you've gotta be fucking kidding me...[views:8623][posts:84]_____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:21pm - HailTheLeaf ""] So I've got my resume' up on Craig's List, trying to find employment as a veterinary technician, and I get this e-mail... <Before you delete this email, I want you to know that this is not spam or a mass email. I read your resume on craigslist.com and you may meet the prequalifications to become a member of the United States Army. The thing that caught my interest in your resume was your experience as a veterinary technician/assistant. The Army is the only military service that offers work in the fiels as a veterinary technician. The unique benefits of this job are guaranteed training and work in a veterinary clinic on any US military installation in the world. Due to your prior experience you may even be qualified to enter the military at accelarated rank. I work as an Army recruiter in Warwick, Rhode Island and I'm always on the lookout for talented individuals to become a part of and to take advantage of the unique opportunities available in today's Army. Among other things that may interest you are: Free Housing Free Medical and Dental Care Full Retirement Benefits within 20 years Up to $40,000 Enlistment Bonus Up to $71,000 for College Travel Excitement Rigorous Physical Training Technical Training that can provide you with experience that carries over to the Civilian Sector Take the first step to find out about some of the oppotunties by calling me at the recruiting office at the numbers listed below. I look forward to hearing from you and wish you luck in your job search> WTF? I'd love to reply to this asshole, but the only things I'd have to say to him would probably result in the FBI at my door... |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:29pm - the_reverend ""] I have no idea what you are talking about |
| __________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:33pm - succubus ""] i can't see anything, but my advice is hotjobs.com and monster.com when i first was looking for a job after moving here i posted my resume on monster and a few days later...i had people calling me...and a job...then when i moved in with the mr, i did it again and had a job 3 days later...no joke...this time, i saw the job and applied, got an interview and wound up getting the job |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:35pm - HailTheLeaf ""] I think we're missing the point here... |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:38pm - XmikeX @ work ""] I don't miss that about having my resume all over the internet. The army, and every shitstain company throwing jobs I didn't want at me. Wow "Account Sales Representative" for a restaraunt supply company?? AND it pays $8.50 an hour?? AND the job lasts 3 whole months?!?! I'm wicked glad I got all 4 of their emails, and both their phone calls while I was in the bathroom. awful. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:41pm - XmikeX @ work ""] succubus said:i can't see anything, but my advice is hotjobs.com and monster.com when i first was looking for a job after moving here i posted my resume on monster and a few days later...i had people calling me...and a job...then when i moved in with the mr, i did it again and had a job 3 days later...no joke...this time, i saw the job and applied, got an interview and wound up getting the job haha wow. so that's what it's like to have a desirable degree, and experience? I got plenty of phone calls from recruiters while I had my resume out there, in fact I still get calls, but they were usually from people offering me temp jobs, or it was really obvious they hadn't read my resume at all. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:42pm - BornSoVile ""] I've had my resume up on monster for 3 months now, I'll I get is some fuck calling my house every other week asking me if I want to sell Life Insurance. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:58pm - the_reverend ""] mike, you are an english major? i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't beaten down your door for the eliquent way your can talk to the customers about french fries. you could be the first to use rhythming couplets. |
| ______________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:59pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] I've only had one resume view on my monster account. I guess writing a really sarcastic cover letter that states "I'm not going to waste any more of my time dealing with idiots in retail when what I really need is newroom experience." doesn't exactly flash "MODEL EMPLOYEE" |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:00pm - HailTheLeaf ""] wow...no one else is outraged over this...interesting, why would the army have vet techs in the first place? and why are they going thru Craig's list trying to recruit people? |
| ______________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:01pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] I've got a terrible taste of outrage fatigue, wore myself out at that rally on the common on monday |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:05pm - RichHorror ""] Yeah! Don't they know you post anti-Bush links on a metal discussion board while sitting on your unemployed ass and do nothing to evoke any real change? FUCK THE MAN. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:06pm - the_reverend ""] seeing as I see nothing in your post.. I don't see what I would be angry about.. