Nobody Wants To Work Anymore

[@paulstpierre2683]

I don't want to work anymore because I've been working for 25 years and am still broke.! There's no upward mobility anymore.! Just rich and poor.!

[@mikesmith542]

False. But cool story.

[@dankburgers]

So let's be homeless instead. Great plan bud.

[@mikegrant8490]

Don't give up yet. Retire into something else that you WANT to do. Remember, there's no expectation of upward mobility in a capitalist dog eat dog economy... only the chance of an opportunity and the possibility of the challenge.

[@Melbester9]

@@mikegrant8490 I don't get how he's broke if he's been working for so long. I read an article on CNBC that the average American spends more and never saves. Yet prior to my first job, I never worked. So I worked for almost two years and my company closed months before COVID-19 due to financial troubles. So I got unemployment for first time and with the pandemic, I saved a ton of money from my job. Now got job opportunities since. Doing all I can but at least I started investing in CDs, Stock Market and Index Funds. I can work but I love math and numbers to make me rich. Not that I want to. I rather take an ok salary, or small paycut just to get 3-4 weeks of vacation + better benefits. At least I get better work/life balance.

[@awfulfalafelwafflerofl2800]

"There's no upward mobility anymore." This is true. A study was done to evaluate upward mobility in each country. The top countries were what U.S. republicans would consider "socialist": Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland.... The United States was ranked 27th!!! In other words, 26 other countries are better at the "American Dream" than America. visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-social-mobility-of-82-countries/

[@boredinlife1461]

He played the joke so well I actually believed him for the first half.

[@AaAa-ke6cz]

lmao i was so confused bc i was reading the comments but i had only watched the first 10 seconds

[@ProjectXA3]

Honestly me for all his work, it's impressive

[@mgrey9066]

@Arike Joja yes he does on point satire. He slips in funny things that contradict his main point. Listen carefully and you’ll catch them. He is very pointed criticism…

[@darthmocap]

As did I, and I'd like to think that I'm a smarf boy.

[@kcflick6132]

Same, I wrote a long reply about how eveybody I know has a job, and nobody I know works in fast food ir retail anymore, but instead factories

[@derlindwurm]

I've been having a horrible time trying to re-enter the workforce. Employers complain that nobody wants to work anymore and they so desperately need help, but they still want only the most magically perfect people possible, they still make applicants jump through all sorts of hoops to prove their worthiness, they refuse to return calls with questions about the qualifications or materials they want. "No one wants to work anymore" is starting to sound a lot like "why aren't unicorns magically appearing out of thin air to happily let us exploit them for their labor?"

[@rodvazquez332]

U know I thought the opposite but you opened my eyes dude. They really make is fucking nearly impossible to get a good job 👏

[@pmasher]

My job is using "the labor shortage" as an excuse for all their shitty policies and overtime lately... yet I know people that are trying to get a job there that they aren't even calling back.

[@firstnamelastname-zi4mq]

@@rodvazquez332 I work in a kitchen that ATM is running on 3 cooks. Usually we have around ten. Everyday my boss is interviewing people, and every day he says they aren't the right fit. Wtf. Does the person have a pulse? Do they want to work? Then we need them.

[@rodvazquez332]

@@firstnamelastname-zi4mq FACTS dude like WHO REALLY CARES if a dude who smokes pot is making my fries????? I don't care. I just want my value menu food lmao.

[@pantera89]

@@rodvazquez332 I smoke pot and I love fries. \m/

[@deonambrose]

Job: "You need a bachelor's degree, 5 years of experience, know how to cure cancer, shoot lasers out of your eyes, jump through several buildings in a single bound. Pay is $7.25 an hour" Also job: "Nobody wants to work" 😦

[@Dzanarika1]

And, everybody is playing dumb as to why people do not want to work. Well, people are not that dumb.

[@podsmpsg1]

Exactly. Want people who are 18-35 years old and have 40-50 years of work experience. NOW HIRING: Must be 18-35 years old, be gorgeous, have a size 2 waist, 36 DD breasts, long blonde hair, 40 inch legs.

[@fabiancanada8876]

I have a university degree and that is what I seriously experienced! There was a job offering 5 years ago! that was looking for a candidate that was perfect in everything (science, communication, 5 years experience, young, etc.). At the end it said 20$/h. Absolutely insane. Wages are so low and taxes so high that employment is pretty much impossible (with a few exceptions like e.g. teachers). You need to be self employed or have a business.

