Has being on the road these days ever made you think you were part of some larger conspiracy? One that made you feel slightly crazier than normal, and just that much more prone to road rage? Have you experienced being on the freeway in the middle of the day when it’s nowhere near rush hour [...]
Continue reading about #149 Obeying All Traffic Laws to Avoid Fines
Halloween 2008 was probably one of the final blowouts the now-unemployed had in the past year. Chances are it was the last time people had the opportunity to party hard before doomsday reports, job losses, and a massive downsizing in money and fun took over in 2009. With pitiful signs of recovery and people just [...]
Continue reading about #147 Making Something Out of Nothing for Halloween
When rich kids want to look cool, they shop at thrift stores to look poor. When unemployed people want to look clothed, they shop at thrift stores so they don’t get arrested for wearing nothing but their tattered former company’s t-shirt and dirty socks. Thrift stores, “in this economy”, are the unemployed’s best friend when [...]
When restaurants around the country stop offering free food promotions for the unemployed to stand in line for all day, there’s always comfort in knowing that the free heart attack in a bag can still be obtained fairly cheaply. For the most part, it seems most fast food chains are hellbent on luring back the [...]
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
Somewhere, out there, an unemployed person is observing his or her home - whether it’s a studio, an apartment, or a house - and trying to figure out whether there is enough space to take in another person. “In this economy” people are thinking outside the box to figure out how to prevent being evicted [...]
Continue reading about #128 Taking in Lodgers Only to Discover There’s Better Ways to Make Ends Meet
While there are those who pride themselves in making unemployment work without having to take money from anyone other than the government, for the rest of the unemployed and broke people battling through this recession, there comes a time when they’re eventually going to have to ask someone they know for a loan. Whether it [...]
Continue reading about #126 Lying About Why They Need to Borrow Money
Everybody loves a good story - even more so, everybody loves to tell a great story. “In this economy” most people have a story to tell, but most of them fall under the expected: the company wasn’t doing so good, cuts were made across the board, or entire industries were shut down. It’s not to [...]
Continue reading about #114 Bragging About How They Got Let Go
After aimlessly surfing the web for hours and running out of interesting things to to browse, there’s a very good chance the unemployed will eventually click on one of those University of Phoenix ads touting their online degree services. They’ll likely close out the browser immediately but by then it’ll be too late. Combined with [...]
Continue reading about #110 Contemplating Going Back to School to Put off Working
It’s not uncommon for people to instinctively begin hoarding things the minute hard times hit. “In this economy,” it’s easy to find a new generation of pack rats who grab and store whatever they can wherever they can just in case they’ll need it some day. What used to be a fairly common practice of [...]
Continue reading about #102 Stealing Excessive Sugar and Condiments From Restaurants
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