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:06pm - HailTheLeaf ""] maybe I can go to new and interesting places and learn how to kill innocent animals |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:06pm - the_reverend ""] I see now, it didn't show on text.rttp Before you delete this email, I want you to know that this is not spam or a mass email. I read your resume on craigslist.com and you may meet the prequalifications to become a member of the United States Army. The thing that caught my interest in your resume was your experience as a veterinary technician/assistant. The Army is the only military service that offers work in the fiels as a veterinary technician. The unique benefits of this job are guaranteed training and work in a veterinary clinic on any US military installation in the world. Due to your prior experience you may even be qualified to enter the military at accelarated rank. I work as an Army recruiter in Warwick, Rhode Island and I'm always on the lookout for talented individuals to become a part of and to take advantage of the unique opportunities available in today's Army. Among other things that may interest you are: Free Housing Free Medical and Dental Care Full Retirement Benefits within 20 years Up to $40,000 Enlistment Bonus Up to $71,000 for College Travel Excitement Rigorous Physical Training Technical Training that can provide you with experience that carries over to the Civilian Sector Take the first step to find out about some of the oppotunties by calling me at the recruiting office at the numbers listed below. I look forward to hearing from you and wish you luck in your job search |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:07pm - HailTheLeaf ""] the_reverend said:seeing as I see nothing in your post.. I don't see what I would be angry about.. see nothing? it's right there! displays every time I re-load the page... |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:11pm - the_reverend ""] you put it between < > so it doesn't show on text.rttp |
| __________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:18pm - succubus ""] see i didn't see it either because i'm on text...that's why when i typed <3 i don't see anything but if i type < 3 i can see it aaron you broke soemthing in text... |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:21pm - dreadkill ""] instead of getting outraged at the army, i just tell them i'm not interested. getting stressed out about it and posting it on messageboards is kind of overreacting. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:22pm - RichHorror ""] I tell them I'm not interested, but then give them the name and number of a friend. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:46pm - HailTheLeaf ""] dreadkill said:instead of getting outraged at the army, i just tell them i'm not interested. getting stressed out about it and posting it on messageboards is kind of overreacting. overreacting? I think it's frightening that a government thug is trolling Craig's list trying to solicit people to go help invade Iran... |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:47pm - Josh_Martin ""] HailTheLeaf said:wow...no one else is outraged over this...interesting, why would the army have vet techs in the first place? and why are they going thru Craig's list trying to recruit people? Dear Hail the Leaf, Please stop being on our side. You make us look retarded. Yours truly, The Left |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:52pm - dreadkill ""] HailTheLeaf said:dreadkill said:instead of getting outraged at the army, i just tell them i'm not interested. getting stressed out about it and posting it on messageboards is kind of overreacting. overreacting? I think it's frightening that a government thug is trolling Craig's list trying to solicit people to go help invade Iran... you aren't being forced to join the army. if people want to help the army out, that is their choice and their right. i don't agree with what the government has been doing, but until they take away my right to choose whether i want to serve in the military or not, i have no problem with them recruiting people. how will they know you don't want to be in the military without asking? |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:52pm - XmikeX @ work ""] the_reverend said:mike, you are an english major? i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't beaten down your door for the eliquent way your can talk to the customers about french fries. you could be the first to use rhythming couplets. I was a Comm Studies major. Now I'm a media technician. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:52pm - HailTheLeaf ""] I'm not on your side, fuck you |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 4:03pm - the_reverend ""] is media technician just another way to say you watch the microfice at the library? |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 4:04pm - the_reverend ""] I almost joined the army just go get those sweet free socks |
| _________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 4:42pm - pisscup ""] Josh_Martin said:HailTheLeaf said:wow...no one else is outraged over this...interesting, why would the army have vet techs in the first place? and why are they going thru Craig's list trying to recruit people? Dear Hail the Leaf, Please stop being on our side. You make us look retarded. Yours truly, The Left nuff said! |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 6:34pm - ShadowSD ""] HailtheLeaf has every right to be outraged when she's swiped at by the tentacles of a recruitment system currently controlled by neo-cons whose policies are fucking regular Americans. Just because a cohesive recruitment system itself is totally sensible and necessary to maintain an army, it doesn't mean that one must also agree with the policies that currently drive that army. That's not an extreme viewpoint for her to have, it's just basic logic. I agree with the sentiment most people here are feeling that there's no reason to e-mail the guy and bitch at him, because he's just doing his job, and like I suggested above, if all recruitment failed then we would eventually cease to have an army anyway. But a person's brain can be developed enough to understand that, and also understand that if current US foreign policy is seriously fucked and leading to a terrible decline in the lives of Americans, it is totally reasonable to be outraged when people reach out to recruit you to do that job. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 6:37pm - ShadowSD ""] Outraged at the state of the world, not at the recruiter. