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Officials Say "Capes For the Unemployed" Plan Not Super
After what must have been an epic marketing meeting, a Florida unemployment agency decided to give 6,000 red capes to the jobless as part of its "Cape-A-Bility Challenge" public relations campaign. The capes cost $14,000 (not a bad price for 6k capes actually) and featured a cartoon character named "Dr. Evil Unemployment." As one might imagine, officials are calling for an investigation to be launched. It's a good thing there are an abundance of caped do-gooders without jobs in the area who should be able to help.
The people who thought this up should be fired in my opinion.
Well that will help the unemployment problem for sure.
Putting a story about the unemployed on "Idle"...
The people who thought this up should be fired in my opinion.
Do they get one of the capes?
This is as brilliant as having children at school that can't afford lunch stand in a line to get lunch tickets/vouchers so the other kids know who the poor ones are to ridicule.
Right, because without explicitly pointing them out, the poor kids might simply be mistaken for very young hipsters.
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I'm surprised they went public with this. Usually, these things are cloaked in secrecy.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Edna Mode does not approve of this hair-brained government idea.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
If he's fired, does he get a cape?
Watch as UnemployedMan steps into this phone booth, dons his bright red cape and emerges as... UnemployableMan!
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It'll open up a job for someone in marketing who isn't a jackass .
That umpossible.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
...someone might make them wear some idiotic cape!
"And what is amazing is that, I'd be willing to bet that you wouldn't be willing to pick up that shovel yourself."
Them picking up a shovel would destroy job opportunity. If they pick up a shovel it'd be silly to hire more "people" to do it for them, now wouldn't it? It's not laziness, its a strong desire to stimulate the economy.