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[–] conundrumbombs 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

My immediate reaction to this soul-searching was pretty vomit-inducing, and it feels incredibly exploitative of the working poor.

Pardon me for not knowing the quote verbatim, but in *Good Will Hunting," Matt Damon accuses Minnie Driver of only dating him so that she can tell her rich friends that she "went slummin', too, once" And the fact that he's making money off of this by publishing a story just drives that point home even more, because as soon as he does that, then it wasn't just for the experience, it was for financial gain.

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[–] Creaper11 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I can never get behind these kind of soul-searching expeditions, for lack of a better way to put it.

Every time I read about one it's riddled with the signs of someone who thought they knew what they were doing and still didn't quite get it. It sounds as though he barely made an effort to get to know his co-workers outside of work, and the fact that he obviously had the option to just get up and head somewhere that he would deem "better" has rendered his effort fruitless.

At least his friends had the right idea. Noah clearly took this up for the novelty even if he himself isn't aware of that. Needing a job like this and wanting a job like this are two very different things. I wish him the best of luck for the future, but if he were to ever try again I'd recommend he takes a trip somewhere where that education doesn't matter, and your skill is judged by the thickness of the callouses on your hands.

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[–] Radio_joe [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Searching for adventure and grit a prep school graduate tells his amazing adventure into his city underworld by becoming manager of an restaurant and drinking with Hondurans