{"id":1871,"date":"2021-06-15T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/the-internets-not-all-bad-how-a-tweet-led-my-dad-to-his-dream-job-at-costco\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:59:34","slug":"the-internets-not-all-bad-how-a-tweet-led-my-dad-to-his-dream-job-at-costco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/the-internets-not-all-bad-how-a-tweet-led-my-dad-to-his-dream-job-at-costco\/","title":{"rendered":"The internet\u2019s not all bad: how a tweet led my dad to his dream job at Costco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being laid off during Covid, my dad set his heart on a job at Costco. I told Twitter about it \u2013 cue a social media explosion<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year after he\u2019d been laid off because of Covid, my dad \u2013 a jubilant, always-smiling, 58-year-old Michigander best known for befriending everyone he meets \u2013 told me he wanted to go back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he wanted to work at Costco.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/jun\/15\/costco-dream-job-dad-tweet-rebecca-mix\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2fabf5a9cafc6ab8677611eb57887adc1ad7629b\/0_95_1170_702\/master\/1170.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=aa9c7d688a2d6bd023bd56b9b450294b\" title=\"The internet\u2019s not all bad: how a tweet led my dad to his dream job at Costco\" \/>After being laid off during Covid, my dad set his heart on a job at Costco. I told Twitter about it \u2013 cue a social media explosion<br \/>\nNearly a year after he\u2019d been laid off because of Covid, my dad \u2013 a jubilant, always-smiling, 58-year-old Michigander best known for befriending everyone he meets \u2013 told me he wanted to go back to work.<br \/>\nSpecifically, he wanted to work at Costco. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being laid off during Covid, my dad set his heart on a job at Costco. I told Twitter about it \u2013 cue a social media explosion Nearly a year after he\u2019d been laid off because of Covid, my dad \u2013 a jubilant, always-smiling, 58-year-old Michigander best known for befriending everyone he meets \u2013 told &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/the-internets-not-all-bad-how-a-tweet-led-my-dad-to-his-dream-job-at-costco\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The internet\u2019s not all bad: how a tweet led my dad to his dream job at Costco<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}