{"id":679,"date":"2006-07-16T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecapeblog.com\/wp\/?p=679"},"modified":"2015-05-09T17:25:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T22:25:34","slug":"explaining-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecapeblog.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Explaining It All"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a page with banner ads “Still caught in the cycle of depression?” and “Find a Therapist Near You” is an old (July\/August 2001, but reviewed in May of this year) article entitled “Why I Hate Beauty<\/a>“.<\/p>

It explains something I’ve suspected about Cape Cod employers but have never seen documented, i.e., why young, attractive people ALWAYS get hired, regardless of the job and their qualifications.<\/p>

This is a tourist area and as a result, a slew of college students descend every summer to take low-paying jobs in restaurants, stores and motels, simply to be able to “hang out” with their pals on the Cape.<\/p>

Being surrounded by these people, even for only part of the year, employers have developed a sense of ENTITLEMENT: they only want to see the young, the fit, the good-looking in their places of business.
\nIt’s a fact. The psychologists say so. And to bring home the point, they even advertise their services to those of us who are depressed because we don’t fit the bill.<\/p>

So, THERE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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