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OddTod Laid Low by the Law
nickynicky9doors writes "The International Herald Tribune has a NYT article on the recent woes of Tod Rosenberg who started 'Laid Off: A Day in the Life'. Mr. Rosenberg started www.oddtodd.com to tell the tale of a laid off guy who spends days watching TV and eating chips. Oddtod became so successful Mr. Rosenberg reaped cash donations and national TV exposure. Unfortunately it also brought the attention of the Department of Labor who have explained the catch of having to be actively looking for work while collecting unemployment benefits. Another dot com bust."
I bet the Department of Labor just wishes they were as successful as this "unemployed" guy.
"Will work for 15 minutes of fame"
Money for nothing, pix for free
Maybe if he sends the Department of Labor a box of fudge stripe cook-ayes they'll forgive him. :)
"$405 a week..."
That's about 4x as much as I make as an employed college student. Somebody sign me up for unemployment!
Mr. Rosenberg started www.oddtodd.com to tell the tale of a laid off guy who spends days watching TV and eating chips.
I didn't know CowboyNeal's first name was 'Todd'....
When unemployment dries up, and your dot-com fails, I've heard that prostitution pays off pretty well.
Maybe he should try that?
Nobody is better at doing nothing than me. To prove my point; he's doing a show about him doing nothing while I'm doing nothing about me doing nothing.
There, I beat him fair and square.
Just make sure you don't tell anybody about it and you'll be fine.
Greetings, for free software!
Leave it to our good ol' Merkin government to make sitting on one's ass and eating potato chips a crime punishable by back taxes.
You're defending a guy's right to sponge off of public money and you have a .sig supporting the Libertarian party? Wow, that's irony.
To be eligible for unemployment, one must actively seek work. Pretty simple. Just noting on a webpage that gets a lot of hits that you are out of work doesn't count, or else just posting a resume on Monster would get you max benefits. The last thing you want to do after you get caught is fight it out in court. Not only will you have zero chance of winning, you'll likely just annoy the gov't into seeking recovery of previous payments and even charging you with fraud. The real moral of this story is that if you are leeching off unemployment and aren't even using some of the tried and true dodges to pretend you are seeking work, then don't draw attention to yourself. I mean, if you can't even be bothered to give cash to a buddy with a business and have him then write you a check for the same amount as payment for a "consulting job" so that you can use the check as proof of seeking gainful employment, why should anyone care? That's just disrespectful.
You're just jealous 'cuz the voices talk to *me*
C'mon, guys, give him a bit of credit. He's followed the dotcom business plan to the letter and made a few bucks!
Step 1: Register domain name.
Step 2: ??????????
Step 3: Profit!
Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
You know if a company goes out of business, then the Director of Business Development evidently wasn't developing enough business.
So, not only did he have a pretend job, but it could look like he wasn't even good at it.
I hope the cartoons work out, as he's found something he's good at.
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is downright depressing.
I would know.
You send 3 million resume's out to the world no one calls.
As a goof I listed as experience:
God/Emporer Of Networing
One company called and wanted to know what that entailed...
"You know, setting upsacrifices, virgin burning, the usual."
I don't blame this guy for blowing off a little steam.
This
$1500.00 for rent... Holy crap.. I strongly reccomend moving to the midwest or other technical center and get your cost of living to a reasonable level
I see this working...
Welfare Social Worker: So you got laid off in California and you moved here to collect benifits?
Me:Yes, A poster on slashdot told me it was cheaper to rent here.
Welfare Social Worker: You know you have to live and work in THIS state for X months before you can collect benifits from our state?
Me:You mean that poster didn't think seriously about it before he said it?
Welfare Social Worker: Exactly! Have a nice day!
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