Another work week has come and gone…

Wait…

It’s another week that I didn’t get to work!! Yeah, that’s it.

But what with all the hours (7 to 8 each day) spent on the PC answering ads online and interviews and applications…I feel like I’ve worked overtime this week.

By the way, CraigsList SUCKS!!! It’s full of nothing but false/misleading ads for so-called jobs that turn out to be spam or worse. In fact, here’s a little excerpt from our most recent bout with those nice folks:

fresno craigslist > free stuff

 

please flag with care:

 

miscategorized
prohibited
spam/overpost
best of craigslist

 

Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee. More info

 

Half Full Cup of Shattered Dreams (Armpit of California)

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Reply to: sale-760864235@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-18, 8:45PM PDT

 

My other half and I just moved to Fresno almost 2 months ago. We were
in hopes of getting SOME sort of job, establishing ourselves,
creating a new network of friends and all around starting what should have been a new life.

We are now stuck here in Fresno, with no jobs, no money AT ALL, and we’re still friendless.

So, we offer to whomever can take it, our half-full cup of shattered
dreams. They served us as best they could, perhaps they’ll be kinder to you. Do with it what you will. Just take it away! It’s now useless to us.

As an added bonus, we’re also throwing in a sack full of the shavings and slivers of our humility, dignity, and self worth.

Free to whomever wants to come get it!! Thanks!

Reply to: tempestkc@yahoo.com

• Location: Armpit of California

• it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 760864235

This was posted by Seth in the “Free” category of the “For Sale” section.

Here’s what they sent back:

Your posting has been flagged for removal.

Approximately 98% of postings removed are in violation of craigslist posting guidelines.

Please make sure you are abiding by all posted site rules, including our terms of use:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use.html

If you need help figuring out why your posting was flagged, try asking in our flag help forum: http://forums.craigslist.org/?forumID=3. Include posting title, body, category, city, how often posted, any images, HTML markup, etc.

If your posting was wrongly flagged down (2% of flagged ads are) please accept our apologies and feel free to repost.

Sorry for the hassle, and thanks for your understanding.

Mind you, it was only meant as a funny (haha) little thing, of which we’ve seen many similar ads posted and left there. For some reason, Seth’s seemed to attract some fat pimply-assed geek who probably never leaves his PC to change his streaked underwear and has no life so he spends it sitting there eating chips and flagging shit day and night because he’s too afraid that if he unwedges his fat ass from that way-too-small desk chair long enough, his mom will make his 30 year old ass get a job or something and have to leave the house. And he doesn’t want to do that because the last time he left the house was when he was 20 and people just threw rocks at him.

But I digress…

So after several attempts to repost the ad, just for laughs, and that same rock-fearing lardo flagging and removing said ad, Seth had enough and decided to post one more for the little fucktard:

Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee. More info

Free Half-Full Cup of Shattered Dreams (Armpit of California)

Reply to: sale-760925892@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-18, 10:06PM PDT

Dear Whoever Keeps Flagging My Post,

GET A SENSE OF HUMOR YOU USELESS SACK OF CRAP!

I HOPE YOU GET BURIED IN ALL OF THE FREE SHIT YOU SEEM TO BE AFTER, YOU CHEAP BASTARD!

1. Location: Armpit of California

2. it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 760925892

Okay, I’ll admit, that one was probably a teensie bit into violating their terms and conditions, but shit, have you SEEN some of their ads in other categories???  They show pee-pee’s and vag-ies and who-ha’s and use VERY graphic language.  But since they are in different categories, that seems to be okay with CraigsList.

Fuck ‘em.  I’ll just go back to Monster.com.

 

 

 

Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Daniel
Filed under: Common Sense, Bad Advice Meant Well, Op-Ed, Today's Rant, Our Writings, Technical Issues, Just For Fun