Hey, remember that woman who complained to the President that her engineer husband couldn’t find a job? Yeah, her: well, Obama apparently told her to have her husband send in a resume to the White House. But guess what happened?
Yup. It turns out that the White House doesn’t have a clue about what the status is on that resume! Continue reading #rsrh White House loses embarrassingly unemployed engineer’s resume?
Woman to President: My husband can’t get a job.
President to Woman: He’s an engineer, isn’t he? Plenty of jobs out there for engineers.
Which is… true, actually. And, speaking as the husband of an engineer: thank God. But this exchange is incredibly tin-eared. And before anybody says “So, in other words, you’re just complaining about how Obama said it, not what he said,” let me save you some time and say “Yes.” Only, I’m not complaining.
I’m gloating. Big difference, there.
Moe Lane