[@UMBR.]

Also job: "Standard data entry office person" or "Coffee Maker Person" or some other basic level bullshit job Also job: "Must be emotionally involved and passtionate about wow-ing customers."

[@dolan979]

Been a server for 6 years. I just had an interview for an Electrician Apprenticeship. I'm so done with the service Industry I can't wait to try something new.

[@anthonya.jumelles7103]

Congratulations on the new gig! Wishing you the best of luck on your new adventure.

[@musicalmercy5204]

sorry if it's too personal, but why did you stay for so long? you couldn't have switched to another job, when did you realize you weren't liking it? was it the sixth year? (genuinely asking)

[@dolan979]

@@musicalmercy5204 I enjoyed it for the most part. I dabbled in other thing like Web Design but sitting at a desk wasn't for me. The past year during Covid is what did it for me. From dealing with the growingly hostile customers to the upper management blatantly not caring about us lemmings is why. That being said I probably should have switched sooner.

[@mulderbelieves1684]

Rooting for you 💪🏻 run as fast as you can!!

[@letswalkinthewoods1462]

He said interview. Not that he got the job. It's not that easy unfortunately

[@ginaj1814]

"You people need to stop finding better paying jobs and come back to where I eat!" THIS.

[@waltertx.6020]

😝🤣🤣

[@deniseaugusto4861]

“ When we said people in the service industry were heroes, we meant that panderingly. “ Ouch. You’re the best!

[@allward23]

Our government instituted increased wages for healthcare workers during the pandemic...and then they removed it. Some retailers /restaurants did it for their employees, but then they removed it. I have worked in the service industry, it was a joke before with shitty customers, scummy owners cutting corners or stealing tips and ZERO fucks given by local governments. I wish I could say I would be supporting local businesses, but I'm trying my damn near hardest NOT to. Buy local? How about they and the customers treat the workers with more respect. Working in the service industry before the pandemic I have told customers to fuck off before. If I had to work in it now (I'm a healthcare worker), I would tell them to fuck off at the slightest thing now.

[@poralitical]

@@allward23 companies felt it was a bad look to appear as if they didn't care about employees during a pandemic. Now that the pandemic is beginning to wind down (in countries with reasonable access to vaccines) and were "going back to normal", it's becoming obvious that normal means a company not giving a sh*t about you, your wellbeing, or your ability to provide for your family.

[@danchapman2118]

@@allward23 If the company can survive providing higher wages through the pandemic, they certainly can afterwards. Buuuuut people have a very short memory, and as things reopen, those in the trenches of retail and service will be pushed back into the role and pay they had before they were momentarily "heroes".

[@allward23]

@@danchapman2118 I agree, our local grocery stores were paying people $4 more an hour for over 8 months and still posted a HUGE profit.

[@topduk]

@@poralitical Deaths are up in countries that have widespread vaccination like Seychelles.

[@mactastic144]

They tell them to quit their job, then when they quit their job, they complain that nobody wants to work anymore.

[@Savini.Jason_vh-rjh]

Exactly

[@ElleDeas]

Imagine getting annoyed that people are making more money on unemployment and having time to gain skills and find better jobs while you’re still paying $7-$11 dollars. Looks like that competition capitalism loves to talk about doesn’t apply to wages 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@WaffleShortage]

had to explain to my mom how fucked it was that she was so upset about how people she knew weren't back at work because they got so much more money from stimulus checks and some of the extra unemployment or whatever. she was complaining that the stim checks were keeping people from returning to work because they made more money from those than their job... I told her that if the grand total of like $3,600 or whatever that her and her friends all got was such a significant amount of money that it was more than their wages, then that right there was the problem- being paid dogshit lol. if three grand over the course of like 18 months was such a big deal for somebody, there are bigger problems than people getting "handouts."

[@Fortune090]

@@WaffleShortage And the capitalists win again. They blame the people, not the problem, all while exploiting the people and ignoring the problem. What's even better than that? Get enough people to blame the people, not the problem, and now they don't have to do anything but tell the people what to think and say.. Since they have all the big bucks, people just eat it right up, because they *must* know what they're doing and be good people if they're well off, financially. It's maddening and my city is FULL of these people. They outright had a protest with "F*CK YOUR FEELINGS" and "Don't Tread On Me" flags outside an ELEMENTARY school.

