7
Dec
Posted in Footloose and Freelance | No Comments »
photo credit: Ollie Crafoord
Let’s talk unemployment attire. Or, work-from-home attire, if you prefer.
For YUD, it goes something like this: Wake up in the morning, take off pajamas as a matter of propriety, put on workout pants of some sort (usually black, once in a while gray), a sports bra of some ilk (usually black, once in a while white), a t-shirt or tank top depending on the heat in my apartment (right now it’s actually kind of cold, so I have topped the ensem with a zip-up sweatshirt with a high collar that, while made by Banana Republic in the early 2000s, might pass for something ’70s era if you squint).
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Tags: banana republic, barefoot organization, barefooters.org, employee appreciation day, employment wear, fanny pack, hard rock, new york, opening ceremony riding boots, painful shoes, puma, running shoes, times square tourist, tj maxx, too-tight khaki shorts, tourist outfit, union square, work-from-home attire, work-from-home lifestyle
5
Nov
Posted in Single Lady | 3 Comments »
photo credit: Sumlin
After all my talk of sleep yesterday I had a rather weird night last night. I had vowed to go to bed at a more reasonable time, wake up early (well, earlier than 1), and get started on the day. So I was deep in sleep by 3 am, when my neighbor came home, turned on her favorite numbingly repetitive tunes, and proceeded to have a tantrum involving extensive sobbing and wall-beating. Oh dear.
Poor neighbor. For some reason I suspect that her angst has something to do with a man rather than a job, for then she was on the phone, and occasionally yelling, and no one does that to former or potential bosses—do they?
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Tags: behavior with neighbors, city living, civility, grown woman, house hunters, insomnia, living space, manhattan, move to brooklyn, neighbor tantrum, new york, new york city, relationship troubles, rude neighbors, thin walls, waking in the middle of the night
29
Sep
Posted in Stranger Than Fiction | No Comments »
photo credit: yewenyi
Ever notice how certain cities, like New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, have more nail salons per block than Starbucks? And they offer cheap, quality services—on certain nights of the week, your mani and pedi might even run you less than your fancy caffeinated bev and pumpkin bread snack. And it will sure as hell last you longer.
On the other side of the coin we have places like my parents’ neck of the woods in Florida, where strip malls feature a higher ratio of hospital equipment stores and check-cashing venues to spas or cofffeshops. It all depends on where you live, I suppose.
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Tags: boston, brooks locke, D.C., getting the milk for free, illinois, job lessons, kishwaukee community college, malta, nail salons, nails times, new york, renew and relax, starbucks, washington
26
Jun
Posted in Folklore | No Comments »
photo credit: Castaway in Wales
One among us has experienced that which we all fear – the dreaded UNEMPLOYMENT ORIENTATION. Read on for a glimmer of hope in these trying times. Come now. You have “nowhere to be in a hurry.”
I woke up bright and early (8:30 am) and headed on down to the Brooklyn “government center,” as I call it (it contains the IRS, Social Security, and Unemployment offices), expecting a simple affair.
From what I’d heard, your basic unemployment orientation consists of sitting around with a group of fellow unemployees listening to a government worker talk about how to apply for jobs. You present your résumé, and that’s that.
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Tags: brooklyn, finding a job, government center, government workers, job opportunities, new york, unemployment orientation
