xpaperxcutx Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 So I'm doing some job searches on Craigslist ( which is pretty cheesy) and I came across this ad for selling tshirts. So I called the person who posted the ad to ask for information about the job, which unfortunately wasn't really up to par with what I had in mind. I told him thank you and hanged up never expecting to talk to the guy again. Lo and behold, he calls me back ( from Florida of all places) and said that if I just want to hang out ( basically the job would require me to go out into the city; which was what I had wanted) he's open to a friendship/relationship sort of thing. Mind you the guy is 26 or something and for some apparent reason he told me he just recently broke up with his gf. Hahaha, I wanted to laugh right then and there, but I waited until I hanged up the phone. You got to love the kooky people on the internet.
bean1 Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Oh dear! Craigslist, not suprised. I've been checking job ads as well, primarily in education. Craigslist is the land of low-ballers and scams looking for your personal info SIN/(SSN in the USA?) so they can rip you off. Yikes! On top of that, they have people looking for fully-certified ESL specialization teachers with their degrees + 2 years experience for... $10/hr!! I didn't bother responding. Too bad I'm not single, perhaps I could get a date with a hiring manager
carhill Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Just a different angle for hitting on women. Not bad.
Author xpaperxcutx Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 Oh dear! Craigslist, not suprised. I've been checking job ads as well, primarily in education. Craigslist is the land of low-ballers and scams looking for your personal info SIN/(SSN in the USA?) so they can rip you off. Yikes! On top of that, they have people looking for fully-certified ESL specialization teachers with their degrees + 2 years experience for... $10/hr!! I didn't bother responding. Too bad I'm not single, perhaps I could get a date with a hiring manager Well compared to other job searching sites, Craigslist is at the bottom of the food chain. But it doesn't hurt to try. I had fairly good response so far, I don't give out info until I'm certain they're legit, but then there's not really alot of ads that interest me or pay me enough for me to bother writing a email to. I even tried looking at the waitressing section in the city but most of them require experiences that I don't have. Yet, I'm optimistic because I'm not a really big spender and my parents aren't all that keen about me getting a job as opposed to focusing on school. However, I would still like to be financially independent and have fun while working. So wth, I get a good laugh in the process.
BobSacamento Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 I'll be totally honest, I'm not really sure what's kookier: - People posting on Craigslist - People RESPONDING to posts on Craigslist
carhill Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 I advertise garage/estate sales and home rentals on Craigslist with pretty good success. That's the only part of it I've ever seen. I swear I'm not a kook
Author xpaperxcutx Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 I'll be totally honest, I'm not really sure what's kookier: - People posting on Craigslist - People RESPONDING to posts on Craigslist I actually posted once in the platonic section and I made a friend off that place, so I don't necessarily condemn it.
BobSacamento Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Hey, who am I to judge. I'm getting dating advice from total strangers LOL.
bean1 Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Job ads on Craiglist aren't actually that bad, here, the municipal and federal government has been posting lately. I got a great dog crate on it too, lol I have a feeling that this dude is a bit of a creeper though, it's certainly unprofessional.
SoulSearch_CO Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Hey...I've had good results selling AND buying stuff from Craigslist. I love that place. Of course, I wouldn't consider a relationship with anybody on there, but that's another story altogether. The t-shirt guy, though - that's too funny. He didn't even have a clue what you looked like, did he???
Author xpaperxcutx Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 Hey...I've had good results selling AND buying stuff from Craigslist. I love that place. Of course, I wouldn't consider a relationship with anybody on there, but that's another story altogether. The t-shirt guy, though - that's too funny. He didn't even have a clue what you looked like, did he??? Actually I gave me a link to my myspace, with only 1 photo accessible and the rest of my albums on private. But then he also had the decency to write me back with a photo attached ( how nice of him). The only reason I won't go with the job is that it would require me to sell tshirts on the street as opposed to in a legitimate store ( he didn't specify in the ad) and I wasn't going to put myself in a legal jeopardy should I get arrested. So I declined politely. It's only afterwards he decided to call me back and tell about his dating situation.
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