Comments on: Andy Loves His Job

Andy Rooney Ponders Work

[dtdmhgue]

I''ve heard many silly comments by Andy Rooney but the one today about our not wanting the jobs that are available is irresponsible "reporting." I''ve been trying for 18 months to get even a low paying job to supplement my retirement, which is now not sufficient to meet our family needs. Even supermarkets will not call me back because of my "impressive" resume. And don''t figure your 45 cents/hour enables you to talk down to us; I made $100 a month working full time six days a week when I was 16 and have had to work my way up.

[disulfate]

Andy, I had to laugh when you were telling us you now
make more than twice what you made when working at the paper mill. As you already know....that is the way lawyers talk...not lying, but not tell the whole
truth. Politicians do that as well.

[mtmerrylee]

Andy''s comments were absolutely insensitive to the thousands if not millions who have or soon will find themselves unemployed with NO jobs of any kind available. He''s an adorable, much loved icon of the OLD society and it''s time that he retired from making commentary the present existence which he clearly does NOT understand or relate to.

[c-squared6]

I''m offended, Andy. You may fondly remember making 45 cents an hour, but how well do you think you''d fare working in Kansas today for $2.65 an hour? Even New York''s $7.15 is a disgrace. Those aren''t even close to being living wages. Why don''t you rant about how mean-spirited those minimum wages are. How sweet it must be in your ivory tower where you can feel free to put down people who are unemployed. Just because there are good $2.65/hour jobs in Kansas doesn''t mean the unemployed can even afford to uproot their families and move there to enjoy such bounty. What''s next, a monologue on how stupid the victims of Hurricane Katrina were for not having the foresight to live in houseboats? And one other thing: Where was your personal filter for tonight''s piece? This was one of those times when it wasn''t very successful.

[eileenw3]

You must have been in economics class with Senator McCain, both of you are OUT OF TOUCH with what is going on in the world. Have you heard of all of the lay-offs? Businesses closing? I am one of the millions out of work, I am in touch with the economy first hand. I worked in Mortgage lending and have looked for all types of employment from stores to waitressing etc. there are NO JOBS available with or wothout a degree.
People such as yourself should get out in the real world, and to think you work for a news program...Get your head out of your -----.

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion, I used to love my work too.

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion, I used to love my work too.

[hypnotoad72]

sweiss72 - your spamming isn''t doing anyone any good. Especially yourself.

fish132948 - calm down. Even as tangential as my responses were, I didn''t stray as far off as you had. And with less emotion too.

[jdthames-2009]

WHY hasn''t someone gotten a hold of Andy''s eyebrows, yet? He obviously has a make up artist - shame on her for not taming those caterpillars dangling from his brow. I grew up hating 60 minuts as a child because if it ran late, then I couldn''t see all of Walt Disney on Sunday nights before I had to go to bed. (You know, when a Presidential address meant you voluntarily took your bath before bed because there were only 4 channels. Fortunately, now we have over 200 cable/satellite channels to choose from or even stuff stored on TIVO.) Andy''s starting to remind me of the old guys in the balcony on the Muppet show: furry eyebrows, no neck and lots of opinions to share - some entertaining, some not. Now that I''m older, I watch 60 Minutes to keep abreast of current events and worldly occurences. However, as much as I look forward to the show, and Andy, too, I have a hard time focusing on the content because I''m waiting to see one of those caterpillars start creeping down Andy''s face, or just fall into his lap. Either way, I''m worried for Andy''s safety! If someone doesn''t tackle those woolly boogers, they might gow so long they may accidentally poke Andy in the eye. If Andy can''t see his laptop, he can''t write his entertaining editorials. Save Andy - trim the bushes! I love Andy, Jennifer Thames

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion, I used to love my work too.

[hypnotoad72]

Most Americans want work that allows them to pay for the bills AND allow for family time too. Families are important, yes?

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html
(A great informative site for America''s 20th century, and puts wages in perspective.)

A professional writer is something a lot of people would want to do. There''s not much call for that. Perhaps that''s why most people blogging online can''t surpass a mentally defunct dachshund when it comes to their writing quality, and some of them state they want to be professional writers too.

Indeed, is writing really a job? How about a musician? Lawyers think musicians aren''t doing any proper work. At least the couple I''ve listened to. Morning radio show disc jockeys rant and whine about jobs as well. I would love to work 20 hours a week ranting my opinions on the radio. They get paid really well. Even I would wake up at 4AM to rant about how everyone else is lazy. I can''t think of a better job than that. But I digress. Is doing a job that involves spinning and lying to set a criminal free a real job?

(TO BE CONTINUED)

[hypnotoad72]

--CONTINUED--

It''s not a matter of "Americans wouldn''t pick lettuce for even $50/hr" as some have said. Work is about contributing and earning and being more than a slave. We''ve all heard the stories of people working three part time jobs. Maybe not the entire story, but politicians applauded them for doing so, missing the point about "family values", which are important too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-vIOMtVY0
Another interesting commercial - but that was made in the 1970s, and nothing good came from that decade - right?

Andy, may I ask, what is your position regarding the topic of "offshoring"?

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion, I used to love my work too.

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion.

[fish132948]

f#$%^& you rooney
time to retire
people all over are out of work
being ripped of there 401 k by greedy ***
and you tell me im to lazy to work a certain job
60 minutes sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion.

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion.

[sweiss72]

Andy, get real. "We don''t have a job because it is not the kind of work we want to do??????" I was laid off and am on unemployment. YES, I have applied to jobs not in my usual field of advertising. At one place of business, I was offered 3 hours - per week! National stores with bull''s eye''s logos don''t even call you back. These companies don''t even pay you enough to get off of unemployment. I am 54, female and have had three interviews in five months - there are jobs to apply for - but getting that call back is few and far between. Those with jobs tend to forget how it is to be without. Show a little compassion.