If Lance Armstrong is allowed to come out of retirement and promptly break his collarbone, there’s no reason unemployed people can’t also declare themselves retired to avoid going back to work after the recession is “over” only to be promptly laid off again. Consider it a defense mechanism or just a snarky response to questions [...]
Continue reading about #47 Declaring Themselves to be Retired
You know all those millions of unemployed people you assumed were searching for a new job after getting laid off? Yeah, they’re not looking. They are, however, pretending to look for a job because 1) they want to save face for strangers and colleagues and 2) they are required by law to say they’re looking [...]

