Im broke, un-employed, and starting to freak out

Dark days are coming your way. You own it now and deserve everything you get

Oh, fucking BULLSHIT! I am so goddamn sick of this propaganda! I have internet access right now b/c I am housesitting, one of many little side enterprises I am desperately scrambling for to keep up with bills. My usual living space is an uninsulated yurt with no electricity or running water.

I work two part-time jobs and as many side gigs as I can find, so long as they're ethical and legal. I have 15 years of experience and a college degree. I don't have a smart phone, I have a $10 Tracfone and no landline. My laptop is 3 years old, bought back when I last had a full-time job. My car is a 98 Subaru with an oil leak which I am trying to save up money to fix. I apply for every job I even THINK I might qualify for -- not just in my local area, either -- and 90% of the time I don't get even a "thanks but no thanks" response.

I am NOT lazy. I've worked since I was 13 years old. In fact, I WANT to work full-time. I NEED to work full-time. I have been looking for full-time work for 2 1/2 years and I count myself lucky to have the two part-time jobs I do have; but honestly, most months, my income is so low, that I qualify for food stamps.

Don't talk to me about the third world. I live in third-world conditions. I shit in an outhouse. I am a college-educated, job-experienced American who has never stopped looking for work, who cleans houses on the side whenever I can (believe me, house-cleaning gigs are HIGHLY competitive these days), and who has woken up on winter mornings to find the oil inside my oil lamps, frozen solid.

I bake my own bread b/c it's cheaper (and healthier. One of the upsides of my situation is that I have access t)o a large garden, and a neighbor with whom I trade bread for eggs. I can tomato sauce and apple sauce and blackberry jam and I scrounge, scrounge, scrounge. I am managing to save every month despite making less than $800 a month, usually. I work VERY hard to keep my head above water. I just pray that nothing serious happens to my old car, to my dog, or to myself. If I have a major crisis, I'm sunk.

I'm goddamn sick of people claiming that those of us who are poor are just lazy. Most poor folks work way harder than any rich folks could ever dream. And by the way, we're generally smarter, too; we are constantly having to budget and plot and plan and improvise. I'd love to see one of you smug assholes try to make it in the conditions I live in.

Oh, fucking BULLSHIT! I am so goddamn sick of this propaganda! I have internet access right now b/c I am housesitting, one of many little side enterprises I am desperately scrambling for to keep up with bills. My usual living space is an uninsulated yurt with no electricity or running water.

I work two part-time jobs and as many side gigs as I can find, so long as they're ethical and legal. I have 15 years of experience and a college degree. I don't have a smart phone, I have a $10 Tracfone and no landline. My laptop is 3 years old, bought back when I last had a full-time job. My car is a 98 Subaru with an oil leak which I am trying to save up money to fix. I apply for every job I even THINK I might qualify for -- not just in my local area, either -- and 90% of the time I don't get even a "thanks but no thanks" response.

I am NOT lazy. I've worked since I was 13 years old. In fact, I WANT to work full-time. I NEED to work full-time. I have been looking for full-time work for 2 1/2 years and I count myself lucky to have the two part-time jobs I do have; but honestly, most months, my income is so low, that I qualify for food stamps.

Don't talk to me about the third world. I live in third-world conditions. I shit in an outhouse. I am a college-educated, job-experienced American who has never stopped looking for work, who cleans houses on the side whenever I can (believe me, house-cleaning gigs are HIGHLY competitive these days), and who has woken up on winter mornings to find the oil inside my oil lamps, frozen solid.

I bake my own bread b/c it's cheaper (and healthier. One of the upsides of my situation is that I have access t)o a large garden, and a neighbor with whom I trade bread for eggs. I can tomato sauce and apple sauce and blackberry jam and I scrounge, scrounge, scrounge. I am managing to save every month despite making less than $800 a month, usually. I work VERY hard to keep my head above water. I just pray that nothing serious happens to my old car, to my dog, or to myself. If I have a major crisis, I'm sunk.

