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The Washington Free Beacon posted a hilarious hitpiece on Vice President Kamala Harris this morning. It’s a three-reporter byline, featured prominently on their website, and heavily promoted by its editors.

Their big scoop: HARRIS LEFT HER JOB AT McDONALDS OFF HER RESUME. PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!!

Yes, for real.

These dipshits are doing GOTCHAS by digging up Harris’s post-college and law school resumes and pointing out that she left off a few weeks working the deep fryer between her freshman and sophomore years at Howard University. This hard-hitting investigation is just asking questions about why the Vice President didn’t mention the McDonalds gig when she applied to be a summer law clerk at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in 1987. Instead, she included stints at Charles Schwab, the FTC, a senate internship, and clerking at a law firm.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I worked 3 months in summer for a Subway. It was a learning experience. Harder than it seems. Lots of prep and cleaning. Left on good terms. If someone brought that up, it wasn’t to me a negative thing. It was just. A time of my life

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Not dipshits, assholes. They're not ignorant, they're not stupid. They're intentionally malicious assholes that know better but would rather be complete assholes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It's kinda like how I didn't mention selling computers at CompUSA while I was going to school.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Or as Wonkette put it, LOL:

Kamala Harris Did Not Put McDonalds Job On Her Lawyering Resumé And The Washington Free Beacon Is ON IT

https://www.wonkette.com/p/kamala-harris-did-not-put-mcdonalds

I'm going to assume it was a DEEP STATE CONSPIRACY. Something something Kamala EATS BABIES.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I totally read “bacon” and immediately started thinking about wind power.

I love lesdyxia, it makes social media hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I did a stocktake hired casually for a few hours at a hardware store. I guess I should include that in the future to avoid getting attacked by right wingers

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Completely ignoring the (better) point that most resumes only really include job history that would directly affect what you're applying for, I have been told countless times that if I so much as dared to include a resume that was more than 1 single page, it would immediately get tossed in the trash.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or only require a job history for the last X number of years. I would be surprised if I applied for a job and they wanted to know where I worked 35 years ago at a fast food establishment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I'm an interface programmer at a hospital. I was hired at a hospital straight out of college and worked there for over 15 years and only recently moved to another state. I'm shocked they hired me because I left out my employment history prior to graduation which included working th efront desk of a nurse staffing office when i was 14, a video store at 19 in a law office as an office assistance at 20, working construction when I was 21, a fry cook at 21.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So I should include the 4 Saturdays I worked as a 6'2 tall Kid Vid (the short lived burger king mascot) in 1993 in Crawley Town centre (and scared a lot of kids because I was WAY TOO TALL - the costume was designed for a 5'4 girl), because it's relevant experience to my 30 year career in it consultancy. Gotcha

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Reminds me of the time in my late 30s while applying for a warehouse job that I left out the fast food job I did while in highschool. Nobody questioned it, but maybe it's because I'm a white guy that's not running for president against a mob of insane conservatives.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wow fucking insane that she would list relevant work experience and omit irrelevant work experience on a job application. Glad these guys got the scoop, sounds like it took three people so it must have been significant effort.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Also, where was James O'Keefe at the time? Did getting this scoop involve dressing up as a pimp or a weird plot to get a woman on a boat and "seduce" her? Or maybe trespassing into a government building with plans on tampering with the phones?

Whenever I see "exposes" like this I tend to think of O'Keefe and his clownshoes outfit that was hilariously called "Project Veritas". Why that POS is not rotting in prison is a shining example of white right wing privilege if ever there is any.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

My resume goes back 27-years, but at least it's all tech related. But that's still ridiculous and I don't know why I haven't culled it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Stolen McValor 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Robble Robble Robble," Hamburglar Accuses Former Coworker Harris of Stolen McValor

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago

Hiring manager here.

Friendly reminder, when you submit your employment history to a future employer, please do exactly what Harris did if you can. Please tell me about your recent relevant experience, and do not list out every random ass summer job you’ve had.

I’m overworked, I’m reading applications between meetings and I need concise, relevant info - not a 5 page memoir.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Three authors to say "We don't know how resumes and job applications work!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

How to tell the internet you've never had a professional job without telling them you've never had a professional job.

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