How Employment Insurance can make You stinkin' Lazy

Ok, so I've been back in the game of pursuing meaningful employment since late February.
Since then I have had quite a few invitations for meetings extended to me.
I have cancelled most of them once I found out details about the prospective opportunities!

Why?
Either too many work hours or laughable housewife earnings.
Since my last position paid a pretty penny, the government is obliged to support my search with a fairly hefty compensation, albeit temporarily.
I shall accept no position that pays less than my employment benefits! No Sir! It can't be done by any somewhat sane person.

Wait! Wait! Is this issue really about my perceived laziness - or has it yet again more to do with...

A LIVING WAGE?! 

Fuckers! The lot of them!

As long as I have this golden opportunity, I will fight for the aforementioned. I am making sure to let all of these prospective employers know about my dismay - in a highly professional and tactful manner fit for the real world, naturally.

Ef You See Kay Temping

That's it. I've made a decision. I am putting off Temp Work for as long as possible, hopefully forever.
I don't think that I will make a whole lot of valuable connections for networking, I don't think I will find a job this way that truly interests me, and I am not that desperate for money.
It's great that this option is available to me. And having that knowledge is enough right now.

Thank you Donna Summer, may you rest in peace!

Within the Realms of Possibility

Amazing! Located a great opportunity on no other but  - Craigslist!
I know for a fact that this ad is legitimate and that the company is congenial, because I know them personally. So I sent off my resume.

Two reasons why they might end up picking someone else over me, even though I make such a fresh, chipper, flexible and talented employee:

▪ I have only about 80% of the skills they are looking for. So I have to rely a bit on a "will train the right individual" attitude of the hiring manager.

▪ Uhm. This is a big one. My reputation. When I was working in that building, my company ended up in a huge kerfuffle with the government. People split up in camps and I found myself caught in the middle.  I ended up sympathizing with the fiery rebellious side and gossip travels fast in that vicinity so even the very biggest cheese of the entire community suddenly knew my face and my name. I caught him checking me out with deep distrust once: who is this unassuming nobody I've never noticed really?

I know I did the right thing by standing up for my beliefs. It was a matter of moral courage. Some of the staff of the company I just applied to congratulated the fiery rebellious ones, so there definitely was consensus. It's just that the big cheese wasn't having it and I might thus be flagged as "must never rehire".
The government doesn't declare an organization an "enemy of state" for nothing!

I'll give it another week exactly before calling that Temp Agency. 

To Temp or not to Temp?

I am booooored!
I'd like to go out again! Do stuff! Meet new people! See new things! Have experiences! Make myself useful! Unemployment does suck occasionally - actually increasingly so. 

I remember a time when I was scoffing at them ladies who got themselves a job just for the hell of it because all they were required to do was sit on the couch and eat bonbons. I always told myself that I would never - never! - not know what to do with my time when I have that luxury.

But look at me now. These semi-luxurious bonbons are getting mighty stale. (I do need to work again eventually, but I could take my sweet time until that managerial position finally becomes available, indeed.)
Is temping really a good idea?
Of course I am above such means of employment. I mean, seriously, who isn't?
But could it possibly be mostly a fun social experiment? Might I be able to not get caught up in that chopped liver feel that goes with temping? Could I perhaps secretly scoff at the absurdity of it?

Many things to ponder. I am still debating with myself. To temp or not to temp?

Until then I shall keep looking for work conventionally and examine my strange desire for temporary employment opportunities at this very location. Thank you.