Back in the day when money flowed freely from the terrible jobs the once employed used to have, the very notion of ever buying a generic brand was revolting enough for them to spend almost twice as much more for a name brand. The unemployed, however, have taken to exploring what they can get away [...]
A layoff should never stop a social butterfly from hanging up his or her wings when it comes to entertaining guests at home. Just because people have lost their jobs doesn’t mean they have to give up hosting drunkfests at their places. You know, the ones that are notorious for the wrong people hooking up [...]
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people out there, being unemployed is kind of like being back in college again – except for pretending to study has been replaced by pretending to look for a job.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 [...]
Ever have one of those moments when the only things in the cupboard are pasta, beans, rice and whatever other carbohydrate-y fillers that don’t exactly scream excitement or roughage? Or perhaps after a summer about dreaming about guacamole and getting tired of eating that fake, non-perishable green stuff sold at gas stations, avocados were finally [...]
Continue reading about #115 Buying Chips to Gain Access to the Salsa Bar
Remember when things were quaint and neighborly and everyone actually knew who lived next door to them? Back then, people would have no qualms about sending their kids across the street to borrow an egg they realized they needed to complete their recipe. Rather than have to go through the trouble of driving all the [...]
Continue reading about #107 Constantly Borrowing Ingredients From Different Neighbors
Everyone loves a buy one get one free deal. Whether it’s a fast food hamburger, a cell phone, or a bag of salad, people can’t help but get excited about getting extra stuff for the same price they’d usually pay. Typically, when encountering a buy one get one free situation, the buyer would think of [...]
Continue reading about #103 Buy One Get One Free Deals, if Someone Else is Buying
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
It’s Friday, which means pretty much everyone is eager to go out, regardless of their employment status. For the unemployed, Fridays are the days that they hope something will finally happen after being isolated for the entire week. After getting turned down for numerous free events during the week because their friends “have to work” [...]
Continue reading about #95 Guilt Tripping Friends Into Buying Them Drinks
Netflix offers its members something beautiful – the opportunity to numb the brain one movie at a time all without having to make a trip to the video store. Not having to assemble an outdoors version of an unemployment suit because they can receive and return their videos via the mail, or instantly watch streaming [...]
Shopping is a great way to kill time and fill the void that unemployment insignificance causes. Window shopping at high end stores like Barney’s can be done if you’re willing to face scrutiny when they smell the scent of your most recent unemployment check on you. After getting kicked out of Neiman Marcus for playing [...]
Continue reading about #83 Target and Other High Class Discount Stores
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