The "Being Unemployed Sucks" Thread

[Josh]

No, the unemployment checks back up whatever you make at a certain job. For example I get close to $1000 a month from unemployment, then I got a crappy retail job at a videogame store, where I make maybe $400 a month, so unemployment backs that up by paying me $300 every two weeks - I only get this for a year so come July, the unemployment goes 'Bye-Bye'.

So the government pays you for having a shitty job?

This country is stupid.

P.S. I've been unemployed since august. Suck it.

[toxic]

Yeah, I never understand the concept of "having too much free time." You can never have enough.

I mean, it really boggles my mind that there are people out there that'd rather be working. I mean, to make cash to pay the bills, sure, I understand that. But the desire for a job simply to fill up the hours of the day? You can't hink of ANYTHING better to do? I don't get that shit.

Some people are more active when they have an activity to do .... and then are lazier when there is less to do.

I get more done on days I work (around the house, working out, etc) then on weekends (I sleep in til 10am, then laze around the house the rest of the day).

[Blacklight85]

Im going full time to school and my parents said they were going to stop sending me money since they said it seemed to them i just pissed it away and had too much free time, so being that im in school in nyc where everything is so fucking expensive i had to get a crappy job at starbucks on top of full time school schedule, being employed sucks right now, i would kill to be unemployed again.

[PepsimanVsJoe]

The longest I was ever unemployed was from my birthday(Yes I got kicked out of my job on my birthday) in April to September back in 2003.

Oh man it was horrific. I hate looking for work. Over that time I ended up doing jobs like Telemarketing and [Al Bundy]selling women's shoes[/Al Bundy]. And yeah being overqualified is shit. I mean..I have a COMMUNITY COLLEGE degree..Come the fuck on.

Granted with my current schedule I have little to no free time but eh..If I do away with stupid things like "studying" I can sit down and rack up a few hours of gaming.

[Lordmrw]

I was unemployed the first 6 months of 2003. I enjoyed it the first 2 months, but then the fact that I wasn't employed or in school made me feel like a bum. I applyed at numerous jobs, but either never heard back or their were too many qualified people who applied before me. Its ironic, in a way, in that I withdrew from my current school for the rest of the semester, but I still have my job, and I still feel like I'm wasting away. I mis going to class and actually learning and whatnot.

[Dolemite]

Some people are more active when they have an activity to do .... and then are lazier when there is less to do.

I get more done on days I work (around the house, working out, etc) then on weekends (I sleep in til 10am, then laze around the house the rest of the day).

Makes sense. I'm not one of those people, however. On my days off, if I haven't been out to 3AM the night before, I still get up by 9AM or so and try to fit as much into my day as possible.

so being that im in school in nyc where everything is so fucking expensive i had to get a crappy job at starbucks

Hook me up with a Java Chip, motherfucker.

[Josh]

I take back what I said. I think I've been unemployed since last March.

I win.

[Mykozo]

Some people are more active when they have an activity to do .... and then are lazier when there is less to do.

I get more done on days I work (around the house, working out, etc) then on weekends (I sleep in til 10am, then laze around the house the rest of the day).

Thats called balance. Everyone needs some down time. 10am? Why so early?

[Fe 26]

I take back what I said. I think I've been unemployed since last March.

I win.

I've been unemployed for the past 22 years.

I win.

[Mykozo]

I take back what I said. I think I've been unemployed since last March.

I win.

But wait Josh, we are self employed, aren't we?
We still win.