The greatest thing about being unemployed...

I just hung up the phone with a solicitor from the local fire department wondering if I would purchase tickets to some event that would in return benefit the department, I think. A good cause I guess...but don't you hate it when you get those calls? I feel so guilty that all I am thinking about is how to hang up in the most polite way possible. But in these past few months I have realized I can turn that situation around quite quickly, making the caller feel all the guilt that seconds before I possessed! And I can tell it's working by the tone in their voices.

Caller: Would you like to...give us money?

Me: Oh, you know, I recently became unemployed and...Goodbye.

It was a little more difficult with the American Cancer Society, because I usually do give them money every year, but I think they understood. I think there must be a lot of unemployed people these days because a lot of callers don't even press on with their sales pitch...sometimes they just say, "I understand" and hang up, which I find more comforting.

So, the greatest thing about being unemployed, besides sleeping in, are the guilt free rejections you can offer to various non-profit organizations. (As you can see, this is by no means a good reason to quit your job!)