justdrew wrote:I guess one thing it says is that in Canada apparently you can quit your job and not be in immediate fear for one's own welfare (food, home, etc).
I owe 82_28 an apology on that front. In the thread after he'd just become unemployed I was a bit of a dick, saying three days without work was nothing to worry about, it'd pass, and if not it could be worse, and could last much longer. I was forgetting that there's basically no safety net in America, nobody can be "between jobs" for long at all without suffering a very serious reduction in living standards, or spending what little they've been able to save, or potentially facing the street.
I was looking at it from the perspective of an ungrateful (or, at least, not grateful enough) Welfare Stater. Sorry for that 82_28. It was a fair while back, I know, but I still regret the ignorant dismissive tone I stupidly used at the time. It came from the common enough assumption that everywhere in the world is basically the same as where I am. Hope things are going better now. All the best to you anyway, and sorry again.
82_28 wrote:Oh Jesus. Are you kidding? Welcome to the USA hosers. Ugh.
Yep. Exactly.