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February 04, 2007 |
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Don't Wanna Work
FOUND by Eric Gallagher
Found this on the floor at the film school that I work for.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
So he/she is trying to "keep it real". I can appreciate that. Furniture catalogs aren't going to cut it for this burgeoning artist.
Urban people need no furniture.
Maybe he wants to finish with, "I appreciate.. your efforts to help me" Meaning it could be a letter of resignation
I am glad that some people have enough courage to tell others what they want.. instead of just hiding it and spending their whole life trying to please others. This kid knows what he's talking about.
Wow....good luck working for ANY magazine with that grammar! Classic. :oP
Generally, you need grammar and semi-decent vocabulary skills to work for respectable publications.
I certainly hope they are not working in the writing/copy dept.
I don't think I need to point out all the reasons why either.
ur·ban Pronunciation (ûrbn)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
Sometimes I wonder how urban became known as black. He/she should realize everyone starts somewhere
Whoa! Careful there, Amanda; urban doesn't mean black, it means ... uh ... words fail me.
Wait, that's exactly what it means: bad grammar! ;)
I agree with your last sentence.
I, too, appreciate the fact that this person is clear about what they do and don't want. If a person is passionate enough in their writing, are able to convey the gist of their thoughts in what they write, and those thoughts express a unique viewpoint, copyeditors and proofreaders can clean it up. Not everyone who writes needs to regurgitate books on English usage to write.
I'm down with that...you mean a slick, professional, and editorially sound rag like the ultra-urban (urbane) cats at FOUND.
It sounds like this guy (girl) is writing a letter turning down a job offer...
...on an index card.
he/she should take the job, and make it the hippest, most-read furniture catalog EVER.
Urban doesn't mean bad grammar, it means bad school system and a crappy government with crappy plans like no child left behind. It has jack all to do with race and everything to do with cyclic poverty and abuse of power and privilege.
Those are my two cents.
I wonder what kind of position this person is applying for. He/she is certainly not a writer. Photographer maybe?
I sincerely hope this was a practice-note for whomever it was inteded for. The "see" scribbled out on the upper right corner seems to indicate this, but who knows.
The curiousity to me is:
How could the person helping this person find a job possibly mix up his desire to work for an urban magazine with furniture?
I wouldn't want to work for no furniture catalog or furniture store either, especially if I dreamt of urban-magazine-glory.
Sounds to me more like the person was writing this to a friend who was trying to help them find a job. (S)he appreciates the friend helping him/her but isn't interested in the jobs his/her friend found for them. And just because the person talks like this with their friends doesn't mean (s)he talks like this when talking to potential employers. Many people change their appearance and the way they talk in different situations. How many people cuss when they're with their friends? These same people don't go into their offices and swear when talking to their co-workers.
I think that this was just a practice card. (S)he knows what (s)he wants to say, and to be sure that they say it all, he writes it down...kinda like notes.
People read way too deeply into these things...
I'm just bothered by the fact that the note is written sideways. There are lines on the card for a reason, man.
i agree with nikki, it's just a find on the floor.
and why would you write like that when there are lines!
"and why would you write like that when there are lines!"
-Don't wanna work in no "other direction".
Well I think that this someone wishing they could even get a job at any magazine, and so they are writing this because they think that this will motivate them more. Ok maybe not but its just a thought.
Did anybody notice that this was the name of an awesome Queers song?
I hope whoever wrote this note sees it here...they've been PUBLISHED on www.foundmagazine.com! It's a start!