Being Unemployed is boring.......

[Moridin]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

 

[davewebbsbrain]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

What work are you looking for?

 

[Napster]

It could be worse. I've just come back from Mumbai, and the contrast between the haves and have-nots is incredible. Driving through the slums, and seeing them from my hotel's club lounge, was an unforgettable sight.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

My company announced some impending job cuts this morning .. thankfully i'm not at risk at this time

Chin up Moridin, hopefully both yours and SUFCs fortunes will improve rapidly

 

[WickfordShrimper]

nothing wrong with watching too much porn.lol

Honestly things will get better and enjoy the break cos work is just round the corner....

btw very good post :-)

 

[Moridin]

It could be worse. I've just come back from Mumbai, and the contrast between the haves and have-nots is incredible. Driving through the slums, and seeing them from my hotel's club lounge, was an unforgettable sight.

I can imagine that, just seeing what people have to go through to be fed, and coping without the things we take for granted such as clean water, makes you realise just how lucky we are.

I certainly would not be able to forget it either.

 

[Moridin]

My company announced some impending job cuts this morning .. thankfully i'm not at risk at this time

Chin up Moridin, hopefully both yours and SUFCs fortunes will improve rapidly

Job cuts do seem to be coming from everywhere, I have been freelancing, so was the first to go! I was working for a Housing Association that is in financial difficulty, so savings on staff costs are the easiest to make!

Sure my and the Blues fortunes will improve, what odds for a win at Elland Road tonight? :D

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Sure my and the Bules :stunned: fortunes will improve, what odds for a win at Elland Road tonight? :D

I think you've more chance of becoming an astrounaut upon this very afternoon :'(

 

[Kent Shrimper]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

It could be, you could support Col Ewe or Orient :clap:

 

[Moridin]

I think you've more chance of becoming an astrounaut upon this very afternoon :'(

Ha, I've changed the spelling now!

Well, I have to get a job, and Southend have to win soon, may as well be today! :)

 

[Moridin]

It could be, you could support Col Ewe or Orient :clap:

Very true! Although hearing Leicester City fans go on about how brilliant they are, and not knowing we are in the same league as them is beginning to grate.....

My closest male friend is a Grimsby Town fan, so at least we can laugh at him :D

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Southend have to win soon, may as well be today! :)

How long have you been having this delusional spells mate ?? .. oh though you did say in your initial post you feared for your sanity :stunned:

 

[londonblue]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

I was made redundant from my old job about 5 years ago. I was given 3 months gardening leave. All I had to do in that time was play the game and apply for some internal jobs. I applied for 3 and unfortunately was offered two of them!

For about a month and a half whilst that was happening I spent every afternoon at the golf club practicing my short game. For months afterwards I couldn't miss a pitch/chip. And my bunker play was superb.

In the end I went back, and left a month later with my redundancy in tact. I then started a new job straight away. (I left new years eve and started my new job on the 2nd Jan.)

Five years on my short game has gone to pot and my golf is really suffering. Oh, for being made redundant again!

 

[M@CC@ 16]

MRS Bun 1 min good place to start

 

[Nobby Snide]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

Mighty fine post and exactly what I'm feeling right now. Been back in UK for almost three weeks, applied for around 50 jobs, most of which are part time jobs, only to be told that I'm too experienced or the fact I've been out the country (albeit a fellow EU one) means that I have blighted my work record.
I know its tough, and something will happen at some point, and I wouldnt begrudge anyone thier job, but when I see some of the dross scuffing around in Wilkinsons, I do wonder what standard I am up against and what I'm doing wrong.

 

[Moridin]

How long have you been having this delusional spells mate ?? .. oh though you did say in your initial post you feared for your sanity :stunned:

Well I have said this week that JFC will be better than Patrick Viera, Barnard will stay fit for the rest of the season, and if I look at my mobile hard enough someone will call and offer me a £50 grand job.......

My sanity is most certainly slipping...... :stunned:

I was made redundant from my old job about 5 years ago. I was given 3 months gardening leave. All I had to do in that time was play the game and apply for some internal jobs. I applied for 3 and unfortunately was offered two of them!

For about a month and a half whilst that was happening I spent every afternoon at the golf club practicing my short game. For months afterwards I couldn't miss a pitch/chip. And my bunker play was superb.

In the end I went back, and left a month later with my redundancy in tact. I then started a new job straight away. (I left new years eve and started my new job on the 2nd Jan.)

Five years on my short game has gone to pot and my golf is really suffering. Oh, for being made redundant again!

That's great! I will probably be moaning about being tired and in need of a rest in a couple of weeks.....

Think all I have become good at is eating :D

 

[londonblue]

Well I have said this week that JFC will be better than Patrick Viera, Barnard will stay fit for the rest of the season, and if I look at my mobile hard enough someone will call and offer me a £50 grand job.......

My sanity is most certainly slipping...... :stunned:



That's great! I will probably be moaning about being tired and in need of a rest in a couple of weeks.....

Think all I have become good at is eating :D

A life long skill if ever there was one!

 

[Moridin]

Mighty fine post and exactly what I'm feeling right now. Been back in UK for almost three weeks, applied for around 50 jobs, most of which are part time jobs, only to be told that I'm too experienced or the fact I've been out the country (albeit a fellow EU one) means that I have blighted my work record.
I know its tough, and something will happen at some point, and I wouldnt begrudge anyone thier job, but when I see some of the dross scuffing around in Wilkinsons, I do wonder what standard I am up against and what I'm doing wrong.

Cheers Nobby!

I think this too experienced line really means that they are scared of us taking over with our superior skills and making them look stupid!!

That seems really harsh about companies not liking the fact you have gone away.

It does get to me too when I listen to Mrs Moridin and my friend moaning about their colleagues constant stupidity. I guess they must have the knack of blagging.....

 

[Kris]

When I first lost my job at the start of December, I thought a couple of weeks off might be very nice, relax a bit over xmas, think about where I am and where I want to go, things like that.

Begining my ninth week of sitting at home, it is starting to wear a bit thin. I seem to have developed an unhealthy obsession with Crisps, Chocky Biscuits, Porn, and NCIS. Not to mention being logged into Shrimperzone for approximately 38 hours per day.

In the nine weeks I have managed to get four job interviews through agencies, and not managed to get any of the posts, which is dissappointing to say the least. Especially as the reasons given were that I was too experienced, could not drive, did not have an enhanced CRB, and did not have knowledge of a specific piece of software. Oh well. Morons.

Spending days listening to a grumpy Landlord, not being able to go to the pub, ringing recruitment agencies, filling in job application forms, dealing with Housing Benefits, is definitely not the way to keep sane.

I honestly belive I am slowly going mental, and not in a good way. :)

To cap off my grumpyness, our lovely little football team seems to have gone s*** again. *sigh*

Sure everything will be alright in the end!

Are the rest of the Shrimperzone pub dwellers as grumpy as me in this cold, credit crunched, recession fuelled, and misery riddled January, or are there some positive tales to tell?

As my good friends tell me, it could be worse. :D

Your situation is more or less identical to mine. I too was made redundant at the beginning of December and have yet to find anything. Despite applying for several jobs I've got nowhere so far, not even an interview. I've applied for a couple of work experience placements this week as well, so hopefully at least one of them will take me on, which will boost my CV.

I'm OK for the moment as I managed to save a fair bit of cash last year, largely through restricting my nights out due to health reasons, but being unemployed is never good for one's self-esteem.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Barnard will stay fit for the rest of the season

I spose the only shock was it took Leeds 6 minutes to score