One of the best ways to start a day of unemployment is to turn on the computer and chuckle at all the unfortunate souls who are online at work. While the unemployed are kicking back in their pajamas doing whatever they want (which is usually nothing more than sitting in front of the computer), those [...]
Continue reading about #59 Annoying Employed Friends While They’re At Work
There comes a breaking point in unemployment where those without jobs stop thinking about themselves and start thinking about those who are less fortunate. Sure, it sucks to lose a job and not be able to find a new one, but there are people who can’t even work, who don’t have homes, and who could [...]
Continue reading about #58 Thinking About Volunteering But Never Getting To It
It doesn’t take much to spot out the unemployed people on any given social networking site. They’re the ones that are usually sending terrible chain letter forwards, taking awful quizzes that everyone stopped taking in junior high, and constantly updating everyone who cares (they stopped caring long ago) on exactly what they’re up to at [...]
Continue reading about #57 Desperately Updating Their Social Networking Profiles
One noticeable trend from this “economic downturn” is the birth of Recession Environmentalists that has resulted in a sudden boom in “green” activity. It’s kind of like the whole saving of scrap metal for World War II, but instead of helping the country, people are helping themselves. All under the guise of preserving the environment. [...]
Continue reading about #56 Going Green “For the Environment”
Once the unemployed have grown accustomed to leeching off the government, what’s to stop them from going after people with money to supplement their jobless lifestyle? It’s not like gold diggers are a new concept - people have been searching for a sugar mama or sugar daddy for as long as money has been around. [...]
Continue reading about #55 Trying to Befriend More Successful Unemployed People Like Paris Hilton
One thing unemployment does is it breaks down the wall between television snobs and the crap that is played non-stop on TV. There are people out there who swear they don’t watch TV unless it’s on HBO or Showtime…or until they’re unemployed. When a TV snob loses a job, he or she also loses the [...]
Continue reading about #54 Becoming Addicted to Any TV Show in a Marathon
It’s pretty ridiculous just how timeless Office Space is, given that it’s been ten years since it was released and everything is pretty much the same in the working world, especially with Jennifer Aniston being just as annoying. Cringe worthy bosses, obnoxious coworkers, and downsizing consultants that make you wanna die. Those are the themes [...]
Continue reading about #53 Watching Office Space and Reminiscing About the Good Ol’ Days
Short of getting a mammogram or undergoing a colonoscopy there’s not much an unemployed friend can’t do for someone who has been putting off errands for way too long. Back in the day before Recession Hoopla 2007 - ? started and before people were constantly worried about losing their jobs, they would try to squeeze [...]
Continue reading about #52 Getting Paid to Run Errands for Employed People
Back when people were getting laid off in 2008 they had no one but themselves, the internet, and a very worn out stress ball to get them through the agony that is figuring out how to deal with losing a job, applying for unemployment, and figuring what to do with 40 free hours a week. [...]
Continue reading about #51 Being An Unemployment Resource When Friends Get Laid Off
Blame it on the recession if your recent dates have been questionable, embarrassing, or borderline absurd. Chances are your new dream guy or girl has been laid off and just hasn’t gotten around to breaking the news to their new love interest out of fear they’ll never get another date. It’s an awkward topic to [...]
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