With national health care being widely debated in these here United States of America, plenty of unemployed people have their own way of dealing with a lack of health insurance: cramming in as many visits and tests as possible before their coverage ends either due to a lay off, a spouse’s job loss, or graduating [...]
There are times, specifically towards the end of a billing cycle, when unemployed people around the world are just universally impossible to reach. No, they haven’t died, nor have they lost their phones, they’ve just stopped answering them because they’re almost out of minutes and would rather ignore a call and innocently text back going, [...]
Continue reading about #141 Rationing Their Cell Phone Minutes
There’s something about toilet paper that makes it generally acceptable to steal whenever the opportunity presents itself. For the most part, the people who are usually guilty of jacking a roll here and there are college students who have moved into their first apartment and don’t realize how toilet paper comes to find itself on [...]
Continue reading about #140 Constantly Scavenging for Toilet Paper to Steal
A great unemployment pastime can be as simple as letting one’s imagination go wild. Whether it’s dreaming about winning the lottery or fantasizing about buying a house, the unemployed can kill ample hours of time just sitting and thinking about elaborate scenarios. However, on the days they don’t want to start off with some of [...]
Continue reading about #137 Thinking About What They Would Do for a Klondike Bar
Call it life, call it no longer being able to stand your lover’s habit of clipping his/her toenails anywhere he/she wants, but unless you live a fairytale life, there comes a time when some relationships just have to end. Whether it was bound to happen, the stress of living “in this economy” probably did not [...]
Continue reading about #135 Living with Their Ex Because They Can’t Afford to Move Out
If you happen to know any unemployed people out there, do them a favor and send them an email. Whether it’s one of those dreaded forwards that Snopes.com is bound to debunk, a survey with far too much information, or an acquaintance unknowingly spamming their entire address book when signing up to a new service, [...]
Continue reading about #122 Receiving New Emails Even if They’re SPAM
Unemployed people, for the most part, are social beings who yearn to be in the company of other people. After months spent in isolation, the unemployed realize they need to have some human interaction that does not involve their kids or their dressed up pets. More and more, their laid off friends are finding new [...]
Continue reading about #113 Convincing Friends to Hurt Themselves on the Job for Workers Comp
It could be said that some of the silent victims of this recession have been the kids and pets of out-of-work people. Anyone unemployed person who is now dealing with feelings of alienation from their loved ones can probably attest to how much better things were before they lost their job. The problem, of course, [...]
Continue reading about #105 Driving Their Kids and Pets Crazy
Ever have one of those days when a dirty clothes pile has gotten out of control and then realized when folding laundry that comfort clothes suitable for tasks ranging from sleeping to painting to hard labor outnumber regular clothing 5 to 1? Out of embarrassment and/or shame, the jobless will head straight to their closet [...]
Continue reading about #99 Attending Clothes Swapping Parties With Sub-par Offerings
Yard sales are not uncommon for unemployed people. In fact, after getting laid off, one of the first things they embark on (before succumbing to unemployment laziness) is finally getting around to some spring cleaning, and holding a yard sale to sell off their unwanted goods. When they were employed and wanted to get rid [...]
Continue reading about #97 Holding Yard Sales to Sell Free Junk From Craigslist
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