[missmacabre]

Originally Posted by endo

Just to be clear, whether I'm getting the thread or not, I've applied everywhere in the time I've been out of work.

Walmart, Staple, Office Depot, McDonalds, Wendys,...you name it, I've applied for a job there. No one has called me back. So, I'm not a lazy ass who doesn't want work.
I'm one of the rare ones that would be willing to bust my ass for minimum wage to take care of my family.

I also never claimed unemployment. So, to the poster worrying about their tax dollars(ha!!) they weren't spent on me, even though I'm as entitled to them as anyone that pays taxes as was mentioned also.
But, I never went that route. I had money saved from my previous job which I thought I would end up retiring from.

The only thing I can gather is that folks would rather hire an 18 year old than a 40 year old.
My last employer and I left on pretty rough terms, and I hate to use him as a reference because he may kill me when called for a prospective job. But it's pretty hard not to, being there 8 years.

I'm trying my ass off and nothing.

We should switch locales. I am currently unemployed and looking like crazy because everyone here would rather hire a 40 year old who doesn't meet the job prereqs (Gr 12 diploma) but has a family to feed and house to pay for, than a 20 something desperate to move out before she kills herself and whom has a college diploma and is STILL continuing her education to find MORE job opportunities. I'm not saying you're not trying though. The world is fucked right now economy wise and just starting to get better. Are you totally computer savvy? The gov. will probably give you a bit of money to go to school and find out how to work Microsoft Office if you don't already know how. Also try e-mailing/calling the places where you applied and asking them what's up? Sometimes that kind of extra effort is all it takes to put you above the younger kids. But to be honest, who's going to hire a 40 year old to work at McDonalds when they can hire a hot blonde teen that will bring in all the hungry/horny 13 year old customers?