Well, I've been in effect, out of a job (unemployed) for over two years now. There WAS a little six week period from late November where I tried my hand at selling in a call center and failed miserably. I had heart palpitations in doing so and my doctor said that was indication enough that I had no business trying that.
You always run into people who ask the insulting question, "Well, have you been looking?" They can't conceive that there really are no jobs out there.
Early on I did as suggested and looked for work delivering pizzas for every pizza place you can imagine and so I continue. They told me to go to their website and I have applied and continue to several times a week at every major pizza outlet and every non-national, private one I can find.
The funny thing is that even someone who criticizes the jobless rate acts as if these jobs have people on street corners begging people to apply. This is NOT the case.
But people continue to judge and site how they worked jobs that didn't pay well and manual labor jobs. That's all well and good and I'm proud of them, but when you become disabled as I have, there are real limits as to what you can do. Another one was clerking at a convenient store. Same story. I am on the roster and apply weekly at Sheetz, Kangaroo, and all the others to no avail, but I continue to do so and continue to get accused of not trying. in subtle and not so subtle ways.
The Social Security folks, by the way say there's no way you can be applying for disability while at the same time looking for a job. Even so, I've applied every where I can think of and some where others have suggested. I know what I've done and am doing.
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