A World Gone Mad in a Really Bad Economy

     I just spent nine hours at the unemployment office.  No lunch. Two bathroom breaks. And feeling a wide range of emotions. Scared. Pissed off. Angry. Confused.  And much more.  It sucks, and I am not alone in this weird place of being without an income.  I, like a lot of people who are suddenly without an income, in a bad place right now.  I have a family to support, bills to pay, food to buy, and wondering when I’ll see a paycheck again.

     There is something really degrading about sitting in a waiting area, waiting to kiss some serious ass just to get a check that’s about three -quarters of what I was getting just two weeks ago. Sit here. Stand in this line. Wait, then wait some more. At 7:45 a.m. I began my wonderful day.  Then the waiting, and waiting, and waiting. No lunch. Wolfing down a quarter pounder at 5 p.m. is not my idea of good fun. But not a lot of choices, folks.  No desire to risk missing my one shot at the big money by dashing out for a nasty Subway mess, so I suffered while people around me chose to indulge in the fast food giants attempt at food. Yuck. But they looked good, so desperate was my very unhappy stomach’s desire for some sort of sustenance.

     So the day ended, much as it had begun, with me being pissed off and resentful of a system that demands that you grovel for a pittance.  Up early, in sub-freezing temperatures, to sit in a crowded room with other pissed off and resentful victims of a world gone mad, where jobs disappear seemingly overnight. Major companies fold and leave their workers with no way to pay for daily needs. Food. Shelter. keeping the furniture, at least a bed to sleep in.  The economy sucks. Everyone knows it, but we all hold our breath and hope it gets better. 

     The world is going down the crapper, and we all just want to hang on as long as we can.  Try not to get smothered by the flying …