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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #100 on: January 26, 2012, 07:40:52 AM »
So did FatN apply at the chinese food place next to the old burger joint or what? The chinese love having mexicans cook their foor for them.
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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #101 on: January 26, 2012, 07:49:49 AM »
The waking up in the morning part is CRUCIAL. Your whole being, self confidence and productivity depends on it. Start waking up after noon more than a couple of times in a row and you're already halfway to becoming a pathetic slob.

This is so true.  I was laid off about 9 years ago and I took a day to let the shock sink in, but then I got up the same time I normally did for work and spent as much or more time in the job hunt.  Had a new (better) job in a month.  It isn't an easy process, but I threw myself into the search and made that my job...days went by and I felt accomplished.  Certainly some days were better than others, but when the calls and emails for interviews started coming in it felt worthwhile.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #102 on: January 26, 2012, 07:54:59 AM »
random ideas...

lift like crazy.  turn off the tv.  stay sober.  start a business.  you'll find some hobby to fill the time, make sure its a good one.  Start 3 businesses.  See what works.

Get the unemployment.  Stay happy.  try to keep a similar schedule (getting up at same time, getting dressed, staying active 9-5 with your work shoes on instead of your pajamas.  Talk to old friends on facebook.  invent a job for yourseelf.  "Oh, you sell widgets?  Heck, you should pay me 20% of all the widgets I can sell for you..." 

I've spent unemployed months in a funk, staying up til 4 am and feeling like a bum.  It got better when i started pretending I had a job, and spent all day 'at work' even though I didn't have a job.  Starting businesses, applying places, talking to people, just being seen.

This is actually a very good post with good suggestions
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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #103 on: January 26, 2012, 07:59:04 AM »
So did FatN apply at the chinese food place next to the old burger joint or what? The chinese love having mexicans cook their foor for them.

C'mon, dude. One or two quips is all right but the man got fired. Whether he was a CEO or burger flipper, it sucks to be unemployed. It's far better than some fat Mexican illegal who's working under the table and not paying taxes.

Hope you find a new job, my man. Take a day or two to recoup and then start banging out the resumes! 8)

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #104 on: January 26, 2012, 08:09:11 AM »
No big deal FatN, you can hang with your cousins in the Home Depot parking lot, cash under the table.... ;)
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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #105 on: January 26, 2012, 08:14:46 AM »
I've been a member since 2005? Okay, I'd like to share something. I got laid off today. It still hasn't sunk in....not sure what to think. So give me your best shot, act like an asshole because it'll probably give me a nice laugh I hope.

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P.S. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody bros regardless of age.
sorry to hear it thought it said laid brfore i clicked on it. at least you ain't this guy ...YET
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« Reply #106 on: January 26, 2012, 08:16:53 AM »
The economy really hitting McDonalds hard huh? :(

Not really.  McDonald's yeilded one of the highest return %'s of 2011 fortune 500.  Looks like the worse the economy gets the more business fast food takes in.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #107 on: January 26, 2012, 08:17:23 AM »
Hey FatN, maybe your "god" gh15 could help you out, you are one of his elfs right? There has to be some kind of compensation for that?!?
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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #108 on: January 26, 2012, 08:19:05 AM »
I've been a member since 2005? Okay, I'd like to share something. I got laid off today. It still hasn't sunk in....not sure what to think. So give me your best shot, act like an asshole because it'll probably give me a nice laugh I hope.

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P.S. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody bros regardless of age.

Not sure where you worked, what industry or what you did.  But shame on you for not networking and not having a contigency plan in place.  People who think they are indispensible are assholes.  Everyone is dispensible.  I work with the mentality that I can be laid off any given day.  I am prepped for it and don't care if it happens.  That's because I wasn't too arrogant to think my company can't live without me.  They can live without anyone.  No one is indispensible. No one.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #109 on: January 26, 2012, 08:23:41 AM »
Start your own business, become a trainer. At least if you lose a client you don't lose your entire income.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #110 on: January 26, 2012, 08:41:13 AM »
Start your own business, become a trainer. At least if you lose a client you don't lose your entire income.

That's what my backup plan is. I know my employer hates me and is waiting to give me the boot. If and when I do get canned I already have little side projects and small income streams. I've been repairing smart phones in my spare time and I never knew how much cash it could bring in. I've got a few coworkers I train after work too.

I've seen kids sell iPhone and smart phone replacement parts that are legit millionaires now. Some kid on bodybuilding.com is doing this and a friend I have in real life is also cashing in. He sold me a bunch of iPhone 4 replacement screens and I've been doing that in my spare time and it's killer income.

Takes maybe 20 minutes to pop off the old one and put the new one in. People pay $100 or more plus the cost of the screen. And there is an endless supply of boneheaded dickbags who drop their iPhones all the time. I wish I got into this before it got big because my friend does this for a living and is paying his way and his wife's way through school.