I'm goddamn sick of people claiming that those of us who are poor are just lazy. Most poor folks work way harder than any rich folks could ever dream. And by the way, we're generally smarter, too; we are constantly having to budget and plot and plan and improvise. I'd love to see one of you smug assholes try to make it in the conditions I live in.

I'm seriously tired of all these unemployed people complaining on this website. Get a job, it's not that hard.

If my kid can get a job at McDonald's, so can you. Everyone thinks because they went to college, got a degree and labored all these years in the workplace that they deserve some kind of "good" job when they get laid off or their company shuts down.

You don't deserve anything. Complaining about not having a job or not getting social services when you're unemployed is socialist. Period.

We're a capitalist society. If you don't have a job, it's because you have nothing to provide the system and don't deserve one.

Is any one else in this situation? No luck in the job hunt, finances rapidly dwindling, sanity unraveling. It is hard to feel good about yourself when you are failing in life. SIGH
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Craigslist..Greenpiece might be hiring in your area..find food banks..church organizations..

social services..dept of rehab..look at find any info..follow up write down contacts..

GO..GO..GO..do not fail..do not lose hope!

Is any one else in this situation? No luck in the job hunt, finances rapidly dwindling, sanity unraveling. It is hard to feel good about yourself when you are failing in life. SIGH

Ya..but add two kids, single mom...

I never thought in a million years it would come to this :(

Ya..but add two kids, single mom...

I never thought in a million years it would come to this :(

Is any one else in this situation? No luck in the job hunt, finances rapidly dwindling, sanity unraveling. It is hard to feel good about yourself when you are failing in life. SIGH

Is any one else in this situation? No luck in the job hunt, finances rapidly dwindling, sanity unraveling. It is hard to feel good about yourself when you are failing in life. SIGH

Oh, fucking BULLSHIT! I am so goddamn sick of this propaganda! I have internet access right now b/c I am housesitting, one of many little side enterprises I am desperately scrambling for to keep up with bills. My usual living space is an uninsulated yurt with no electricity or running water.

I work two part-time jobs and as many side gigs as I can find, so long as they're ethical and legal. I have 15 years of experience and a college degree. I don't have a smart phone, I have a $10 Tracfone and no landline. My laptop is 3 years old, bought back when I last had a full-time job. My car is a 98 Subaru with an oil leak which I am trying to save up money to fix. I apply for every job I even THINK I might qualify for -- not just in my local area, either -- and 90% of the time I don't get even a "thanks but no thanks" response.

I am NOT lazy. I've worked since I was 13 years old. In fact, I WANT to work full-time. I NEED to work full-time. I have been looking for full-time work for 2 1/2 years and I count myself lucky to have the two part-time jobs I do have; but honestly, most months, my income is so low, that I qualify for food stamps.

Don't talk to me about the third world. I live in third-world conditions. I shit in an outhouse. I am a college-educated, job-experienced American who has never stopped looking for work, who cleans houses on the side whenever I can (believe me, house-cleaning gigs are HIGHLY competitive these days), and who has woken up on winter mornings to find the oil inside my oil lamps, frozen solid.

I bake my own bread b/c it's cheaper (and healthier. One of the upsides of my situation is that I have access t)o a large garden, and a neighbor with whom I trade bread for eggs. I can tomato sauce and apple sauce and blackberry jam and I scrounge, scrounge, scrounge. I am managing to save every month despite making less than $800 a month, usually. I work VERY hard to keep my head above water. I just pray that nothing serious happens to my old car, to my dog, or to myself. If I have a major crisis, I'm sunk.

I'm goddamn sick of people claiming that those of us who are poor are just lazy. Most poor folks work way harder than any rich folks could ever dream. And by the way, we're generally smarter, too; we are constantly having to budget and plot and plan and improvise. I'd love to see one of you smug assholes try to make it in the conditions I live in.

God will take care of you if you pray to Him.

You're just not trying to find a job hard enough. You need to pray to God to find you work and he will. It's simple, really. Don't send out any more applications, just pray and you'll be blessed.

God will take care of you if you pray to Him.