With national health care being widely debated in these here United States of America, plenty of unemployed people have their own way of dealing with a lack of health insurance: cramming in as many visits and tests as possible before their coverage ends either due to a lay off, a spouse’s job loss, or graduating [...]
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 [...]
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
One of the things unemployed people are quick to learn besides being patient is being flexible with their time, decisions, and life. For the most part, the ability to make decisions on a whim stems from having already had the rug pulled out from under them when they were laid off. After getting over the [...]
Continue reading about #136 Having the Ability to Make Impromptu Decisions
Everybody’s got that moment in a darkened movie theater when they see a trailer and before they can turn to a friend to say, “That looks good,” the whole audience is laughing, booing, and giving big thumbs down. Still, despite the potential idiocy, the rotten tomatoes, and scathing reviews, deep down there is still some [...]
Continue reading about #134 Watching Embarrassing Movies During Odd Hours for Privacy
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
After months of hanging around literally doing nothing because they have no places to go or people to see, the unemployed will eventually get the itch to go somewhere, anywhere, just so they can get away from…doing nothing. For those with a car or the ability to afford a cheap rental, the idea of a [...]
Continue reading about #130 Going on a Road Trip to Ponder the Meaning of Life. Or Something.
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
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
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