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I've only had one time in my life that I have been unemployed. And to tell you the truth it really wasn't all too bad. Yes, I admit, not having income to do things I wanted to was no vacation in the Bahamas', but it did give me some time to step back and take a look at my life.

The first thing I did was went to the employment office. I found the weirdest things. Did you know that your benefits are based on what you made almost 6 months before? This struck me as funny. I could have been working my tail off then for 18 dollars and hour as long as I planned to be employed 6 months later, then I could have cut my schedule in half and still made a killing on unemployment checks. I giggled as the man at the desk asked why I was there. "Well, I lost my job." Duh. I almost just had to respond. "The long lines resembled those of a roller coaster ride at six flags so I just had to see what happens when I get to the front." He then gave me a book of paper work to fill out. I started to wonder if I was filing for unemployment or writing an autobiography. They wanted to know every movement from grade school until that morning. One of my favorite questions was:

If you could go back in time and not get fired, would you?
My answer as a woman needing money was: "Or course." The answer that popped into my head was: Nope, I'm enjoying my ride too much here at the roller coaster known as unemployment.

When I was done with my life story I went back up to the front desk to turn everything in. The sad looking unhappy man at the counter told me in his best "clear eyes, dry eyes" voice, "your claim will be investigated in 2 to 8 business days, should you have new information that we might need, please feel free to contact us at your convenience". What he was really saying was: "Your claim will be dropped, battered abused under somebody's desk until they see fit to take it out and have a look-see. Should you have any new information that will guarantee your claim, please leave us a message so we can confidently loose it." I thanked the man and went on home.

2 weeks later I finally received a check in the mail. I was so happy to see some money finally. It's just so great when you can go visit the employment amusement park and after coming back from your 2 day stay, get paid for all your trouble.

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