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In reply to the discussion: A RWer told me he had problems getting employees ... he said "People don't want to work!" [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)50. You think getting unemployment is sitting around?
You don't get it unless you are out looking for a job and they check up on you at every place you said you applied to. It's harder work than going to work and you don't get paid for it. Sitting around, my ass. It just goes to show how clueless you people are who don't have to struggle from paycheck to paycheck.
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A RWer told me he had problems getting employees ... he said "People don't want to work!" [View all]
zbdent
Apr 2012
OP
Maybe he means his white buddies. There are plenty of honest people looking for work all kinds
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#1
"Watch out, you dirty leftist, I'm a big badass alerter." (My interpretation, at least.)
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2012
#42
HE didn't create the job ... the local government, spending the money, is creating the jobs ...
zbdent
Apr 2012
#80
If you have some money to live on like unemployment so you can find a decent job,
Cleita
Apr 2012
#10
No one said he should duplicate his salary, however, he has the right to demand a living
Cleita
Apr 2012
#15
Not only that - I bet he shows what a jerk he is by the eighth spoken word of the interview.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2012
#26
Long hours of work and convenient fast and junk food have wiped out a lot of cooking skills
killbotfactory
Apr 2012
#92
Your niece's account does not pass the rudimentary smell test. First of all, workers don't qualify
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#62
That's what I wondered. It seemed weird that you'd get unemployment if you quit.
mainer
Apr 2012
#66
Without casting any aspersions on your niece, I wonder whether she may
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#78