Stock traders from the Chicago Board of Trade dump McDonalds applications on OWS protestors

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**Ouze**

In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below. Demonstrators were angered to find out they were showered with employment applications for McDonald’s....

Real class acts, those guys.

Let them eat cake!

**warpcrafter**

These are probably the same sort of a-holes who stood around drinking champagne and mocking the protestors. Oh well, they'll get theirs pretty soon. Every pyramid scam collapses eventually.

**Ketara**

I must admit, I laughed.

Does that make me a bad person?

**Melissia**

It's funny, but they're still asshats.

**Albatross**

Ketara wrote:I must admit, I laughed.

Does that make me a bad person?

Probably. I laughed too. I love stuff like this - there's just something about piercing the bubble of earnestness that I find hilarious.

**Frazzled**

Ouze wrote:In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below. Demonstrators were angered to find out they were showered with employment applications for McDonald’s....

Real class acts, those guys.

Let them eat cake!

Excellent.
Won't work though. Working at McDonald's requires effort.

**Howard A Treesong**

Ouze wrote:Let them eat cake!

Indeed. I'm sure these rich stock traders think it's very funny just like their other taunts to the people below. But if the crowd were in the wrong mood something like this could start a riot.

**Melissia**

Frazzled wrote:Won't work though. Working at McDonald's requires effort.

McDonald's isn't hiring anyway, they have all the workers they need.

**biccat**

Ouze wrote:In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below. Demonstrators were angered to find out they were showered with employment applications for McDonald’s....

Real class acts, those guys.

Let them eat cake!

Pretty hilarious actually. The OWS protestors are no better than squatters, defiling the areas where they're "occupying." The mayors of these towns need to step up and start enforcing some law and order on these groups.

**Frazzled**

biccat wrote:
Ouze wrote:In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below. Demonstrators were angered to find out they were showered with employment applications for McDonald’s....

Real class acts, those guys.

Let them eat cake!

Pretty hilarious actually. The OWS protestors are no better than squatters, defiling the areas where they're "occupying." The mayors of these towns need to step up and start enforcing some law and order on these groups.

Send in.. the Clowns!

**Melissia**

As an aside:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/11/unemployment

Those silly young people
Nov 7th 2011, 19:37 by R.A. | WASHINGTON

WITH interest growing in Occupy Wall Street and the troubled, underemployed, indebted young, newspaper editors are hitting the streets, tracking down representative individuals and publishing their story. Only, these are the stories they're coming up with:

A few years ago, Joe Therrien, a graduate of the NYC Teaching Fellows program, was working as a full-time drama teacher at a public elementary school in New York City. Frustrated by huge class sizes, sparse resources and a disorganized bureaucracy, he set off to the University of Connecticut to get an MFA in his passion—puppetry. Three years and $35,000 in student loans later, he emerged with degree in hand, and because puppeteers aren’t exactly in high demand…he’s working at his old school as a full-time “substitute”…[earning less than he did before].
…Like a lot of the young protesters who have flocked to Occupy Wall Street, Joe had thought that hard work and education would bring, if not class mobility, at least a measure of security…But the past decade of stagnant wages for the 99 percent and million-dollar bonuses for the 1 percent has awakened the kids of the middle class to a national nightmare: the dream that coaxed their parents to meet the demands of work, school, mortgage payments and tuition bills is shattered.

As Alex Tabarrok says, this seems to reflect less poorly on the unfortunate puppeteer than on the editor who thought this sounded like a true hard case. Mr Tabarrok's fellow blogger, Tyler Cowen, seems anxious to read great portent into this genre of stories, however. He links to a similar piece and writes:

She has heavy student debt and does not know how to pay it back; in the meantime she has become an activist against Bank of America’s proposed debit card fee. She doesn’t have a full-time steady job and her story is here.
She majored in art and architectural history and spent her summers interning at art museums...
I should stress that I am sympathetic with some of her choices (not the tub of beer), and you can read this as reflecting some strengths of American higher education. Still, not all liberal arts students have her organizational and media talents, and this kind of story goes a long way toward explaining the current job market malaise for the young. Even she is having a hard time finding remunerative work and getting on a career track. Furthermore, she doesn’t seem to be striving for that.

Personally, I think this kind of blog post—Mr Cowen's—goes a long way toward explaining the current job market malaise for the young. It is remarkable to me how readily old, successful professionals dismiss the labour-market difficulties of young adults as the product of their poorly-chosen majors and general lack of ambition, and on what flimsy evidence they're prepared to base these views. There are now 3.3m unemployed workers between the ages of 25 and 34. That's more than twice the level in 2007. There are over 2m unemployed college graduates of all ages; nearly three times the level of 2007. There are many millions more that are underemployed—unwillingly working less than full-time or unwillingly working in a job outside their field which pays less than jobs in their field. As far as I know, the distribution of college majors didn't swing dramatically from quantitative fields to art history over the past half decade.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal provides us with a handy interactive graphic examining unemployment rates by major according to the 2010 Census. Coming in toward the top of the list and ahead of "art history and criticism" are the sorts of degrees you'd expect, like those falling into "miscellaneous fine arts", but also "computer administration management and security", "engineering and industrial management", "international business", "electrical and mechanic repairs and technologies", "materials engineering and materials science", "genetics", "neuroscience", "biochemical sciences", and "computer engineering". I bet those graduates are all trying to break into puppetry!

