hahaha, no doubt, a lot of those places are scummy. Incoming is almost always better than outgoing, at least. There are still a fair number of places that still do customer service work over the phone in a call center environment, though of course, not nearly as many as there were like a decade ago or so.

Long term, you should really see if you can get him to move toward IT or related stuff. Fixing computers doesn't take a whole lot of standing up, generally speaking, and there's a shitload of money to be made.

Thanks man! I am getting a huge chunk of money in the next few months from a accident I was in (got hit by a car in a crosswalk) and I was gonna look into helping him out with school. This dude has done a lot for me so I owe him something and he really deserves it.

since nobody has answered this yet: walmart has greeters. it was an old man, 3 days ago maybe. this was in nevada at the time. same principle

...have him apply for SSDI with a lawyer at his side .

i could pull that off.. id just show them this thing

That's really not a terrible idea at all. The best part about IT is that you can get some pretty great ground-level stuff with nothing more than certificates rather than needing to do a full proper schooling thing. idk exactly what the hot certs are these days, but I can't imagine that the MCSE has stopped being important, for instance, and that alone will get you in the door at a lot of places.

The best part about IT is that once you're really good, you can go run the IT for some small-medium company on your own and make an absolute ton while mostly just sitting around and reaping the rewards of doing it right the first time.

A lot of medical coding jobs can be done from home, as well.

Ooh, this is smart. Though the lack of access to Internet could definitely come up, obvs. But with a buddy like OP, that might be the kind of thing that could be worked around until he got a proper house. It also has the benefit of not needing to really interact with others.

yes. insurance companies requiring nurses to sign off on whether or not the applicant requires.... diabetes pump. look thru the doc notes- does A. have Diabetes? Well then insurance will probably cover it.

college, however

e// your friend would need background in medical.. and then luck out in an insurance job to determine if liposuction, diabetes pump.. etc, are medically necessary

This post was edited by spoofdaboss on May 25 2016 12:37pm

Thanks! wow you guys really pulled through. I have a lot more ideas now to help this fool out. Thanks a lot everyone!