[@christopherbartlett8100]

no capitalism rewards those who work hard. not lazy piles of shit.

[@catfive23rd]

@@christopherbartlett8100 so those people unable to afford a rented room despite 60 hour working weeks must be living lives of luxury really? capitalism rewards the middle class a little and the wealthy a lot at the expense of everyone else.

[@timtravels116]

It’s amazing that when people lose a shitty job then get time to sit in isolation and reflect on important things that they decide not to accept shitty jobs anymore.

[@LarryDKness]

Well put 👍🏼

[@CirrowProductions]

Everytime I see someone using sarcasm to get a point across on social media or youtube comments, I cringe.

[@override367]

whats truly astounding, something I never thought I'd see in America, is that I know people who have switched to being one income households and are just not buying things anymore - obviously these are middle class people who have the luxury and it's kind of heartening. Hey corporate America, are you really sure the minimum wage is the hill you want your proxies to die on? You know if people don't buy stuff, it all falls apart right?

[@taylormcgill6643]

@@override367 the economy isnt ran by people buying shit, thats so backwards. You cant consume if you dont first produce.

[@Trtmfm]

@@taylormcgill6643 You are gravely mistaken. In fact: each supports the other, and without one, there will be no other.

[@jackcarlson5313]

Correction. No one wants to work FOR YOU anymore. All those years being told that their jobs weren't important, and the pandemic gave a good opportunity for service workers to leave for something better. That is what happened with me and my coworkers, we got to the point where we all realized that we could finally make the jump to something that actually pays decent, so 90% of us just got up and left. The company panicked, but who cares. I mean isn't that what people have been complaining about for the last decade? "If you don't like your job, get a new one." Now the same people who used to bad mouth us and say we weren't important to the economy want to complain that we aren't there to make them burgers anymore. If they are so obsessed with somebody to cook their food for them, why don't they just automate everything with robots, just like they used to threaten us with when we asked for higher wages and better working conditions? Either that or you can get off your ass and go cook your own burger. It's remarkable how Americans don't understand that if they treat people like shit for long enough, there are consequences, and no one will want to help them out.

[@wamteng3790]

Amen.👍

[@ajpend]

Love this opening post.

[@johncnorris]

Hell's Yes! When daycare costs more than you make at the Jiffy Lube it's time to get those children sized up for mechanic's overalls.

[@MelodieKate]

I want to upvote this 1,000 times.

[@BrentTerhune]

They can hold a wrench!

[@CodyCLI]

The sad part is a lot of people would be for this.

[@daddymuggle]

And yet those day care workers get the same shitty wages. "PaY rIsE?!? HoW DarE YoU? YoU DoN't CaRe™ AbOuT tHe ChIlDrEn You GrEeDY SELF-ABSORBED GREEDY UnGrAtEFul WoRk UnIt!"

[@MarcosElMalo2]

You didn’t go at it directly, but what you’re talking about is liberal over regulation that is killing the economy. I’m talking about mollycoddling child labor laws. That’s the real problem. The fact is, we adults wouldn’t need to work and still live like kings, if only we were allowed to treat our children like serfs. Minimum wage is not so bad when you have 4, 7, 10 or more pairs of little hands bringing home your bacon. Sky’s the limit fellas-imagine if your wealth was based on how fertile your sperm was.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

This right here is exactly the kind of rant my boomer uncle would go on. "No body wants to work anymore!!" says the man who spent the last 20 years working for himself because he can't cope with the bullshit of the work place and he has retired early....

[@scottievaldez4194]

Say it louder one more time!

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I think the problem with the USA is our obsession with work, to the point where taking more than two weeks vacation off is considered "lazy" or you feel deep remorse for calling in sick. This pandemic is corporate America's worst nightmare: people are discovering what the rest of Western society has known all along: that family, friends, fun, and rest is more important than working yourself to the bone.

[@keyshawnscott12]

We don't have a obsession with work we just have bills to pay can't take months off unfortunately

[@Dzanarika1]

Yes!!! Well-put. I have always felt when I would take my 1--week vacation and not travel, just to be at home and relax, my supervisor and co-workers would not like it. By the time I would get back they would make me work twice as hard, if this is not pure lunacy, I don't know what is.