I am sure that many young graduates feel entitled to better work than they've managed to find, and some of them probably chose poorly when it came time to matriculate. But I see little evidence that high unemployment is due to the shiftlessness of youths and far more evidence that high youth unemployment is due to systematic weakness in labour markets associated with a shortfall in aggregate demand.

You know, it's easy for people to look down at the people protesting, but that doesn't mean you have some kind of moral high ground to do so.

**Ouze**

Ketara wrote:I must admit, I laughed.

Does that make me a bad person?

Hard to say. I also laughed, but I'm a terrible person so that makes for a poor baseline.

**kronk**

Funny. But it's a dick thing to do.

**Frazzled**

kronk wrote:Funny. But it's a dick thing to do.

Why? If I am being called evil and being blamed for all the sins of the world and I could, I wouldn't be dropping a lot more than mere job apps.
I did manage to give the protest here the finger, but only one handed, because I was drinking coffee at the time.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Awesome! Too bad you need to shower to work at McDonalds. Patchouli isn't a soap substitute.

**Paul**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Awesome! Too bad you need to shower to work at McDonalds. Patchouli isn't a soap substitute.

How is treating another human being like that "Awesome"? It's that attitude that is the problem.

**biccat**

Paul wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:Awesome! Too bad you need to shower to work at McDonalds. Patchouli isn't a soap substitute.

How is treating another human being like that "Awesome"? It's that attitude that is the problem.

It's far better than the "1%-ers" have been treated by the OWS crowd.

**Jihadin**

I say....imprompt job fair at a OWS site...curious to see how well that goes.

**Paul**

biccat wrote:
Paul wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:Awesome! Too bad you need to shower to work at McDonalds. Patchouli isn't a soap substitute.

How is treating another human being like that "Awesome"? It's that attitude that is the problem.

It's far better than the "1%-ers" have been treated by the OWS crowd.

Ye, because "they started it" is an adult argument. For the record I'm not for either side, I think both are wrong.

**kronk**

Frazzled wrote:
kronk wrote:Funny. But it's a dick thing to do.

Why? If I am being called evil and being blamed for all the sins of the world and I could, I wouldn't be dropping a lot more than mere job apps.
I did manage to give the protest here the finger, but only one handed, because I was drinking coffee at the time.

See, I can get behind a Texas Howdy! That's all well and good.

I use my driving finger more often than I should, I suppose.

But throwing anything at or on top of people, even job applications, is just being a dick.

**ShumaGorath**

Frazzled wrote:
Ouze wrote:In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below. Demonstrators were angered to find out they were showered with employment applications for McDonald’s....

Real class acts, those guys.

Let them eat cake!

Excellent.
Won't work though. Working at McDonald's requires effort.

A hell of a lot more then working on a board committee!

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Paul wrote:
biccat wrote:
Paul wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:Awesome! Too bad you need to shower to work at McDonalds. Patchouli isn't a soap substitute.

How is treating another human being like that "Awesome"? It's that attitude that is the problem.

It's far better than the "1%-ers" have been treated by the OWS crowd.

Ye, because "they started it" is an adult argument. For the record I'm not for either side, I think both are wrong.

Somehow I don't think that the 1%ers feelings are much cared about considering that they're averagely making 250-500% more then they were a decade ago while the rest of us are making less. You should take a trip down to to that oligarchy thread and the wonder why these asshats are worth several hundred thousands times as much as you!

**Tigerone**

Picture a person, a fruitcake, a nutcase, living like a hermit in their own little cacoon, stares at their computer all day, their entire social life is spent in their rooms through their social networks, they dream of being cool or accepted, they are lazy, miserable,or fat, weak, ,or ugly confused, unproductive maybe a junkie or a dropout,, they consider themselves to be a victim but know not of ...what. Their miserable existence is someone elses fault, now with months and months if not years of indoctronation under their belt this is their coming out party.
This whole movement is about a bunch of loser antisocial unproductive malconents

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Many are holding signs that say things like; “Capitalism doesn’t work. Try Socialism.” Really?

