Unemployment

[cyrus buelton]

So we were at our local bar tonight and were talking with a regular, who we see in there frequently.


come to find out, he has been unemployed for a year and is on unemployment!!!


WTF?


chain smoking cigarettes, drinking beers, and buying shots.

[NAKID]

I can't stand those types of people. He was probably pregnant doging about not having any money too wasn't he...

[ducpainter]

So we were at our local bar tonight and were talking with a regular, who we see in there frequently.


come to find out, he has been unemployed for a year and is on unemployment!!!


WTF?


chain smoking cigarettes, drinking beers, and buying shots.

It's none of our business what he does with his unemployment benefits.

[needtorque]

I collected unemployment for 9 months when the shop that I was working at for 7 years sent the bulk of our jobs to mexico and tennessee.  I finished school while I was on unemployment (I had been going while working) adn I also went to the bar and drank and smoked while I was finishing school and collecting my unemployment checks.  I think after 7 years of gainful employment I was entitled to a little bit of that.  Especially considering my severance package after 7 years was $500 and a big "make the beast with two backs you".

[NAKID]

Unemployment is designed as a tool to get you by while you find another job. Not sit on your ass and drink for a year...

[cyrus buelton]

It's none of our business what he does with his unemployment benefits.

Unemployment should not be used for disposable income activities.


That is just absurd.


Unemployment benefits in the state of Ohio are very thin.

The waiting list is like 6 weeks.


I am sure someone else could use those benefits for something more important than alcohol.

[Holden]

We'll be paying for his lungs and liver sooner or later.

[cyrus buelton]

I collected unemployment for 9 months when the shop that I was working at for 7 years sent the bulk of our jobs to mexico and tennessee.  I finished school while I was on unemployment (I had been going while working) adn I also went to the bar and drank and smoked while I was finishing school and collecting my unemployment checks.  I think after 7 years of gainful employment I was entitled to a little bit of that.  Especially considering my severance package after 7 years was $500 and a big "make the beast with two backs you".

And that right there is a huge problem.


The sense of entitlement.

[ducpainter]

Unemployment should not be used for disposable income activities.


That is just absurd.


Unemployment benefits in the state of Ohio are very thin.

The waiting list is like 6 weeks.


I am sure someone else could use those benefits for something more important than alcohol.

It's none of your business.

It's his money.

[needtorque]

So your saying that even though I did not quit I was laid off and had not quite finished school yet that I should have found a job at Mcdonalds making less than unemployment paid so I would not have had time for school because I would have had to work 2 jobs just to make ends meet and that is where I would be now. 

I think finishing school and getting a degree in a skilled trade while collecting unemployment was the wiser choice.  I have contributed far more to the tax money responsible for government programs than I have ever collected.  I have been working full time jobs since I was 16 years old and part time since I was 13.

I am back in school now for a career change and could have collected unemployment again as the auto repair shop I was working at was closed.  I never did collect anything this time because at this point my wife had finished school and was making enough money that it was not a necessary means to an end as before.

Do I FEEL entitled? No.  I was entitled, feelings had nothing to do with it.

[cyrus buelton]

It's none of your business.

It's his money.

That the state gave him, that all of the citizens paid in.

I realize it is "his money" but come on.

I guess that's a problem with unemployment on how it is distributed.

[cyrus buelton]

During the 9 months you did collect, how many jobs did you apply for?



This guy said he has been on unemployment for 18 months.



How could he not have found a job in that time period?

[NAKID]

Most states require you to show proof that you were trying to find a job while collecting the benefits. Were you trying to find a job? If not then you were unemployed by choice. Yes, you may have been laid off, but you chose to remain unemployed. That's taking advantage of the situation.  Just my opinion of course....

[Rev. Millertime]

To some, unemployment is their way of being a lazy ass welfare rat without having to admit to being on welfare.  They are quick to admit they are on unemployment, as it doesn't appear to be welfare... it is.

Sounds to me like he was proud to be on unemployment... next time ask what it's like to be on welfare and sitting in the bar.

I'm all for helping someone get back on their feet.  I'm all for unemployment as a TEMPORARY fix.  I, however, have a problem with someone who gets on a barstool instead of an unemployment line.

How the hell can you afford to party it up on unemployment anyway?  I'd make the beast with two backsing starve to death or be homeless if i had to survive on unemployment.  Probably why I've never received it, or even tried to.

That guy is nothing more than a good example of someone living off the government tit... how much you want to bet, he has no trouble finding a job when his benefits are about to expire (if they do there like they do here).  Until then, he'll milk it till it's dry.

[cyrus buelton]

That guy is nothing more than a good example of someone living off the government tit... how much you want to bet, he has no trouble finding a job when his benefits are about to expire (if they do there like they do here).  Until then, he'll milk it till it's dry.

Funny you say that.


After being on unemployment for 18 months, he has recently found a social program to help him get a job back in his field with extra training, even providing a computer to him.........



His benefits end on Monday.