[@jidowu6019]

I am a small business owner. For the most part, even small business owners can afford to pay their employees livable wages. They may not be able to provide an upper middle class lifestyle, but they can provide a livable income. It depends on management of business finances and how much the business owners pay themselves. Either the owner can dramatically hike pay OR moderately increase pay and agree to cover 100% of health/dental/vision. Trust me, it's doable. Owners receive all types of deductions and allowances and credits for taking care of their employees. If my company experiences net profit (gross revenue - expenses - COGS), of say, $2,000,000 per year, I pay myself out of that. . . .usually 33%. That's $660,000 per year. I am more than fine with paying myself a salary of $660,000 per year. In fact, I'll take some of my salary and just hand cash or cut personal checks to my employees just because. How many mansions do I need? Why do I need more than one? Why do I even need one? Why do I need 10 cars and a private jet?

[@MysterySemicolon]

What do you do for work? I run a business that can't cope with paying employees more than $7/hr in an area where rent is $1500/mo. You know, a business that shouldn't exist because it can't compete unless I take advantage of labour and steal as much as I can from their sweat and tears. HA! I can totally pay people. I'm just greedy and want to make an extra $120k a year.

[@metern7685]

If it's such a terrible business, people can go somewhere else to make money.

[@benbenben123ben]

@@metern7685 They are.

[@zack6192]

There are no labor shortages. Employers are just not willing to hire folks over 50. They want you for $10 to $15 an hour while they pocket $200 to $300 per hour off your work. When you get to 50 they push you out the door for a younger model.

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

They sure do I was working as a dishwasher full time 15 an hour, covid hit they said sorry we gotta let you go we’ll call you back they never did, turns out they never hired another person for that position either, it’s been three years since then I was working as a freelancer and even before this making money translating and building websites, well I decided to check out other places in the area I enjoyed working with a kitchen staff turns out they weren’t even hiring anybody over 10 an hour part time, but going back to the place I use to work at they decided they’re not gonna hire another dishwasher because they expected the prep cook and cook to do it and later on I found out they’re getting more money and more people go back there than before not to mention they’re raising their prices, and taking more vacations, glad to know they’re doing better but had to get rid of the one guy that really was passionate enough to help them out. It’s all bullshit in the end, if people can find a great job with great people take it otherwise put yourself first and only trust the people you think are worth your time first.

[@spartang.1388]

God I love this video! Americans have been societally pre-programmed for so long to believe that the employer is always right and our sole reason for living is to just work all the time even as we go backwards economically.

[@TimeBucks]

Glad to see the cough has cleared up

[@realtalkwiththeking7862]

You are on every single trending video

[@d4mdcykey]

I've worked in direct contact with the public for more years than I care to count and after the last year I know one thing for certain: never again. The disproportionate percentage of self-absorbed, belligerent, arrogantly ignorant, messy, destructive, outright idiotic people that have the common sense of a toddler in this world is either increasing or I notice them more. Selling the business (at a loss) and finding something else, and as long as it's from the home office, I really don't care what it is. I'm done with the BS that was putting me in an early grave.

[@a.humanbeing8171]

I can't believe how many signs I see in businesses that ask customers to be nice to employees. Really?!?! Since when did people have to be asked to show basic decency and respect? It's like the real pandemic was the virus that turned everyone into a$$holes.

[@WindKing0]

@@a.humanbeing8171 It didn't turn anyone into a$$holes; merely inflamed what was long already there :P

[@04shaolin]

@@WindKing0 Now they're a-holes with hemorrhoids

[@mattbushnell4251]

I was a manager at a zaxbys. Had a woman throw a chicken wing at me bc I wouldn't give her more FREE fries. Lol.

[@nikolaigogleo7507]

@@mattbushnell4251 corporate probably sided with her too huh?

[@hayleys4627]

The delivery of “nobody wants to work anymore” sends me! Hahaha

[@firstnamelastname-zi4mq]

When you ten hour day for $8 an hour is spent listening to someone twice your age complain about having to wear a mask for twenty minutes, you get pretty burnt out.

[@igkslife]

Agreed.