What bothers me most about this “movement,” and there is a lot about it that bothers me, is that these people are completely clueless. More to t...he point, the overwhelming majority of them are college students, who obviously don’t have to work because they are out on the streets in the middle of the day while the rest of us are working. This includes their parents, who are no doubt paying for their tuition, rent, books and other expenses. Unfortunately for those parents, instead of being grateful for their incredible good fortune, they are out skipping classes and getting arrested

**mattyrm**

I think that was pretty funny.

They should think themselves lucky, If it was down to me id have thrown a white phosphorus grenade!

**ShumaGorath**

Picture a person, a fruitcake, a nutcase, living like a hermit in their own little cacoon, stares at their computer all day, their entire social life is spent in their rooms through their social networks, they dream of being cool or accepted, they are lazy, miserable,or fat, weak, ,or ugly confused, unproductive maybe a junkie or a dropout,, they consider themselves to be a victim but know not of ...what. Their miserable existence is someone elses fault, now with months and months if not years of indoctronation under their belt this is their coming out party.
This whole movement is about a bunch of loser antisocial unproductive malconents

No, it has a very solid foundation on economic fact and rapidly rising income disparities that are generated in what has become a fundamentally unfair system. Mind you most of them don't know what the hell they're talking about, but then protest movements often times coalesce around real issues and fill themselves with people who don't know what they are.

Many are holding signs that say things like; “Capitalism doesn’t work. Try Socialism.” Really?

What bothers me most about this “movement,” and there is a lot about it that bothers me, is that these people are completely clueless. More to t...he point, the overwhelming majority of them are college students, who obviously don’t have to work because they are out on the streets in the middle of the day while the rest of us are working.

Except the 9% unemployed, 16% if you count those that gave up or have been searching for more then six months.

What bothers me most about this “movement,” and there is a lot about it that bothers me, is that these people are completely clueless. More to t...he point, the overwhelming majority of them are college students, who obviously don’t have to work because they are out on the streets in the middle of the day while the rest of us are working.

You have the demographics of the movement! Please share!

This includes their parents, who are no doubt paying for their tuition, rent, books and other expenses. Unfortunately for those parents, instead of being grateful for their incredible good fortune, they are out skipping classes and getting arrested

Oh, you don't. You're just here to whine. Cute.

**Tigerone**

The news media watchdog Accuracy in Media (AIM) released a video Wednesday that may denounce the notions from some that the Occupy protesters are primarily concerned with jobs.

In it, “head hunters” set up a table full of job applications ...near the protest and start offering them to protesters. But the reception they get, according to the video, is less than warm. To many, that might seem odd considering the protesters have camped out in our nations capital for over a month following the Occupy Wall Street protest that began on September 17, partly because of no jobs

**ShumaGorath**

mattyrm wrote: I think that was pretty funny.

They should think themselves lucky, If it was down to me id have thrown a white phosphorus grenade!

You wouldn't of been in a board room. Or in wall street. Or in new York. You're not that kind of money.

**Melissia**

Just handing out job applications means nothing. I've filled out thousands of them, doesn't mean I'll get a job.

**ShumaGorath**

Tigerone wrote:The news media watchdog Accuracy in Media (AIM) released a video Wednesday that may denounce the notions from some that the Occupy protesters are primarily concerned with jobs.

In it, “head hunters” set up a table full of job applications ...near the protest and start offering them to protesters. But the reception they get, according to the video, is less than warm. To many, that might seem odd considering the protesters have camped out in our nations capital for over a month following the Occupy Wall Street protest that began on September 17, partly because of no jobs

This post implies a fundamental lack of understanding about the protest. It also implies that you get your news and information straight from the conservative teat. The aren't there because they can't find work. Many of them quit their jobs to protest. They're there to protest income disparity and the wealth gap which is at an all time high.

**Tigerone**

It’s no wonder that they can’t find or keep a job with the lack of respect and poor attitude that a lot of that group shows

Don't need the rest of this post. Thanks. Reds8n

Yes we do

**mattyrm**

ShumaGorath wrote:
mattyrm wrote: I think that was pretty funny.

They should think themselves lucky, If it was down to me id have thrown a white phosphorus grenade!

You wouldn't of been in a board room. Or in wall street. Or in new York. You're not that kind of money.

Well, I suppose your half right, its not the the blood though! My big brother is a friend of Mike Ashley, sits on his board and clears about 250 grand a year.

The younger sibling wanted to shoot people, the elder has the big money. He works 70 hours a week though, and im financially sound anyway, so I don't think I made the wrong decision.

Its why I side with the fat cats. He works his arse off and the government take 50% of his money. He complains about the amount of tax he pays, and his point is a valid one. I mean, he is rich, but he aint THAT rich.

Also, everyone hates him, because they are short sighted and dont see to realise that the reason most of the CEOs make the big bucks is because they make the big decisions, get ulcers, and don't see their kids.

I would rather be poor and work less hours than bust my chops to pay more income tax frankly, and unless I ever run out of beer money (I wont) then I'm not going to look to him for a favour!