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    Default Would you file for unemployment if you lost your job?

    Interesting topic. Someone said something about pride and how they would not feel right sitting around when they were perfectly able to work.

    So. Would you file for unemployment and collect, or just keep your pride and hope to hell you dont run out of money?

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    If there was absolutely not one single alternative left, and i mean not even teh mcdonalds drive through, then yes. Other wise, i'd rather not leech off the government like a worthless system draining human being.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    If there was absolutely not one single alternative left, and i mean not even teh mcdonalds drive through, then yes. Other wise, i'd rather not leech off the government like a worthless system draining human being.
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    your thought does not count.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dtmcnamara
    your thought does not count. you drive a maxima, and you wanted information on buying a ebay exhaust for it...
    whoa whoa whoa there pahtna lol my thought still counts..i spent money for my exhaust..although its not installed i'm still waiting to get money together to get it done right and done

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    Short answer, no.

    I'd rather work and do my part to help this country's economy than add to the burden.

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    so is social security checks(not retired) for people to damn fat.lazy/make up reasons to work a bad thing or a good thing.

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    I could get a new job in no time if I needed it bad enough.


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    Not if I'm physically able to work

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    I would if i needed a constant flow of money, until i got a new job. i wouldn't rely on it for long. just a couple of weeks until i got a new one. after all thats what it was for originally.
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    id collect it

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    i cant find a damn job.. but i wasnt "let off".



    I was fired because i went to see my mom for a family emergency.. came back and didnt have a job. they said that I was unreliable and they couldnt keep changing the schedule for me.

    am I eligible for unemployment if i live with my parents and have no job but I've applied at almost every place in my town where I qualify.

    it sucks. i wish i could just go to work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckNorris
    i cant find a damn job.. but i wasnt "let off".



    I was fired because i went to see my mom for a family emergency.. came back and didnt have a job. they said that I was unreliable and they couldnt keep changing the schedule for me.

    am I eligible for unemployment if i live with my parents and have no job but I've applied at almost every place in my town where I qualify.

    it sucks. i wish i could just go to work.
    so thats why you be lookin up fat old ladies, tryin to find a suga momma.

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    you CAN just go work you goon. and no, when you're fired you're not entitled to unemployment you lazy fuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    you CAN just go work you goon. and no, when you're fired you're not entitled to unemployment you lazy fuck.
    In his situation, he might still be able to draw. I took a leave of absence from a job because I have a bad knee. I had a doctors note saying i needed to stay off my knee and not do manual labor. After about 2 weeks, I got a release note from my Dr. and my employer claimed that I abandoned my job and that they already filled my position. I filed for unemployment and it was granted. My previous employer came back and said I abandoned my job and I was supposed to pay back what I had made from unemployment. We ended up having a 3 way phone call with my old boss and someone from the DOL. I ended up winning the case and got my unemployment. Its a different situation, but kinda similar.

    Something else, it seems that everyone thinks that its the Government that is paying for unemployment....its not. Employers must pay a "unemployment insurance" for this very reason. The money comes from the previous employer, not the govt.

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    haha..

    i went out today, yesterday and every other day since i've gotten fired filling out applications, attaching resumes and calling for follow-up interviews. 2 weeks of this and I'm running out of money. 20 years old and I'm not in college. I'm actually selling my car to keep from getting back into credit card debt.

    dont judge me because i need money. I beg and plead for jobs, no one wants to hire me.
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    mcdonalds is hiring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    mcdonalds is hiring.
    not true. at least last time i checked.

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    not here..

    i've applied at all 4 in newnan
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckNorris
    not here..

    i've applied at all 4 in newnan
    See if homer can hook you up at the movie theater.

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    i'm calling shenanigans on mcdonalds and wal-mart not hiring. that's a load of horse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    i'm calling shenanigans on mcdonalds and wal-mart not hiring. that's a load of horse.
    nope its not a load of horse, ive applied at both back in eastman and followed up with each for 1.5 months(walmart a lil longer) and neither where hiring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    i'm calling shenanigans on mcdonalds and wal-mart not hiring. that's a load of horse.
    have you ever seen "the high cost of low prices?" obviously not...wal-mart is the closest thing to slave labor that still exists in America

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    Quote Originally Posted by willum14pb
    i'm calling shenanigans on mcdonalds and wal-mart not hiring. that's a load of horse.
    the two walmarts in athens have stopped hiring for now

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    it's a load, chuck says "i checked all the businessess in a 5 mile radius of my house!" Stop being such a pussy, i used to commute 20 miles on way. Someone is hiring, it may not be close, it may not be convenient,b ut someone is hiring. get off your ass and get out of your "house limits"

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    You guys are all doing something wrong. My 17 year old sister found a job her first time out.