[@FrostytheWicked]

Preach it brother/sister

[@qqxyz6550]

Yea except it’s not just all day. It’s every fucking day all day long. For nothing. Just to have to do it again and stay trapped and poor. Annoys me

[@viktoriyamalavola6041]

Such a good little citizen wearing your mask... lost

[@dxfan18]

Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up. This pandemic has certainly proved that

[@toyamwarr]

As a person who worked various minimum wage jobs that aggravated my disability, I couldn’t bring myself back to any such jobs again. Having so many time to actually care for myself was a godsend. I don’t use nearly the amount of medications in a single day that I use to require to stand for hours and smile at people behaving terribly. The thought of going back to that fills me with anxiety. I’m now working on finding a job that will work with my disability so I can support myself without having to pay several specialists for doctors appointments and filling pricey prescriptions just to make $12/hr.

[@greeneyesfromohio4103]

What’s your disability?

[@whateverlolawants]

Good for you. You deserve to have a life with balance and health. I understand how some former jobs can cause bad anxiety just by thinking about them. Had a few myself.

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

"We meant that panderingly!" Hilariously and depressingly accurate.

[@neopabo]

I had an okay paying job in the financial industry, call center job working from home. It completely demoralized me, killed my mental, made me stress-spend and get in debt, I would catch myself screaming and slamming my table between calls, and depressed at the end of the day knowing I have no other options. I ended up quitting to save my mental health, no idea what I should do now

[@topduk]

Join the military so you can patrol the streets during curfew and raid houses to pull screaming kids off into the night.

[@neopabo]

@You tube Ghosts Me Its a reality for too many people, unfortunately

[@siulyeoj]

Nobody wants to work anymore!

[@wmwinterbottom]

You are much more than your job. Things will even out in time. I’d rather be broke and in good mental health, you’ve made right choice.

[@mikegrant8490]

Cut grass. At least, you'll be your own boss, you'll be out in fresh air, get plenty of exercise, you'll provide a service to people who don't want to cut their own grass for any variety of reasons and if you hustle you can make an honest living. $50,000 a year is a reasonable expectation for a full service year around lawn business. Spring and fall cleanups, leaf removal, seeding, pruning and trimming shrubbery, whatever the customer wants and you feel you can do.. even mundane roof gutter cleaning is worth the extra charge for a happy client. Start small, get bigger as you build clientele. You'll stay busy. You'll learn skills. You'll learn how to maintain your equipment. You'll learn how to estimate to make the best money for fair work. It's an honest way to own a small business AND if you build it right, you can always sell it, the equipment and the clients, to someone else, take the money and start another one.

[@sidneyboo9704]

"I need you to clean up after my kids because they are messy eaters" LOL!!! Worked as a waitress and its so true. People just expect you to do it.

[@poralitical]

But then get pissed when "they can see an empty table right there" and are told they'll have to wait 10 min for it to be cleaned.

[@moto6657]

Lol, but I alway leave a generous tip for the mess.

[@Kez_DXX]

Kids from the park come in, get cups for water, get cola from the fountain anyways, then sit at a table for 15-30 minutes and still manage to make a mess in spite of the fact that not a damn morsel of food was ordered. Not any more. Water is for paying customers only.

[@shewho333]

I was the mom on the floor of the restaurant picking up every single macaroni noodle so I didn’t leave you a mess.

[@Dushva]

My general policy is either clean up, or leave a generous tip. I've done both. As someone who performs janitorial duties, I understand the frustration, but I never get tipped either.

[@nightshadow73]

worked for grocery during all the panic shopping. People were flipping nuts.

[@Nothingseen]

The NO I'M NOT VACCINATED lines can go one one of those skull t-shirts

[@j-dubb614]

"Our small business wont be able to stay open if I can't exploit workers by paying them the bare legal minimum" Well maybe your business model is one of exploitation of other peoples labor for your monetary benefit.

[@override367]

I'm not sure why every self made bootstrappy upper middle class or upper class American thinks they're entitled to run a business, even if their business model sucks so much that they're scraping the margins at all times and can't afford to pay their employees well

[@taylormcgill6643]

@@override367 "entitled to run a business"... ever heard of freedom? I can't believe you think this way. So people arent free to pursue their dreams? No one forced you to work for the food truck, dummy.

[@anon-e-mouse]

@@override367 everyone is entitled to run one. Maybe you mean that people shouldn’t be allowed to run businesses that don’t treat employees well?

[@Duckarus]

@@anon-e-mouse entitled means they feel like they should get to run one regardless of their ability. Everyone has a right to own a business but they are not entitled to own a business.

[@whateverlolawants]

@@override367 I agree, and suspect there's another thing at play too. In some industries, big corporations have made the playing field so difficult for competitors that small businesses struggle more. But instead of realize that, these sMaLL bUsiNeSs oWnErS just blame their woes on workers and liberals and the "nanny state."

