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thejunipertree) wrote2003-07-14 06:36 am
thejunipertree) wrote2003-07-14 06:36 am
home again
Mz. C has been safely deposited at the airport, though I was ogled by Amish children in the process. Father! A painted woman!
No. They didn't really say that.
And I am now safely at home. Though my mouth is stinging strangely and painfully at my first few mouthfuls of tea. I am a weirdo, so I've swished it around in my mouth for the full effect.
Yes, I also pull out my hangnails with a pair of tweezers. And deliberately put lemon juice on small wounds.
Why am I not in bed, you ask?
Well for one thing, my bed has been replaced with a small mountain of clothing. For the past ten days, I've been sleeping upstairs at the Engineer's apartment during Carrie's visit and only coming home for necessities or to tend to my creatures. I've also largely ignored the very empty laundry basket in front of my bedroom door. All clothing has been thrown on my bed for future sorting. This makes for a very large mess. Especially when one's bedroom is twelve feet by three feet.
Also, I have to administer Emperor Nympho's insulin shot at 7am.Why go to bed at 5:30, when you have to be up at 7? Fuck all that noise, I say.
Also also, I have a phone interview with the unemployment office at 1:40 in the afternoon. Though I plan on getting some snoozing wedged in beforehand. The letter they sent me states that they may not call me exactly at that time and to leave the following two hours free.
Jesus Christ.
I'm a bit worried about this interview, actually. I was fired from my job for reasons which can be deemed as misconduct, according to the website.
If you were fired or discharged from your job because you did something not in the best interests of your employer (like breaking company rules or policy), you may be disqualified from collecting benefits. This kind of discharge is known as "misconduct." The disqualification would begin the week the firing or suspension occurs and continue for the next five weeks. After the disqualification period ends, you may be able to collect benefits.
If you were fired for any reason that is serious enough to be considered a crime under the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice," you may be disqualified from collecting benefits indefinitely. This is known as a "gross misconduct" discharge. To remove a "gross misconduct" disqualification, you must return to work for at least 4 weeks, earn 6 times your weekly benefit rate, and become unemployed through no fault of your own. In addition, the wages you earned with the employer who discharged you cannot be used to establish an unemployment claim or to remove a disqualification.
Considering the fact that what I was fired for isn't criminal, I should assume that everything is going to be okay and I'll get my pity check in the mail. However, due to my prior experience with formal interviews with The Powers That Be (i.e. British Immigration), I'm a bit leery about conducting business with government officials.
Yes, yes. The American unemployment office and British Immigration are two totally different sets of systems. But, it has given me a severe distaste for dealing with official people of any sort.
Add on top of that the fact I'll be doing this on a tiny amount of sleep and you've got a very sketchy me.
Right. I'm off to shoot the cat full of drugs, then pass out across my mother's bed.
No. They didn't really say that.
And I am now safely at home. Though my mouth is stinging strangely and painfully at my first few mouthfuls of tea. I am a weirdo, so I've swished it around in my mouth for the full effect.
Yes, I also pull out my hangnails with a pair of tweezers. And deliberately put lemon juice on small wounds.
Why am I not in bed, you ask?
Well for one thing, my bed has been replaced with a small mountain of clothing. For the past ten days, I've been sleeping upstairs at the Engineer's apartment during Carrie's visit and only coming home for necessities or to tend to my creatures. I've also largely ignored the very empty laundry basket in front of my bedroom door. All clothing has been thrown on my bed for future sorting. This makes for a very large mess. Especially when one's bedroom is twelve feet by three feet.
Also, I have to administer Emperor Nympho's insulin shot at 7am.Why go to bed at 5:30, when you have to be up at 7? Fuck all that noise, I say.
Also also, I have a phone interview with the unemployment office at 1:40 in the afternoon. Though I plan on getting some snoozing wedged in beforehand. The letter they sent me states that they may not call me exactly at that time and to leave the following two hours free.
Jesus Christ.
I'm a bit worried about this interview, actually. I was fired from my job for reasons which can be deemed as misconduct, according to the website.
If you were fired or discharged from your job because you did something not in the best interests of your employer (like breaking company rules or policy), you may be disqualified from collecting benefits. This kind of discharge is known as "misconduct." The disqualification would begin the week the firing or suspension occurs and continue for the next five weeks. After the disqualification period ends, you may be able to collect benefits.
If you were fired for any reason that is serious enough to be considered a crime under the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice," you may be disqualified from collecting benefits indefinitely. This is known as a "gross misconduct" discharge. To remove a "gross misconduct" disqualification, you must return to work for at least 4 weeks, earn 6 times your weekly benefit rate, and become unemployed through no fault of your own. In addition, the wages you earned with the employer who discharged you cannot be used to establish an unemployment claim or to remove a disqualification.
Considering the fact that what I was fired for isn't criminal, I should assume that everything is going to be okay and I'll get my pity check in the mail. However, due to my prior experience with formal interviews with The Powers That Be (i.e. British Immigration), I'm a bit leery about conducting business with government officials.
Yes, yes. The American unemployment office and British Immigration are two totally different sets of systems. But, it has given me a severe distaste for dealing with official people of any sort.
Add on top of that the fact I'll be doing this on a tiny amount of sleep and you've got a very sketchy me.
Right. I'm off to shoot the cat full of drugs, then pass out across my mother's bed.
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Learn something every day.
Good luck with unemployment -- in my experience, the people there are dumb as dirt, make you want to say what you're thinking, but will ultimately make with the check, as it's really *your* money, anyway -- seeing as you pay into the fund. At least that's how NY seems to work. *luck* for you.
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first the Chinese buffet - now the airport.
WHAT A SCAM.
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Most likely, they will suspend your claim, and you'll have to start the whole process again after about a month of waiting. :P