Back in the day when people had busy lives and jobs they would find themselves completely out of suitable clothes to wear and then be forced to spend all day doing laundry. During that time, if anyone came to the door, whether it was the mailman or an unexpected friend, the laundry-doer would feel compelled [...]
Continue reading about #151 Wearing Work Clothes on Laundry Day
If there had to be one definitive word for unemployed people, it would probably be patient (read: apathetic). Unless they’re desperately awaiting their next unemployment check the unemployed usually don’t have anything pressing that requires their immediate attention. While they might cut themselves some slack by ending their pretend job search due to a lack [...]
Continue reading about #124 Letting Something Grow for Way Longer Than Appropriate
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
Let’s be honest for a moment, for a lot of the jobless people out there, being unemployed is kind of like being back in college again - except for pretending to study has been replaced by pretending to look for a job. With the majority of their unemployment check budget being set aside for having [...]
There are so many unemployed people out there whose first thought when receiving their pink slip was, “Finally, I get to stay in bed all day!” It’s a dream that most employed people have when they’re trudging out of bed, especially as their unemployed significant other continues to sleep. To be able to wake up [...]
Continue reading about #101 Being a Stay-in-Bed Lady or Gentleman
Why on earth would you ever ask an unemployed person how their day was unless you were digging to see whether they’ve applied for any jobs? Much like asking a kid after school how their day was, or asking an office employee how work was, the answer is likely going to be whatever gets the [...]
Continue reading about #80 Dreading the Question, “How Was Your Day?”
The minute the unemployed lose their jobs, they lose all motivation to maintain their appearances and quickly fall victim to not caring how they look because they have no places to go and no people to see. As they gravitate towards assembling an unemployment suit, they’ll take advantage of their flexible attire by lying in bed or [...]
Continue reading about #46 Feeling Ambivalent About Unemployment Weight Gain
When you hear unemployed people talk, they remember themselves as having been super efficient worker bees when they had jobs. They’ll boast about how they were able to juggle multiple tasks at once, manage to meet all sorts of crazy deadlines, and still make it home in time for dinner. These types of unemployed people [...]
Continue reading about #35 Going From Multitasker to Monotasker
While most unemployed people will avoid getting dressed on regular days of wallowing and being jobless, that all changes when it’s time to go to cheap buffet day. That’s when the unemployed will whip out their Sunday bests because they’re gonna get their eat on, and they wanna look good.
Buffets are coveted treats because they [...]
Continue reading about #25 Dressing Up to Go to Discount Day at the Buffet
Whether they’re prone to zits or just not keeping up with their personal hygiene, one of the the things jobless folk rank high about being unemployed (besides the free government money) is being able to shut themselves in during a particularly bad acne breakout or monster zit. Gone are the days when pizza face had [...]
Continue reading about #23 Hiding Out at Home During Acne Breakouts
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