[@Ved000000]

"Oh, what do I do for work? I'm a landlord" "I run a smol business"

[@CodyCLI]

Saying landlord is offensive, they are "blood sucking parasites". Come on, have some sensitivity.

[@_Gorrek_]

That's some serious landphobia here.

[@ThrashOrDie100]

Be a landlord if it's so easy then and quit bitching.

[@CodyCLI]

@@ThrashOrDie100 Cry somewhere else.

[@TheDocPlatypus]

@@ThrashOrDie100 people don't do it because you both need rich parents and a lack of moral sense So keep licking these boots son but millionaires won't love you back.

[@Flashgen75]

That ending punchline is perfect.

[@sarahp.8420]

So true.

[@dgilroy26]

What is an early retirement and how do I get one? lol

[@genola]

@@dgilroy26 you simply need to be born rich

[@ODB1ujay]

We will start working when you start actually paying us

[@robertsanssouci2093]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Complaining from the couch made me snort laugh Well played 🙌🏼

[@iambryant3240]

The best part is when he said "Nobody wants to work anymore.".

[@lydiafayre9806]

I definitely don't want to work in service anymore, that's for freaking sure.

[@stephaniewozny3852]

At least not for under $15 an hour (honestly, at this point, I should probably be closer to $30 to keep up with cost of living).

[@Sloth55Chunk]

The trick is to work in service but have ultimate authority. Like a pilot. If someone gives me shit I can tell them to get fucked with an FAA stamp of approval.

[@David-bz7pi]

Then don't. There are plenty of jobs out there. You don't have to work in the service industry if you don't want to.

[@lydiafayre9806]

@@David-bz7pi There are plenty of people to compete for those jobs too, and you're full of shit for framing it as a simple matter of just deciding not to take the ones I don't want. I need to pay my bills, right now.

[@MithranArkanere]

We need to get good at making robots so they do all the stuff we don't want to do anymore.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

Oh my god. I hate it when I ask how a customer is doing, and they don't answer.

[@ATX-js1to]

Ain’t your fault people just weird

[@gdlywom]

People are tired of the 🐂💩. Salute. 💯

[@gam3xhazard89]

People are sick of the system. PAY MORE then we will work

[@TheSpartanburger]

"Nobody wants to work anymore" Nobody EVER wants to work.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

How true

[@SincereDoper]

Yup, and the money to pay workers A LOT better is there, but it would mean that the people who are slaving away everyday would get a bigger slice of the pie and the guy working on buying his 4th mansion would have to live with ONLY 3 mansions. They don't want to give it up though, they will when the option is either pay more or go out of business.

[@jennymacallan9071]

We meant that panderingly!😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@johnsnowwww]

I love the way these end so abruptly 😂😂😂 I'm waiting for more and more lol

[@ChaosMechanica]

Stop it, this is so on-point! I'm laughing so hard!

[@hillside4854]

"and i DO MEAN you people". this guy is a legend

[@fan_of_brent_terhune_comedian]

I love when he says “you people”! 🤣

[@lasivianleandros3558]

As if anyone ever "wanted" to work in the first place.

[@PastafarianLemur]

That is one of the better Boomer impressions I've seen in a while.

[@danielmosely4188]

I lost it at the swing set. 😂

[@BigBen_Fitness]

*5 things to quit right now:* *1. Overthinking* *2. Trying to make everyone happy* *3. Living in the past* *4. Worrying* *5. Doubting yourself*

[@fakename287]

@laskin riubn i hope you realize the comment your bot copied is right above this one, so youre not really fooling anyone

[@SomethingSomethingg]

You're 100% right. It's easier said than done though. The problem with me is that I wasn't raised by the most effective parents and now I'm overwhelmed with trying to play catch-up. Being autistic only makes it more challenging. But I'm striving everyday to get out of the mess I am. I'm trying to earn money, save money, and find a direction to take to get myself out of this mess.

[@joeypleasants4014]

@@SomethingSomethingg I have high functioning autism

[@joeypleasants4014]

Number 3 is easier said than done because of my exceptional memory of past events and dates

[@SurrealEdifice]

I got frustrated hearing that from so many people that I meet or work with, and I googled it to see if there was some central place spreading this bullshit, and I found your video. My man, you made my friends and I laugh so hard there were tears in our eyes. Also, great beard.

