Full List of Stuff Unemployed People Like


  • #152 Being Embarrassed About Their IKEA Furniture
  • #151 Wearing Work Clothes on Laundry Day
  • #150 Wishing They Started Job Searching Sooner
  • #149 Obeying All Traffic Laws to Avoid Fines
  • #148 Claiming Their New Year’s Resolution is to Get a Job
  • #147 Making Something Out of Nothing for Halloween
  • #146 Staring At Their Useless Diploma(s)
  • #145 Cramming in Their Health Care
  • #144 Ironically Celebrating Labor Day
  • #143 Thrift Stores
  • #142 Fast Food Value Menus
  • #141 Rationing Their Cell Phone Minutes
  • #140 Constantly Scavenging for Toilet Paper to Steal
  • #139 Buying Items in Bulk
  • #138 Pampering Themselves
  • #137 Thinking About What They Would Do for a Klondike Bar
  • #136 Having the Ability to Make Impromptu Decisions
  • #135 Living with Their Ex Because They Can’t Afford to Move Out
  • #134 Watching Embarrassing Movies During Odd Hours for Privacy
  • #133 Starting a PayPal Account for Donations
  • #132 Eating Cheap Classics for Dinner
  • #131 Wanting a Vacation for the Vacation from Their Paid Vacation
  • #130 Going on a Road Trip to Ponder the Meaning of Life. Or Something.
  • #129 Trader Joe’s
  • #128 Taking in Lodgers Only to Discover There’s Better Ways to Make Ends Meet
  • #127 Pretending to be a Student to Get Discounts
  • #126 Lying About Why They Need to Borrow Money
  • #125 Donating Their Genetic Material for Money
  • #124 Letting Something Grow for Way Longer Than Appropriate
  • #123 Getting Introductory Prices With Zero Intent of Buying More
  • #122 Receiving New Emails Even if They’re SPAM
  • #121 Generic Brands
  • #120 Regretting Creating the Video Resume That Went Viral
  • #119 Entertaining on a Budget
  • #118 Finally Finding the Remote Control
  • #117 Charles Shaw Wine
  • #116 Getting Their Unemployment Insurance Renewed
  • #115 Buying Chips to Gain Access to the Salsa Bar
  • #114 Bragging About How They Got Let Go
  • #113 Convincing Friends to Hurt Themselves on the Job for Workers Comp
  • #112 Going to Disneyland for Free on Their Birthday While Others Pay Full Price
  • #111 Trying to be Everybody’s Plus One
  • #110 Contemplating Going Back to School to Put off Working
  • #109 Treating Drink Garnishes as an All-You-Can-Eat Salad Bar
  • #108 Slacking Off
  • #107 Constantly Borrowing Ingredients From Different Neighbors
  • #106 Sabotaging Their Only Interview in Months
  • #105 Driving Their Kids and Pets Crazy
  • #104 Crashing Weddings That Have Open Bar
  • #103 Buy One Get One Free Deals, if Someone Else is Buying
  • #102 Stealing Excessive Sugar and Condiments From Restaurants
  • #101 Being a Stay-in-Bed Lady or Gentleman
  • #100 The Good ol’ Wake and Bake
  • #99 Attending Clothes Swapping Parties With Sub-par Offerings
  • #98 Doing Good Deeds for Reward Money
  • #97 Holding Yard Sales to Sell Free Junk From Craigslist
  • #96 Poorly Justifying Why They Need a Smartphone
  • #95 Guilt Tripping Friends Into Buying Them Drinks
  • #94 Ignoring Their To-Do Lists
  • #93 Fantasizing About Buying a House While Unemployed
  • #92 Playing Casual Games Until Their Hands Cramp
  • #91 Yelling at Employees of Government Agencies
  • #90 Starting the Weekend Early
  • #89 Regretting Signing Up for a Gym Membership
  • #88 Accepting Their Townie Fate
  • #87 Walking Everywhere to Kill Time
  • #86 Scamming Netflix for Free Trials
  • #85 Birth Control
  • #84 Giving People Rides Then Going Back to Sleep
  • #83 Target and Other High Class Discount Stores
  • #82 Blogging About Being Unemployed
  • #81 Not Worrying About Stress Induced Wrinkles
  • #80 Dreading the Question, “How Was Your Day?”
