Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off. Vent Thread.

[videodrone]

The next person that tells me to relax and enjoy my unemployment is going to get a five finger sedative to the face. You have the luxury of a second income. I don't. Please run along and die now and let me freak the fuck out in peace.

drone

[luna]

how long do you get unemployment for in america anyways?

[Aaron]

my roommate did a lot of research on it (after we found out how to get fired and be able to get unemployment) And he said it would max out at a year. I don't know if each state is different or not thought...

[r00]

how long do you get unemployment for in america anyways?

I think it usually is 6 months but our dear leader has had it extended to around a year now.

[videodrone]

I think it's something like 56 weeks? And you can keep filing for extensions once that time is up. And then there's all the bullshit with ungodly expensive health care that makes me want to slice my wrists open, and going on interviews and being told, "Well we're not hiring right now." and me wanting to scream back, "Well why did you put an ad in the fucking paper douchebag if you're not hiring?!" and knowing that I only have about four months' worth of rent saved up and I still haven't seen any of my severance money even though my old HR woman insists that she mailed it this past Monday and... yeah now I'm rambling.

drone

[luna]

that sucks...i forget about medical expenses... you Americans really need to get universal health care


Well the warranty people won't fix our washer, we had possibly the want issue a few years ago and the repair would have cost $600 so now need to decide if buying a new one would be better...either way looks like a washer is our xmas gift this year

[luna]

guh...first attempt at mall xmas shopping was a horrible experience

[kristin]

guh...first attempt at mall xmas shopping was a horrible experience

I'm not looking forward to mine either- I might take a personal day from work and go during the day, when hopefully more people are @ work.

[luna]

fuck you ups what the fuck kind of store closes at 2:30 on saturday?

[rokken like dokken]

fuck you ups what the fuck kind of store closes at 2:30 on saturday?

I actually hate all package service companies because their only depots in Calgary are at the Airport which is an hour from everything and they never tell you when they're coming, they never come back a second time and you always have to go to their warehouses.  Some of us work!  Many of us!

[luna]

Ugh don't even get me started on trying to receive something through ups

[rokken like dokken]

Ugh don't even get me started on trying to receive something through ups

It's such bullshit - US companies assume that every postal service must be as bad as theirs at package delivery, but at least Canada Post has more than one depot in a city of one million plus - they don't come back either but dealing with them is way easier. 

[videodrone]

I don't think I'll be taking that job I interviewed for - mostly because they couldn't even offer me 40 hours, just less pay and per diem work. I'm making more money collecting unemployment than if I decided to take that job. This is incredibly frustrating and totally took the wind out of my sails.

drone

[luna]

you know when someone in your house has a cold and you just have to wait around until you catch it too? well i finally did and it sucks

[r00]

It happened to me too.  I am just getting over it.  This is the 4th cold to run through our house in 3 weeks.  >8|

I blame the 3 foot snot wrangler that runs around the house.