[@jonathanturner8243]

I have an in-law living on Disability that says the same thing! It's not Unemployment but you are unemployed and getting paid by the government. That is nothing like socialism at all.

[@chompachangas]

Pretty sure my mom had the exact same rant on mother's day. "I took early retirement" -LOL yep.

[@maximumtrollmagic]

Companies have discovered that they can still function despite being short staffed. No one wants to be doing the job of two people. People are getting burnt out.

[@blackdogduck7682]

New title: Nobody wants to be a slave anymore.

[@giantvegantraveller]

People want to work, they don’t want to be treated like shit by ignorant managers and bs jokers. They pay more then there’s a deal.

[@darkwing11]

This has been two years old and now… it’s “Nobody wants to hire anymore for a good wage.”

[@bekacox9244]

Because this new generation know their worth. I promise it's not for shit minimum wage either. They want a living wage no matter what and they're absolutely right to think it. We were all just dumb enough to accept it and their not

[@staticdeclarations6058]

There was a major cultural shift once corporate takeover of local economies accelerated. Before you had store owners that were also members of the community, the system was in no way perfect, but there were social repercussions (remember walls of shame?) and owners would straight up just kick you out if you were psycho in many instances. Starbucks, Target, etc all changed that and customers caught on, to get what you want you act like a belligerent toddler and none of the employees have the power to do anything, if they did corporate will side with the customer and they will likely lose their jobs or face negative consequences. This drastically altered the social norms concerning the power dynamic between employee and customer.

[@caninecurry5823]

So sorry for the inconvenience, sir. Cough, cough.

[@zzzroxyzzz]

I'd be happy with my job if I was paid what my work is worth but yeah, right now, not exactly jumping up to get on the clock.

[@58209]

artful presentation that perfectly encapsulates the frustration of exploited service workers

[@randylahey7343]

I think I remember you from Carl Brokes channel.

[@nathanbb2495]

Wow, thanks for the good laughs, belly laughing

[@liamnissanS2K]

Dangerous conditions with very little pay. Yep, pretty much my construction career. Doing shit I'm not qualified every single day of the year. Running full crews when while I'm making 20 an hour. Dealing with idiots, assholes and drug addicts. I'll probably be burnt out or In a wheelchair by 35.

[@WhipItUpWithJay]

Preach 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ozrictentacles87]

You're exactly right. Jobs are modern day slavery

[@BrentTerhune]

NOBODY WANTS TO BE A SLAVE ANYMORE

[@MelodieKate]

Fucking right on! They worked and got mistreated why they are rebelling.

[@steelfallageek]

100% I like my employer but my wages are crap but standard for my industry. People want to come in and shit on cooks and wait staff. Then tell us to get a better job. I like cooking I'm good at it I just want to make enough to live above the poverty line.

[@edmarsh5836]

We took our mothers out for Mother's Day dinner on Saturday at a place we've been several times before The COVID Times. When we got there, there was a "we're short-staffed because government handouts" sign on the door. After a year plus of not dining out, the food just wasn't that great. So it's not that people don't want to work, they don't want to work and make crappy food for crappy wages.

[@steelfallageek]

@@edmarsh5836 I make decent food with crappy ingredients and make crap wages. It's dumb but it's reality. Suppliers all raised their prices and my owner and manager are trying to keep people employed through all of this but can't/ won't raise wages to meet a living wage and still have customers. It's an entire vicious cycle that's nearly impossible to explain in a comments section. I love my job and my fellow employees I like my boss and the owner. I hate that I can't afford to support my kids and myself alone. Let alone comfortably

[@edmarsh5836]

@@steelfallageek I'm really sorry you're in that position where you do what you love and what you're good at but it literally doesn't put food on the table. We need a reckoning on what's a livable wage in this country. Thanks for responding.

[@DarkNookShop]

Love these. Glad to see the cough has cleared up...

[@benderrodriguez142]

Never underestimate the power of 10,000 people raising emotional support beers simultaneously!

[@asymptoticspatula]

The part on the swing got me 🤣🤣🤣

[@briancaldwell1798]

I don't want to work anymore

[@DA-rf7zj]

And they don't have to work anymore. Just don't ask me to pay for it.

[@mikegrant8490]

Well, holy hell. After watching this, I'm taking the rest of the day off... just to sit on my ass. Thanks, Brent. Because of you, I found my motivation...