  • #79 Dating for Dinner
  • #78 Fighting Off Brain Rot
  • #77 Having a Love/Hate Relationship with Laptops
  • #76 Daytime Television
  • #75 Losing Track of Time
  • #74 Desiring to Live Off the Fat of the Land
  • #73 Procrastinating
  • #72 Listening to “Why Don’t You Get A Job? by The Offspring
  • #71 Pathetically Trying to Win Contests and Sweepstakes
  • #70 Avoiding Updating Their Resume
  • #69 Working Under the Table
  • #68 Observing and Judging Other Unemployed People
  • #67 Standing in Line for Free Food
  • #66 Dreaming About Winning the Lottery
  • #65 Sneaking Into Multiple Matinee Movies
  • #64 Susan Boyle
  • #63 Going to Unemployment Parties
  • #62 Light Beer
  • #61 Sitting
  • #60 Getting Away from It All
  • #59 Annoying Employed Friends While They’re At Work
  • #58 Thinking About Volunteering But Never Getting To It
  • #57 Desperately Updating Their Social Networking Profiles
  • #56 Going Green “For the Environment”
  • #55 Trying to Befriend More Successful Unemployed People Like Paris Hilton
  • #54 Becoming Addicted to Any TV Show in a Marathon
  • #53 Watching Office Space and Reminiscing About the Good Ol’ Days
  • #52 Getting Paid to Run Errands for Employed People
  • #51 Being An Unemployment Resource When Friends Get Laid Off
  • #50 Cheap Dates
  • #49 Boasting About Newfound Patience by Explaining, “I got time.”
  • #48 Working for Free at Their Old Job
  • #47 Declaring Themselves to be Retired
  • #46 Feeling Ambivalent About Unemployment Weight Gain
  • #45 Buying Perrier With Food Stamps
  • #44 Attempting to Learn How to Cook
  • #43 Traveling For Cheap During Off-Peak Times
  • #42 Going Back to Sleep After Waking Up Too Early
  • #41 WiFi Hotspots, Especially if They’re Free
  • #40 Friday Night Naps
  • #39 Finally Having Time to “Be An Artist”
  • #38 Making Up Recession Drinking Games
  • #37 Taking the Scientology Stress Test Because It’s Free
  • #36 Assembling an Unemployment Suit
  • #35 Going From Multitasker to Monotasker
  • #34 Scouring the Internet for Free Things to Do
  • #33 Putting Off Their Taxes Because They Owe Money
  • #32 Failing at Plans to Succeed at Leaving the House
  • #31 Claiming It’s Not Cold Enough to Turn on the Heater
  • #30 Gloating Every Time Their Former Company Screws Up
  • #29 Shunning Public Transportation Because “It’s for Poor People”
  • #28 Drinking Alone
  • #27 Avoiding Cold and Flu Season
  • #26 Public Libraries
  • #25 Dressing Up to Go to Discount Day at the Buffet
  • #24 Making Sure Reality Doesn’t Disturb Their Slumber
  • #23 Hiding Out at Home During Acne Breakouts
  • #22 Cursing Themselves for Reading Asinine CareerBuilder Articles
  • #21 Sleeping in While Their Significant Other Gets Up for Work
  • #20 Overusing the Phrase “In This Economy”
  • #19 Getting a Raise from the Government
  • #18 Trying to Figure Out if They Have Hobbies
  • #17 Getting Annoyed About Having to Get Dressed
  • #16 Getting Presidents Day and All Other Holidays Off
  • #15 Taking Friends Out “On the Government”
  • #14 Griping About Gas Prices By Habit
  • #13 Ignoring Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan
  • #12 Not Showering Regularly Because What’s the Point?
  • #11 Scaring Former Co-Workers About Going Postal
  • #10 Complaining About the Weekend
  • #9 Moving Back Home With the Parents
  • #8 Pretending to Look for a Job
  • #7 Buying Game Consoles With Unemployment Checks
  • #6 Having Octuplets
  • #5 Barack Obama
  • #4 Praying Unemployment Checks Won’t Turn Into IOUs
  • #3 Freaking Out About Not Knowing How to Apply for a Job
  • #2 Making Unemployment Sites Crash
  • #1 Becoming a Statistic

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