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 [...]
There are times, specifically towards the end of a billing cycle, when unemployed people around the world are just universally impossible to reach. No, they haven’t died, nor have they lost their phones, they’ve just stopped answering them because they’re almost out of minutes and would rather ignore a call and innocently text back going, [...]
Continue reading about #141 Rationing Their Cell Phone Minutes
There’s something about toilet paper that makes it generally acceptable to steal whenever the opportunity presents itself. For the most part, the people who are usually guilty of jacking a roll here and there are college students who have moved into their first apartment and don’t realize how toilet paper comes to find itself on [...]
Continue reading about #140 Constantly Scavenging for Toilet Paper to Steal
Of all stuff unemployed people like, getting more stuff for their money ranks pretty high as far as level of enjoyment goes. Even if it ends up costing a hell of a lot of money to buy items in bulk, the satisfaction of knowing that the per unit price means they’re getting a better deal [...]
Remember the good ol’ days of childhood when we were giant brats and refused to eat anything that wasn’t on the kids menu? Vegetables were a big no no, meats were refused unless in nugget form, and peanut butter and jelly went together better than the adults’ wine and cheese. There were those phases were [...]
Continue reading about #132 Eating Cheap Classics for Dinner
Trader Joe’s is one of those rare companies that pretty much everybody likes. Rich people, poor people, and people of all ethnicities (especially white people) love Trader Joe’s. But, it’s pretty safe to say that out of all the groups of people out there, Trader Joe’s is a savior to the unemployed.
See, the unemployed love [...]
Long before the recession hit there were plenty of “young professionals” who had no qualms about using their old student ID cards for discount prices for anything ranging from movies, to Broadway shows, to Apple computers. These people were overconfident about their youthful appearances, felt a sense of entitlement, and were quick to defend their [...]
Continue reading about #127 Pretending to be a Student to Get Discounts
There are plenty of companies out there who are so sure of their products that they’re willing to offer special introductory prices on the premise that customers will voluntarily return to pay more because the product is worth it. Of course, half the time, companies are scheming customers into believing they have wonderful products when [...]
Continue reading about #123 Getting Introductory Prices With Zero Intent of Buying More
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