I'm joining the unemployed

**canid** · 10-01-2009, 02:04 PM

i'm sorry to hear that. it's unsettling to loose a job, frustrating to be fired and worse to be wronged.

on the plus side; welcome to the club. here's your membership gift basket, club card and secret decoder ring.

i wish you the best and i'm sure things will work out before they need to [usually at exactly the last moment].

i've been waiting to hear back from my old employer here, usually an automatic re-hire and an easy hire for anybody, and they seem to be in no hurry to put an an interview together. they only do group hires, so i get to cool my heels, eat potatoes/ramen and work on my bows til then. would be great except for the completely out of money issue.

**hunter63** · 10-01-2009, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by canid

secret decoder ring.

HEY, I didn't get one of those???????

It just goes to show you the SHTF isn't necessarily a "Red Dawn" scenario.

For me it was waking up on that first Monday morning after, and realizing that I had no place to go for the first time since I was 11 years old, 40 years.
WOW,
Then is was back to work (of sorts), resumes, interviews, govment programs (this can be a career all by itself), schools, networking, learning new stuff, making new friends (and realizing that a lot of "friends" were only "friends" when you worked with them).

Also doing all the "when I get a round to-it's", and "One of these days" as I now have time to do it.
Rummage sales, cleaning out "stuff", getting quotes on phone, insurances, services, working harder in the garden.......Sheesh, when did I have time to go to work?

We both kinda looked at each other, and said,"well, we were always preparing for times like this, let's see how we do".

Hang in there RC, we'll all pulling for you..............

**oldsoldier** · 10-01-2009, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by rebel_chick

especially grouchy truckers, they are the worst

Watch it now I resemible that remark.... LOL

**oldsoldier** · 10-01-2009, 06:40 PM

On a serious side now, hope ya got a little chuckle there. Sorry to hear about you losing your job. But as you said it wasn't exactly your dream career. Hopefully with that door closing another better on will open for you. My wife and I will keep you in our prayers that you find what you want to do.

**rebel_chick** · 10-01-2009, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by oldsoldier

On a serious side now, hope ya got a little chuckle there. Sorry to hear about you losing your job. But as you said it wasn't exactly your dream career. Hopefully with that door closing another better on will open for you. My wife and I will keep you in our prayers that you find what you want to do.

Thank you for the laugh...and the prayers.

Thank you to everyone as a matter of fact. you guys have made me feel so much better. I am doing some real thinking on what I want to do now. I would like something with some physical work... huh... what a concept. I hate not having anything to do. But I wouldn't know what to do. I tried posting on Craigslist for anyone needing help with animal care, fence mending or building, or just anything I can do and some MORON flagged it.

O, and about the trucker comment...I ment some incredible truckers there, I really did, and I actually enjoyed talking and listening to some of them. But typically everyone was hot, tired and grumpy. O O O. I got a story...

I was having a horrible day, people were grumpy and really being stupid. Then I had one guy come in and he was mad bc the table he wanted was wet due to the fact that I cleaned it off JUST for him. So he moved to the next table...it was dirty too. So I told him that I had to wipe that one too and he snapped at me. Then as he apologized he says " I am sorry, I have had a long day" so I exclaimed, tell me about it..." so he sarcastically replies "O. Do you drive an 18 wheeler dealing with people in city traffic?" I calmly explained to him that althought I did not drive a big truck in city traffic, I did have to deal with people that have to nit pick at EVERYTHING! So I turned and left it at that, since it was not my table, the other girl said she had no prblems with him at all. I got a good kick out of myself!

Anyhow...off to figure out the unemployement app.