    Maybe you guys should get out more and meet new people. In this world it's not so much what you know but who you know.. fucking tools!!


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    NO SHIT AT ALL I JUST HAD MILK AND A COOKIE. I DIPPED THAT BITCH AND EVERYTHING, SORT OF LIKE I DID MY NUTS INTO YOUR MOTHERS LOOSE VAGINA.
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    That......would be my bad. Sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SicStang03
    You guys are all doing something wrong. My 17 year old sister found a job her first time out.
    i dont have a vagina.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SicStang03
    You guys are all doing something wrong. My 17 year old sister found a job her first time out.

    Maybe you guys should get out more and meet new people. In this world it's not so much what you know but who you know.. fucking tools!!
    being 17 and finding a job is easy. any company can pick you up and pay you whatever because you have no experience...hell i have been offered jobs for $7-$8 an hour guaranteed 10-20 hours a week....but theres no way in hell i would take that. sorry, nothing against anyone else. But I am going from 40-60 hours a week full time...

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    Chuck did you also try Shine and Drive I know they are always going through employees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NewGen33
    Chuck did you also try Shine and Drive I know they are always going through employees.

    the detailing place down near tires plus? yeah i applied they told me they werent hiring.
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    I've collected unemployment, my mother had a stroke and I had to care for her until her passing, so my job agreed, saying they laid me off after her stroke, Sure collecting $800 a week doing nothing but being with her was nice, but the circumstances that made that happen was no good.

    Would I do it again? Impossible cause I own my own company..lol

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    it's not that i've never gone more than 5 miles from my house i've just applied at EVERY place 5 miles from my house.

    i have applied at many places in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Sharpsburg, Union City and ALL AROUND Newnan.

    I have a list of places written down I plan on applying. have 10 more to do, out of 45 total.

    I know how to find a job, it's just not happening right now.


    I have applied at wal mart. my dad is even best friends with the assistant manager of the newnan Kroger, but he said they arent hiring. I wouldnt bullshit, im not like that. happy you have a job but dont be a dick when I try really hard to find one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckNorris
    it's not that i've never gone more than 5 miles from my house i've just applied at EVERY place 5 miles from my house.

    i have applied at many places in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Sharpsburg, Union City and ALL AROUND Newnan.

    I have a list of places written down I plan on applying. have 10 more to do, out of 45 total.

    I know how to find a job, it's just not happening right now.


    I have applied at wal mart. my dad is even best friends with the assistant manager of the newnan Kroger, but he said they arent hiring. I wouldnt bullshit, im not like that. happy you have a job but dont be a dick when I try really hard to find one.
    I applaud you for really trying. Try Bruster's


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    NO SHIT AT ALL I JUST HAD MILK AND A COOKIE. I DIPPED THAT BITCH AND EVERYTHING, SORT OF LIKE I DID MY NUTS INTO YOUR MOTHERS LOOSE VAGINA.
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    That......would be my bad. Sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SicStang03
    I applaud you for really trying. Try Bruster's

    thanks man.

    brusters isnt hiring either haha... they said they dont have enough business because of the cold weather.

    every food place says "not hiring till spring", every clothing store says "we're fully staffed, but check back in a couple weeks"
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckNorris
    thanks man.

    brusters isnt hiring either haha... they said they dont have enough business because of the cold weather.

    every food place says "not hiring till spring", every clothing store says "we're fully staffed, but check back in a couple weeks"
    only good thing I have heard was from Lowes...they said try back in March

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    unemployment caps out at $360 ish a week...

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    i bugged home depot and lowes both.

    I used to build deck displays for home depot with my mom who was a vendor for homedepot lumber.

    I know all the managers in the atlanta area. none of them were any help.

    haha.. this is depressing.
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    i worked for homedepot landscape here in snellville before they went out of business. i went and talked to my old store manager and all she could say was i'll call you when someone is available. they were cutting back hours last i heard and with the stores that were closing most positions that will open will get filled with current employees getting pushed to other stores...

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    maybe yall should try circuit city, i heard that a lot of the employees where leaving there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    maybe yall should try circuit city, i heard that a lot of the employees where leaving there.
    lol...funny. Shit sucks. I know 5 people that use to work there...

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