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
Unemployed people are people too, so it should not come as a surprise that they like money. Whether it comes from the government or the friends and family they’ve lied to in order to score some cash, the quest for more money without having to work is as continuous as it is urgent. After a [...]
Continue reading about #133 Starting a PayPal Account for Donations
Going on vacation, as rewarding as it may be, can also be exhausting. Just ask anyone who has ever tried to make the most of their vacation days by working up to the last minute before taking off, and then immediately returning to work with not even a weekend or an extra day off to [...]
Continue reading about #131 Wanting a Vacation for the Vacation from Their Paid Vacation
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
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
For some reason unbeknownst to logical people, there are countless unemployed people out there thinking they can take advantage of this recession and buy themselves a “cheap” house. It’s as if they want to capitalize on the whole “our loss is your gain” circumstances with foreclosures - but they’ve temporarily forgotten they themselves have lost [...]
Continue reading about #93 Fantasizing About Buying a House While Unemployed
You know, “in this economy”, it’s probably not the best time for the unemployed to start popping out kids. Sure, this is the one time they have all the time in the world to make sure their kids are brought up properly (i.e. stuck in front of the TV while unemployment naps are taken), but [...]
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 [...]
One obvious perk of unemployment is suddenly having plenty of time to take the extended vacation that has been thwarted time and time again by work. Gone are the days of canceling a trip last minute because of some stupid deadline. With plenty of time on their hands, and no luck finding a job, the unemployed [...]
Continue reading about #43 Traveling For Cheap During Off-Peak Times
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