jobs are easy to come by is delusional. In Every.Single.Economic.Downturn. we've had in modern ages, fast food jobs are the first to fill up. It's actually the only trickle down theory that actually works. When companies start laying people off, they start looking for jobs, and often those jobs are a step below where they were before. And when those jobs are plugged up, it just keeps falling down until fast food is all that's left. Fast food places are still hiring, but they have an enormous pool from which to draw. Teenagers are at the bottom of that pool because they're not as reliable as somebody who really needs the work, and you know they're gonna show up on time.

[Danno 1,228]

Anyone who thinks fast food jobs are easy to come by is delusional. In Every.Single.Economic.Downturn. we've had in modern ages, fast food jobs are the first to fill up. It's actually the only trickle down theory that actually works. When companies start laying people off, they start looking for jobs, and often those jobs are a step below where they were before. And when those jobs are plugged up, it just keeps falling down until fast food is all that's left. Fast food places are still hiring, but they have an enormous pool from which to draw. Teenagers are at the bottom of that pool because they're not as reliable as somebody who really needs the work, and you know they're gonna show up on time.

Actually the trickle down effects works pretty good across the board,

I have made money this way and have in turn spent on things which trickled down to others.

Fact is sooner or later we are going back to Regannomics to cure our ill.... it's just a question of how long before we realize the Obama prescription is not going to work.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Actually the trickle down effects works pretty good across the board,

Fact is sooner or later we are going back to Regannomics to cure our ill....

The question being, why didn't it work the first time around? It has been trickling down for almost 30 years now...