For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 18, 2013

Just be excited for her, John…

But who’s going to watch the kids?

“Sometimes it pays to work for nothing.”

RUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve always been of the opinion that the place you work for should at least cover your travel expenses. Otherwise you’re not working for free, you’re PAYING to work because you’re paying for your gas!

I feel if people don’t pay something for a service it’s not valued enough.

She’s so happy. I wonder if he’ll shoot her down with some cruel comment. My DH would say, “It will put us in a higher tax bracket, so you’ll won’t be making enough to make it worthwhile”.

I went through an internship for only so many hours sad to say I went to wrong place, I paid for the internship and got me no where, did not get me a job. Free labor most employers do not consider. So I disagree with this strip. I know only a comic strip. I know of another young woman when she was in HS did volunteer work at their local library and tried to get hired on and library turned her down and hired someone who did not volunteer. This young woman then went to AirForce training and is working for them.

A lot of people getting paid actually works for nothing. They would enjoy it more, if they were working for something.

After looking at my paycheck, I see I worked two days for nothing.

Well known NPR talk show host Diane Rhem got her start as a volunteer.

I am not sure about Canada, but the United States permits volunteers who spend money on gasoline, stationary, et cetera for their volunteer work are allowed to mark those as tax write-offs.

Night-Gaunt49 said, about 4 hours ago

Lynn’s Notes:I cannot stress enough how important it is to volunteer. My dad used to say, “You pay for an education, don’t you? Well, working for free is a great education!” It’s true. You learn new skills, meet new people, and gain respect for having done a job well — all for the personal rewards it brings AND for a good, credible, enthusiastic reference. Sounds corny, but every good job I have ever had was granted to me because I was recommended by someone for whom I had worked for free!-————————————Words of experience! :-)

With any volunteer work I’ve experienced, you get treated like you’re getting fair market value for your work!

To be a librarian in the age of the Internet.