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Reconsidering... -- nm

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Apr 12 '10, 14:39

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Maybe it's me, but $400 would get a laugh from me and I wouldn't even consider it. - MDH Apr 12, 14:45
it makes for some lively discussion - find out more about what you have to do - red flags be damned - JenBro Apr 12, 14:40 20
- unless this is the only job she can get, this is essentially costing her tens of thousands of dollars. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 14:43 17
  - Maybe, maybe not. If $350 is truly a living wage, the tens of thousands dollars might have to get plowed into the same living wage. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 14:48 13
    - a living wage in Ecuador means you live like an Ecuadorian. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 14:50
    - She will save nothing when she returns to America. She'll start with a $0 balance -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 14:49 1
      - nmb MDH - kelly Apr 12, 15:00
    - Assuming not a single financial encumberance in the US: no student loans, credit cards, anything. - TFox Apr 12, 14:49 8
      - It depends on a lot of factors. Look, I wouldn't even consider it, but if what she wants is a year in Ecuador for the experience of it and her - pmb Apr 12, 14:53 7
        
        Get a real job, and visit Ecuador for a couple weeks or something, that's escapist. Wait. Didn't HK just come back like a month in Mexico? - musubi Apr 12, 14:58 5
        
        The experience of vacationing and living somewhere is different. Again, this is not my personal make up at all (and if it was my kid I don't think - pmb Apr 12, 15:02 2
        
        This is silly poombah. Obviously, it's her choice. Nobody is gonna chain her down and force her to now go (at least I don't think). - musubi Apr 12, 15:09 1
        
        My point is that it's different strokes for different folks. Her priorities are clearly different than yours or mine (if she's making an informed - pmb Apr 12, 15:13
        
        there's nothing wrong with traveling a lot at her point in life. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:59 1
        
        I never suggested it wasn't. (nm) - musubi Apr 12, 15:07
        
        in that case, she wouldn't need a job. she would just need something to keep her from getting bored. -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:58
    - living wage means alot of things in different places. Plus goodbye savings. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:48
  - Exactly. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 14:46
  - considering that she couldn't figure this one out at first glance, I guess we do need to consider that possibility... -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:45
  - *ding* -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:44
- come *on*. -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:42 1
  - (the job doesn't even pay enough to buy the fucking red flag.) -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:42
Out of interest, what is the actual job? -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 14:40 10
- Manta is a seaport. - Hotkiss Apr 12, 14:42 9
  - Customs and cargo paperwork??? Holy crap, you can make a LOT more than $300/month. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:03
  - that doesn't sound like much fun ... to me at least - I'd keep looking. -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 14:52
  - Yeah, I thought it would be something like shipping from your original post. Leaving the money completely out of it, do you think that this job will - Roger More Apr 12, 14:50
  - that's not a job, that's free labor for them. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:43 5
    - word. and a potential fall-person when the drugs are found and the cops come looking for a scapegoat -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:45 4
      - Yep ... national geographic has a great show about stories like this. - Beryllium Apr 12, 14:46
      - well maybe we are not factoring in the bribery and graft she could skim by looking the other way -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 14:46
      - On the other hand, maybe she can make out on drug bribes... -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 14:46 1
        
        "Tips" -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:47

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