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This story has some highly improbable parts. "I’ve been looking for a job here in San Francisco for the past three years. Very hard though, nobody wants to hir
by cnnsucks 10y ago
This story has some highly improbable parts.
"I’ve been looking for a job here in San Francisco for the past three years. Very hard though, nobody wants to hire a foreigner. Most people think I’m a Russian terrorist because of my accent. ”You kill Americans. People say these things based on how I look and speak. It’s tough, you know? I get sad at heart when they shout like that at me. I just try to do good and provide for myself and my family."
San Francisco... I've spent time in San Francisco. It's not like that. Almost 40% of the population is foreign born and gainfully employed at something. Probably 100% of the employers this guy is likely to be an applicant of are foreign born. I really, really doubt his narrative of irrational 'muricans shouting "turrurist herp derp!" at him.
You can't find a job because you're old and living in a nation filled with unemployed older ex-workers. This state of affairs is deliberate policy so you're right to leave; it's not going to get better, particularly if you insist on living in CA. But please, stop it with the "everyone think i terrorist" fiction; most people in San Francisco struggle with very concept of terrorism; so-called terrorists are just the victims of capitalism righteously fighting back against their oppressors.
- foobarian 10y agoIn my experience it's a cultural thing in the Balkans to assume everyone else is out to get you, and to complain about the government. It might even be a Russian/Slavic thing, but I'm less sure about that. Anyway I don't find the colorful rationalizations odd at all.
- smsm42 10y ago"They're out to get me" mentality is definitely a thing for some people from ex-USSR, and so is a complaint about "locals hate us" - I've witnessed it in several countries. Not all people, far from it, but males middle-age, not finding the best employment and not culturally integrated - definitely happens. OTOH, I have a very skewed sample - I've met much more people from ex-USSR than from any other place, so such complaints very well may be a common human thing but because I've met more ex-USSR people I've seen it more among them. Complaining about the government in general is definitely a thing everywhere I've been so far :) Haven't been to North Korea though.