# I am Jobless **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056 "2008-04-05T07:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/41 "2008-04-06T10:52:57Z")
The Volvo dealership just called. They want SR20,000 for repairs. That is to US$5,000. Grumble. One darn thing after another. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/42 "2008-04-06T13:53:33Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Thank you all. Thank you, **Priceguy.** Not to worry. I am fine. Just bored. My car ought to be out of the shop this afternoon. Then I can get out of the house and do something. [/QUOTE] You are an important part of the Dope. Your posts and your insight (and prior experience) have been most interesting. Wherever you end up, please make sure they have an internet connection. šŸ™‚ And good luck, I hope it will be a good place for a crazy expat. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/43 "2008-04-06T14:27:18Z")
Sending positive vibes to you and Onan. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/44 "2008-04-06T20:49:09Z")
Onan. Cool name. I hope things work out better than you ever expected. English teachers rock! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/45 "2008-04-06T20:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Onan. Cool name. [/QUOTE] Well, you know why so many parrots are named Onan, right? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/46 "2008-04-06T21:17:23Z")
Hope they get their shit together soon. Hang in there. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/47 "2008-04-06T21:20:14Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Well, you know why so many parrots are named Onan, right? [/QUOTE] Because he spills his seen on the ground ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/48 "2008-04-06T22:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] Because he spills his seen on the ground [/QUOTE] There were parrots in the bible!!!111!!! or maybe I was thinking of [spoiler] Parrots in Springtime. Try the Veal![/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/49 "2008-04-06T22:53:59Z")
Weā€™ll always have Parrotsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/50 "2008-04-06T23:15:17Z")
My spousette got laid off in October and her unemployment runs out the end of this month. She got an email from a job she interviewed for saying that she was their chosen candidateā€¦and that the position has been eliminated due to budgetary issues ā˜¹ :smack: :mad: I feel so bad for her. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/51 "2008-04-06T23:16:00Z")
I love Parrots in the Springtime ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/52 "2008-04-07T00:39:23Z")
Sounds like my life. My unemployment benefits run out in early May ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/53 "2008-04-07T02:20:33Z")
{{{Sympathy}}} I was unemployed for way too long and just became re-employed. Itā€™s not a job that would impress anyone, but I love it to pieces. If there were good re-employment vibes to be sent out to those who are looking, consider them sent. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/54 "2008-04-07T03:07:38Z")
[QUOTE=jellyblue] My spousette got laid off in October and her unemployment runs out the end of this month. She got an email from a job she interviewed for saying that she was their chosen candidateā€¦and that the position has been eliminated due to budgetary issues ā˜¹ :smack: :mad: I feel so bad for her. [/QUOTE] That was just mean. If the position was eliminated, they should have simply sent around a meassage to all of the candidates saying as much. Whatā€™s with this ā€œWe would have hired YOU, but we canā€™t haha!ā€ crap? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/55 "2008-04-07T03:32:33Z")
**Paul** sorry about your bad news. Add me to the chorus sending good vibes your way. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/56 "2008-04-07T04:31:16Z")
Wishing you and Onan the best **Paul**. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/57 "2008-04-07T05:20:24Z")
Sorry about your job, Paul. Iā€™m rooting for you to find something even better in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/58 "2008-04-07T05:29:35Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] That was just mean. If the position was eliminated, they should have simply sent around a meassage to all of the candidates saying as much. Whatā€™s with this ā€œWe would have hired YOU, but we canā€™t haha!ā€ crap? [/QUOTE] I know, it DOES sound mean. But she was actually glad to have the feedback that the interview went as well as she felt it had. And lots of the interviews sheā€™s gone on, she hearsā€¦nothing. And these are 5-hour-meet-the-entire-department interviews. For jobs sheā€™s over-qualified for. Gotta love this economy! Btw, sorry to hear about your job, **Paul**. Sending you some good mojoā€¦ Say, if you leave Arabia, are you going to have to change your user name? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/59 "2008-04-07T07:11:09Z")
[QUOTE=jellyblue] I know, it DOES sound mean. But she was actually glad to have the feedback that the interview went as well as she felt it had. And lots of the interviews sheā€™s gone on, she hearsā€¦nothing. And these are 5-hour-meet-the-entire-department interviews. For jobs sheā€™s over-qualified for. Gotta love this economy! [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Well, okay then. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056/60 "2008-04-07T13:38:01Z")
Paul, why donā€™t you try Northrop, Lockheed, L3, or one of the other larger contractors? With a working knowledge of arabic, you should be looking to either teach it here or work for them there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-jobless/444056.md?page=4)