By Anonymous - 10/02/2013 17:55 - Norway - Bergen

Today, really desperate to get a job, I filled out an application for a dishwashing job. My application got tossed out, because I'm not an economics major like the other guy applying for the same job. FML
I agree, your life sucks 30 942
You deserved it 2 624
Winter: Snow and Funny News
Snuggle up and laugh with our winter stories, where snow isn't the only thing sliding around! More…
Previous FML Next FML

Top comments

0RedPenguin0 8

I know that going to college can help you get a job, but I didn't realize that economics were a part of washing dishes

146 2
perdix 29

He would know how the supply of soap met the demand of water, you wouldn't. A mechanical engineering degree would really come in handy, especially if you had done masters work in fluid mechanics.

113 3

Comments

kendallw13 15

It's okay OP, you're already doing better things than he is if he's wasting his degree by being a dishwasher. You'll find a better job :)

10 7
Isoldael 27

I doubt the other person is wasting their degree by choice - it's hard to get a job in your field of specialisation these days.

15 1
kendallw13 15

yes, but he's still wasting all of the money spent on college by not utilizing the skills he has in economics, even if it wasn't by choice

2 10
klutz44 28

I'm sure he's looking for economics jobs while he works as a dish washer. It's better to have some job than no job.

13 0
doritowhore 9

My cousin finished with a degree in biology and had to work as a dishwasher, too, due to the lack of jobs in today's world. It's not like he was ecstatic about it either, but you have to take what you can get at the time.

2 0
DocBastard 38

**** that! The other guy is overqualified! How the hell does an economics degree help him get dishes any cleaner any faster?

27 2
TheDrifter 23

Full and complete understanding of the necessity of clean dishes to the profitable operation of the business to incentivize the employee?

13 0
ICastillo 24

He knows how to conserve the water used for each dish to save money for the restaurant......na **** I don't know, it doesn't take a genius to wash dishes.

8 0
chillypalmer 7

Where in the world do you live? That really stinks !

3 1
evilplatypus 38

According to the site, Hordaland, Norway.

1 0
greatfirstdate 18

I'm sorry that happened, OP, but that's just life. Chances are, the place was looking for someone who they found most promising to work his way up. I'm sure you were, but that's just what goes on.

4 0
alwayswinning123 7

This proves that getting a degree is usually the best thing to do to get most jobs

5 1
bishbosh 7

FYL OP. We're all in the same boat unfortunately. The amount of degree-holders that I know - even in the classic subjects like law, medicine, etc. - that are back babysitting, in minimum wage jobs or even on welfare because their degrees didn't take them where they wanted to go. I have an Oxford Uni educated biologist friend that's having to work in McDonalds right now and another archaeologist friend that now teaches rudimentary science to special needs kids. It's all about getting a steady job that pays these days unless you're lucky (and smart) enough to study a field in which a job is near enough guaranteed or you get that lucky break. Chin up, OP.

9 1
Kal759 14

If it makes you feel any better, I am a dish washer and the job sucks because it's so boring and repetitive. It's my first job ever and I am 21.

1 5
Bluekaren16 19

I thought people with degrees that apply for jobs like that would be considered over qualified. It's sad when people with degrees have to get a low end job.

2 0