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:24pm - anonymous ""] HailTheLeaf said:dreadkill said:instead of getting outraged at the army, i just tell them i'm not interested. getting stressed out about it and posting it on messageboards is kind of overreacting. overreacting? I think it's frightening that a government thug is trolling Craig's list trying to solicit people to go help invade Iran... Please...move to fucking Canada NOW. You're an asshole if you're really this offended by an email from a recruiter. That's their job, just like all those asshole temp agencies that will be FLOOODING you with emails/calls because you posted your personal information on that site. Virtually every standing nation in the world has an Army, or something of the like, and we are lucky enough that our military service is VOLUNTEER. You're fucking lucky you're not from Iran where they'd FORCE you to join the military. And don't think for one minute that you'd be excluded for having a vagina, they take women too! [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:25pm - hungtableed ""] ^^^^^^^^ That was me |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:26pm - hungtableed ""] Josh_Martin said:HailTheLeaf said:wow...no one else is outraged over this...interesting, why would the army have vet techs in the first place? and why are they going thru Craig's list trying to recruit people? Dear Hail the Leaf, Please stop being on our side. You make us look retarded. Yours truly, The Left This really had to be quoted a third time.... Brilliantly said! |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:27pm - ShadowSD ""] Someone didn't hear what I said. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:31pm - hungtableed ""] someone wasn't responding to you.... |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:32pm - ShadowSD ""] You can be in favor of a volunteer army and recruitment, and still be outraged by current foreign policy to the point where you don't want to be asked to help implement it. That's what really seperates America from Iran, not the draft; we had a draft here thirty years ago. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:54pm - anonymous ""] stop knocking the military,they don't choose who or where they fight,they just get the job done,and if it wasn't for the united states military you wouldn't have your fancy computer to be able to come online and bitch about anything,you'd be living in a grass hut speaking german and most likely bitching about something else that just doesnt matter |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:55pm - hungtableed ""] I still think she is a dildo for being so bent out of shape. I just want to know how big, really, is the stick up her ass that's making her so fucking irrational. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:57pm - hungtableed ""] anonymous said:stop knocking the military,they don't choose who or where they fight,they just get the job done, you're right. once bullets start flying, they dont GIVE A FUCK about ANY POLITCS OF ANY KIND AT ALL. PERIOD. anyone who disagrees, just read one non-fiction war novel, you'll catch the drift fast. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 7:58pm - anonymous ""] oh,it's a woman? well there it is,,,i'm sure briandc is gonna on and call me some kind of pc sensitive ponytail guy style name for this but to hell with it... everything in the world boils down to common sense and accountability,,and i haven't met many women with much of either,, also,,does anyone know why women have two sets of lips? |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 8:03pm - anonymous ""] anybody? |
| _______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 8:48pm - hoser ""] Might do you some good, HailTheSelf. |
| ________________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 8:51pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] aw hoser im let down i was expecting better from you on this subject |
| _______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 8:59pm - eddie ""] hahaha, wow try being 18 and being male, you'll get more than just a simple email. I see no reason why you should be angry at this. The way you put it, it seems like they put a gun to your head. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:04pm - dreadkill ""] eddie said:hahaha, wow try being 18 and being male, you'll get more than just a simple email. I see no reason why you should be angry at this. The way you put it, it seems like they put a gun to your head. i agree. i don't know hailtheleaf and have nothing against her, but whining about the current state of affairs isn't going to change anything. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:11pm - nate ""] Like mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there is no draft. You are not forced to go into the military by an e-mail. The guy that wrote to you is a recruiter. Let me break this down for you. A recruiter's job is to recruit people into the military that willingly will take the time to listen to what they have to say. The other person does not have to talk to them, just retort they are not interested and it's that simple. I used to work in a mall and saw recruiters from all branches of the military walking around. They asked me a couple times to listen and I simply said no. They thanked me, walked on to the next person to speak with. Noone is pulling your hair and kicking you on the ground. It's a friggin e-mail and last time I checked it is fully legal to send somebody an e-mail. Hell look at half the spam you get and tell me his e-mail was the worst one you received. Get over yourself, let the guy do his job and you do yours. Did you get one yet? |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:12pm - dreadkill ""] amen, thread over. please. |
| ______________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:14pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] I actually got a call from a recruiter about three weeks ago. I sort of felt bad for the guy because it sounded like it was his first day. Him:So what are you doing with your life? Me:Just going to college. Him:Are you aware that the Army will pay for your education. Me:Yes I was aware of that, but it doesn't really affect me because my scholarships cover tuition. Him:Oh...Well are you interested in traveling Me:Yeah, I'm applying for a semester abroad next year. Him:Oh...do you anyone else who might be interested in joining the Army? Me:Not really, sorry. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:16pm - dreadkill ""] why didn't you flip out at the guy? he forced you to join the army, and over the phone, no less! |
| _______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:18pm - eddie ""] dreadkill said:why didn't you flip out at the guy? he forced you to join the army, and over the phone, no less! hahahaha |