[@ronnyrath816]

Work is tough and it gets tougher when you're in the city. 20 years ago I was making $10.50hr in NC and I had enough for rent, bills and food. Now making $30hr+bonus+commissions and still not enough. Well not in Atlanta anyways.

[@moonrakerone]

As a full-time mail carrier, I make good money, but I still have to deal with these people on a regular basis.

[@captjohnson5452]

Your not gonna have much more than nothing if you work for minimum wage. So why not just accept nothing.

[@windmillcancersurvivorwind6746]

You are a national treasure 😂

[@andywise2031]

He really is!

[@thatbennyworth]

Keeps this shit up, gonna be lookin over his shoulder for Nic Cage.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

My first facepalm moment in the first weeks of the pandemic was when I watched a "physically mature homo sapiens" -- I'm speaking loosely here -- have a meltdown at Pizza Hut because they were out of chicken wings.

[@MahkyVmedia1]

I took an early retirement 😂

[@bethanyoneal5789]

Can you blame people for not wanting to work right now? I quit my last job at a nursing home for $11 an hour under 30 hours a week.

[@lapillus2344]

I worked as a CNA in WA and I only got 12 an hour. 40+ hour weeks too. I didn't leave because of the residents, I left because of the management and the abuse from other coworkers. It's traumatizing. I feel your pain.

[@cheyer21]

Dude. I stumbled upon your video on Google while searching for related articles on the subject. This is hilarious! Spot on.

[@shredskaster]

Fucking brilliant.

[@kickstartmyfart]

Holy shit, I can't believe this is 5 months old and still hitting like day one!

[@218prototype]

I have to admit: it’s gonna be difficult to get that image of you on the swing out of my head🤣🤣🤣. Awesome vid, man!!

[@ArmyVet79]

fast food workers having the last say 😂😂😂

[@therealslimwhitie]

Lol love this guy

[@rissaroo3258]

This past year has made me determined to go back to school so I can become a medical transcriptionist so I never have to deal with people ever again. I am done with people.

[@jaydenxavier2022]

U have been a recluse for sometime

[@rissaroo3258]

@@jaydenxavier2022 I don't understand. I work with the public. I'm not a recluse.

[@jaydenxavier2022]

@@rissaroo3258 well u proly dont remeber me and i havent seen you inforever seems like the same list of people tho show up in my youtube comments

[@rissaroo3258]

@@jaydenxavier2022 okay well I want you to take whatever you think you know about me and throw it out of your tiny little skull. The comment was not directed at you it was directed at the original poster

[@99names16]

“Not a shortage of lambos , there’s a shortage of lambos at $1000.00” No labor shortage but Americans finally realizing how bad they’ve been exploited

[@adamms96]

Who tf asks for extra ice lol

[@MountainsoftheHeart]

I was expecting a serious right wing rant, LOVE YOUR SARCASM!!!!!! Nailed it!

[@BrandeeBenton]

Can this be required watching for all boomer dads and grandads in red states?

[@sixty3eddie]

🤣 thanks for laughs Brent! Too funny

[@sarahpetrolati5734]

One time I had a customer come In and ask me how I was doing Nd not really thinking I said not good but they never asked why so that's was a plus 🤣

[@-solidsnake-]

“Yeah I have a bad attitude but at least I don’t tip well”

[@jonc2914]

Supply and demand.. demand for no skill workers is high and supply is low because they dont wanna make peanuts. Raise wages... or is the supply and demand argument only for people who arent at the bottom?

[@p3ter408]

I remember Jeremy Levebvre seeing Taco Bell putting hiring card inside the costumer meal boxes and McDonalds paying $50 for settling a single interview.

[@OMGhappiness]

Thank you Mr. Brent, I feel very seen.

[@Highley1958]

Brent captures the essence of modern conservatism, i.e. stupidity plus anger.

[@adrianpd1982]

These slave wages are awesome.

[@WestonDeboer]

emotional support beer!

[@monitoradiation]

When we called you heroes, we were expecting you to do your job without pay because THATs heroic!

[@samanthacook9648]

Maybe when I do not have to work 16 hour shifts at $11 an hour to afford insurance and a shitty, basement level apartment with a room mate in the boonies then I will have a better attitude..... my point is the system needs to be completely redone or the wages need to be raised. Somethingnhas got to give.