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Thread: unemployment anecdote
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago by DoctorOptimist
I just got back from a shopping trip. Ran into a friend at the pet store. His wife got laid off from an administrative job. It was a tax processing seasonal job. She was already a full-time student Somehow, she got labelled a "displaced worker", and in addition to unemployment benefits, is also getting her tuition paid now under some govt program. I'm not making this stuff up. I was ...
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whafa replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The words he used - and this is right from his mouth to this TMF website - is that "she can't afford to go back to work now, with benefits like these". Friends, if this is happening out here in po-dunk cattle ranching country, then this is rampant all over the country. I know, passingly, a patron at my local bar who is doing the same thing. She's ecstatic every time they extend ...
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Pariseur replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mind telling us where that bar is?
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tim443 replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Thank you for recommending this post to our Best of feature. Pariseur is already one of your Favorite Fools Mind telling us where that bar is? =============================== Pariseur, Nothing wrong with a one track mind as long as it is going in the right direction. Sounds "hotsy totsy" to me. }};-D Tim
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whafa replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mind telling us where that bar is? Believe me, you do not want.
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Pariseur replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Tim, As with investments, it's important to know what you want before you start traveling. Pariseur
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Mind telling us where that bar is? Believe me, you do not want.
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Tim, As with investments, it's important to know what you want before you start traveling. Pariseur
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I just got back from a shopping trip. Ran into a friend at the pet store. His wife got laid off from an administrative job. It was a tax processing seasonal job. She was already a full-time student Somehow, she got labelled a &quot;displaced worker&quot;, and in addition to unemployment benefits, is also getting her tuition paid now under some govt program. I'm not making this stuff up. I was just told this by the woman's...
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Thank you for recommending this post to our Best of feature. Pariseur is already one of your Favorite Fools Mind telling us where that bar is? =============================== Pariseur, Nothing wrong with a one track mind as long as it is going in the right direction. Sounds &quot;hotsy totsy&quot; to me. }};-D Tim

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