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I'm specifically talking about my girlfriend here. With every topic I make, I state that I'm 17, which I'm sure bothers a few people on here, but I'm sure it helps me get accurate answers.
Shes got this mindset thats probably from her parents. Her parents havnt been too good with money, they were about to lose their house untill they came up with this idea of buying a ton of birds, mating them, and selling them all a year later. They just finished selling them all yesterday and they profited by like $1,000 because they didnt calculate or plan for costs or expenses at all.
I dont expect everyone to run out and start a fastlane business, because some people don't really have any interest in being wealthy, they just want to get by. The only issue I have with some people is they have this mindset I'm about to tell you about.
Shes 17 like me, and shes never had a job or even thought about her future plan, making money, getting by, ANYTHING. I figured after hanging around with me she would kind of adopt some of my ideas, but I guess not. I've been pressuring her to get a job so she can get her own car and her own place, and shes finally agreed she needs one. We were just discussing where shes going to apply and all she can come up with is Subway. I asked why and she says "well I like subway and no where else will hire me. and I wont work at fast food." I asked why she wont work at a retail store at the mall like Forever 21 or something, and her response: "I CANT!! I dont have the cool clothes to do it! I wont apply somewhere I know I wont get hired!!".
I argued with her for about an hour that its better to apply and get rejected than to not apply at all. She thinks that if she cant "dress cool" she cant work at a retail store, she acts like im insane when I tell her all she has to do is inquire about the dress code and follow it and shes golden. She wont work at other fast food places because she doesnt like to eat there..
What can I do to get her out of this? Her goal is to make money, but shes not willing to even try to apply cause she MIGHT not get accepted, and she wont work anywhere she doesnt like, because god forbid she does something that isnt fun and games. Like I said earlier, I don't expect her to run away and become a huge business owner, because that isn't what everyone wants to do, but this is just crazy.
Anyone have experience with beating the slowlane out of people?
Shes got this mindset thats probably from her parents. Her parents havnt been too good with money, they were about to lose their house untill they came up with this idea of buying a ton of birds, mating them, and selling them all a year later. They just finished selling them all yesterday and they profited by like $1,000 because they didnt calculate or plan for costs or expenses at all.
I dont expect everyone to run out and start a fastlane business, because some people don't really have any interest in being wealthy, they just want to get by. The only issue I have with some people is they have this mindset I'm about to tell you about.
Shes 17 like me, and shes never had a job or even thought about her future plan, making money, getting by, ANYTHING. I figured after hanging around with me she would kind of adopt some of my ideas, but I guess not. I've been pressuring her to get a job so she can get her own car and her own place, and shes finally agreed she needs one. We were just discussing where shes going to apply and all she can come up with is Subway. I asked why and she says "well I like subway and no where else will hire me. and I wont work at fast food." I asked why she wont work at a retail store at the mall like Forever 21 or something, and her response: "I CANT!! I dont have the cool clothes to do it! I wont apply somewhere I know I wont get hired!!".
I argued with her for about an hour that its better to apply and get rejected than to not apply at all. She thinks that if she cant "dress cool" she cant work at a retail store, she acts like im insane when I tell her all she has to do is inquire about the dress code and follow it and shes golden. She wont work at other fast food places because she doesnt like to eat there..
What can I do to get her out of this? Her goal is to make money, but shes not willing to even try to apply cause she MIGHT not get accepted, and she wont work anywhere she doesnt like, because god forbid she does something that isnt fun and games. Like I said earlier, I don't expect her to run away and become a huge business owner, because that isn't what everyone wants to do, but this is just crazy.
Anyone have experience with beating the slowlane out of people?
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