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He Cut Off His Foot To Keep Jobless Benefits

J. Patrick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:05:07 +0000

I get that most people would rather have their time to themselves rather than work for a living, but who hates work more than 56-year old Hans Url of Austria? With his unemployment benefits being threatened because he hadn’t found a job yet, Url cut off his foot so he could qualify for permanent disability. [...]

Starbucks Worker Fired Because Of Internet Song [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:40:59 +0000

Have you ever wanted to tell your employer what you really thought about them? Well you can live vicariously through Christopher Cristwell. The Starbucks employee sang about his disgruntled colleagues and mocked fussy customers in his 'Starbucks Rant Song.' Cristwell was then fired in the middle of his shift Tuesday afternoon in Chowchilla, Calif.

Hear the song and watch the video after the jump.

Good-Paying Jobs, Going Nowhere – FAST!

George McIntyre — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:29:01 +0000

Get a haircut, and get a real job. But wait, that high-paying job with a bright future might not actually have such a rosy outlook after all. Newspaper reporters, and actually newspaper employees in general, will eventually become as common as the milkman. And in Genesee County, we’re painfully aware that General Motors’ workforce is [...]