After eating rice, beans, and ramen alone at home for months the unemployed want nothing more than a nice meal with some nice company. With their friends and loved ones spending too much time at work trying not to get fired, the unemployed are often left to their own devices, figuring out what to do [...]
Good thing most of us grew up with pictures from the Great Depression depicting hundreds of out-of-work Americans standing for hours in bread lines awaiting free government handouts. Otherwise, there might be some sort of stigma associated with today’s unemployed people who voluntarily line up for free food, regardless of what it is because they [...]
For those who are unemployed and actually looking for a job, one of the best ways to get oneself out there is to attend various unemployment parties or get-togethers with a bunch of other unemployed folk. Whether they’re pink slip parties, conferences for laid off people, or casual bar gatherings, the unemployed love having an [...]
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 [...]
Like it or not, Scientologists are likely to gain the upper hand “in this economy.” With so many unemployed people loitering about in public, unable to figure out what to do with their time, the Church of Scientology is telling itself “Haha! Good thing we’ve set up home base everywhere!” The unemployed have probably largely [...]
Continue reading about #37 Taking the Scientology Stress Test Because It’s Free
Though it might be a rare event, eventually there comes a time when unemployed people finally feel the need to get out of their house and do something besides popping in to the grocery store in lazy pants. Like anything, unemployment has its ups and downs, and there’s always a need to be prepared for [...]
Continue reading about #34 Scouring the Internet for Free Things to Do
Public libraries are great because they’re always free and they open their doors to everyone. Chances are most people haven’t visited their local library since high school, or since they’ve racked up ridiculous fines they were hoping would get purged by inactivity. Since then, libraries have updated their catalogues to computer systems, offer free internet [...]

