{"id":55689,"date":"2014-06-15T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=55689"},"modified":"2014-06-15T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:27:41","slug":"unemployment-and-middle-aged-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=55689","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment and Middle Aged Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry emails: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Employment for curmudgeonly middle aged males is a real problem in this day and age.  Especially if you have fallen out of the career ladder or were never much part of it in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>It is a huge problem if you don&#8217;t like being micro managed, dealing with the public or having to work with women. The office I used to work in is typical. Two gay men.  Five bitchy women.  A craven male boss who hides in his office. And me.<\/p>\n<p>It is worse if you end up working for cowardly male bosses who can&#8217;t control the women in their office. Often these cowards need to put a layer between themselves and the bitches who won&#8217;t raise a finger and take lots of time off.<\/p>\n<p>So I get hired at cheap freelance rates to do the work the women on staff can&#8217;t be bothered doing. But I have another role &#8211; the bosses bullet stopper.<\/p>\n<p>Because the moment I arrive I am now the target of the hatred of five women who feel threatened.  The gamesmanship, the office politics, the pressure. You wouldn&#8217;t believe it Luke.  There isn&#8217;t even a honeymoon period! Pure hatred from day one.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is when there is a lot to do at high speed. It can be very energising.  But stress is a killer.  And women love dishing it outl Stress can happen in the quietest most unproductive, lazy environments &#8211; like this office I ended up in.<\/p>\n<p>I now know how you can turn the most indolent, lazy female into a blur of frenzied activity. Just add the missing ingredient &#8211; malice.  For my presence soon energised these bitches into a  buzzing hive of conspiracy.  Old workplaces and colleagues were contacted. My email and browsing habits habits perused.  They missed nothing.  <\/p>\n<p>The female human relations parasite even invited me in for an informal chat to ask me how I was getting on and why all the women felt &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221; around me.<\/p>\n<p>I lasted ten weeks and one of the woman did a jig in front of my desk when I handed in my notice. How I didn&#8217;t plant one on one of these bitches I&#8217;ll never know.  It was only the thought of the huge financial pay out that they would have received that prevented me.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever get an answer let me know Luke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry emails: Employment for curmudgeonly middle aged males is a real problem in this day and age. Especially if you have fallen out of the career ladder or were never much part of it in the first place. 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