Actual job posting in the Nola Craigslist “writing/editing” section…
I am currently seeking someone to wite an academic paper for me. The paper should be 2100 words and its for my management class. The paper has to be in your own words. I will run the paper through a plagirism checker. This assignment should only take you a few days. Please email for more information.
Somebody should tell this douchemook that even if an out-of-work writer was stupid enough to take this assignment and put together a 2100 word academic essay in “a few days,” the rate of pay equals to about 3.5 cents a word, terrible pay for a writing gig.
And also, let’s hope this person’s instructor doesn’t have a “plagirism” checker. It’s funny this guy has a “plagirism” checker yet her or she doesn’t have a spell checker. After seeing their spelling and the sheer stupidity of posting this in the first place, I can tell they need a little help in college, unfortunately they are so bad at business they think only $75 is decent pay for what they freely assume is a few days work (even though a decent paper should probably take longer).
Link Update: post has been removed by forces related to good sense currently existing in our universe.
What exactly is a “plagiarism checker”?
My fave Craigslisting so far is the one put up in NYC by Cajun Boy:
http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-will-blow-someone-for-genesis-tickets.html
And Jeffrey, I think a “plagiarism checker” might simply be a device that takes the URL off the pages that are printed out directly off the internet in lieu of an ACTUAL paper written by a student. A T.A. for some English course at UNO that I once knew took a look at a girl’s final paper once and immediately started laughing. “Oh, she’s flunked BIG time!” he said. The URLs were still on each page of her “paper”.
The stupid thing was, the girl contested the failing grade he gave her. All he had to do was show the committee her “work”, and the grade was upheld.
I like how he said he needed someone to “wite” a paper for him.
He also screwed up the ole “its/it’s” but that’s like shooting fish in a barrel.