Just got to find a couple small niches and work with them. If it bombs, whatever... just a bit of your time and maybe a bit of cash. But when you find something that works, you're your own boss with no cock sucker to answer to. My wife will be done school too and will make almost twice as much as I'm making now, so I'll probably start a business and never have to answer to some limp dick again.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #111 on: January 26, 2012, 08:57:45 AM »
Lovemonkey's and Devilsmiley's advice are very good.
Bay's is the best but requires high education and being an achiever.
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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #112 on: January 26, 2012, 08:58:15 AM »
Sorry bro  :'(

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #113 on: January 26, 2012, 09:09:20 AM »
Kwon_2 are you new around here?  I'm still not sure why but I've had more than my share of threads here.  :-\


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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #114 on: January 26, 2012, 10:01:11 AM »
I've been a member since 2005? Okay, I'd like to share something. I got laid off today. It still hasn't sunk in....not sure what to think. So give me your best shot, act like an asshole because it'll probably give me a nice laugh I hope.

- Discuss

P.S. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody bros regardless of age.

There is no recovery in the economy despite what the Kenyan-in-Chief says.   

The only hope for those laid off is self employment and 12 plus hours a day trying to get business.



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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #115 on: January 26, 2012, 10:03:45 AM »
That stinks. Sorry to hear about your loss of a job.  :(

Money rules the race and it is this very thing that will be its ultimate downfall.

Unless we're smashed by a meteor, of course.

Hang tough and never let the bastards bring you down.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #116 on: January 26, 2012, 10:03:53 AM »
Don't worry. Obama will give you an unemployment check for two years so you can chill with the rest of the slackers.  If he gets elected again it might get bumped to three years.

Seriously, I hope you find a job and that it's better than the one you had.

Are you implying there is no shortage of jobs, just a shortage of willing applicants? Because if you are, I think you are dead wrong!

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #117 on: January 26, 2012, 10:07:46 AM »
Are you implying there is no shortage of jobs, just a shortage of willing applicants? Because if you are, I think you are dead wrong!


No employer will hire until obama is gone.   obama is the single most depressant on this economy than any other factor whatsoever by a factor of 10   


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« Reply #118 on: January 26, 2012, 10:09:43 AM »
Not really.  McDonald's yeilded one of the highest return %'s of 2011 fortune 500.  Looks like the worse the economy gets the more business fast food takes in.

Right, because it is almost cheaper to buy fast food than it is to buy food at the store and cook it at home. Also, if your living in your car and don't have a way to cook food, it's a semi-hot meal.

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« Reply #119 on: January 26, 2012, 10:11:07 AM »
Right, because it is almost cheaper to buy fast food than it is to buy food at the store and cook it at home. Also, if your living in your car and don't have a way to cook food, it's a semi-hot meal.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #120 on: January 26, 2012, 10:15:14 AM »
That's what my backup plan is. I know my employer hates me and is waiting to give me the boot. If and when I do get canned I already have little side projects and small income streams. I've been repairing smart phones in my spare time and I never knew how much cash it could bring in. I've got a few coworkers I train after work too.

I've seen kids sell iPhone and smart phone replacement parts that are legit millionaires now. Some kid on bodybuilding.com is doing this and a friend I have in real life is also cashing in. He sold me a bunch of iPhone 4 replacement screens and I've been doing that in my spare time and it's killer income.

Takes maybe 20 minutes to pop off the old one and put the new one in. People pay $100 or more plus the cost of the screen. And there is an endless supply of boneheaded dickbags who drop their iPhones all the time. I wish I got into this before it got big because my friend does this for a living and is paying his way and his wife's way through school.

Just got to find a couple small niches and work with them. If it bombs, whatever... just a bit of your time and maybe a bit of cash. But when you find something that works, you're your own boss with no cock sucker to answer to. My wife will be done school too and will make almost twice as much as I'm making now, so I'll probably start a business and never have to answer to some limp dick again.

There are a lot businesses that can be started with little capitol. I started mine with about $100 for business cards.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #121 on: January 26, 2012, 10:25:27 AM »
There are a lot businesses that can be started with little capitol. I started mine with about $100 for business cards.

Yep. There's no excuse for just sitting around.

You can fix computers for old people, train acquaintances, do odd jobs, etc. Anything is more respectable than being a complete bum.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #122 on: January 26, 2012, 10:30:43 AM »
Yep. There's no excuse for just sitting around.

You can fix computers for old people, train acquaintances, do odd jobs, etc. Anything is more respectable than being a complete bum.

I agree.

you can start playing sports, basketball ,MMA ,baseball.... if you are really good you can make good money.

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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #123 on: January 26, 2012, 10:33:21 AM »
I've been a Virgin since 2005? Okay, I'd like to share something. I got laid today. It still hasn't sunk in....not sure what to think. So give me your best shot, act like an asshole because it'll probably give me a nice laugh I hope.

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P.S. I  wish this upon bros regardless of age.


I corrected your typos you can thank me later.


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Re: I got laid off today! Still has not sunk in...
« Reply #124 on: January 26, 2012, 10:34:27 AM »
Yep. There's no excuse for just sitting around.

You can fix computers for old people, train acquaintances, do odd jobs, etc. Anything is more respectable than being a complete bum.

I'm on the same boat. And imma start my biz with barely nothing, using free stuff: facebook, twitter, youtube, plus gfs lend camera. When i start making some profit i'll invest in some website templates, business card and regional advertising.
The goal is to at least keep paying the bills and from there, the more the better.
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