UnemployedI was Mordred writes, "I've been out of work for a while now... however, every cloud must have a silver lining. Tell us your stories of the upside to unemployment."
You can tell us about the unexpected downsides too if you want.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Apr 2009, 10:02)
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good for youafter a year (at the age of 16) washing pots and doing the menial parts of the cooking work in a restaurant, the co-owner said to me when I left 'if you can work in a place like this and keep your head above water you'll never have any problems wherever you work.'
and for the huge part, twenty years later he's been absolutely right.
dont know about the humiliating bit though - being out of work is going to happen to you, at some point - and as every other f***er is ripping the p***, why not take advantage of the system you've help pay for with your tax money? at least the rent gets paid and you get a few quid for food.
(, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 16:57, 1 reply)
Absolutelyagree with the pot washing point. Never had to do it but I respect anyone who has.
It was humiliating in the sense that I'd flunked my year and it was kinda like a new low. I'm not under any illusions - I know I may be out of work in the future. I think it was humiliating because it was really entirely my own fault - it just brought it home.
(, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 17:09, closed)
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