did you go bonkers while out of work ?

Suarez7 · 15 Feb 2014 at 04:15

Far too much porn to get through to be bored.

chief barker · 15 Feb 2014 at 05:07

wazza300 said:
nope but I went bonkers while in work

^ This

Edit. Not telling what happened.

Milanolatino24 · 15 Feb 2014 at 10:15

i was off work last year for 6 months due to ill health, i was that board i took up baking... (got pretty good) i built a avery in my shed..... yes i know random, built another gaming rig that i didnt need and i also ruining my sleeping pattern! going to bed at 3am waking up sometime in the afternoon! in other words i was tearing my hair out

ChrisJSY · 15 Feb 2014 at 10:24

soundood said:
only boring people get bored, and I swear by this,

Yeah, I'm surprised that people are getting that bored after a few days or weeks. Then again, most of my entertainment comes from the internet and I spent too much time on it but it keeps me busy.

Amp34 · 15 Feb 2014 at 10:56

Jez said:
Why dont you just go and get some temp work through whichever agency is nearest? Yes it will pay badly but it would give you something to do?

My O/H was made redundant during pregnancy therefore cant really get another job just yet, so she is just going company to company temping until the baby is due, it took about 2 days to set up post redundancy.

It's amazing how difficult it is to get temp work if you don't have office or warehouse experience. Many agencies wouldnt even take my CV when I tried to do this when I left uni...

toshj · 15 Feb 2014 at 11:37

I've been out of work for 15 months now. It gets a little tiresome and a bit lonely, but I read a lot and can generally keep myself busy - had a few interviews but nothing really interests me so far.

willhub · 15 Feb 2014 at 12:30

I was getting depressed, the only thing that kept me from going insane was cycling, if I'm out of work I'll do 300 miles a week, now with work I barley do 150. Still get in a depressing mood quite often though, not sure why.

quigleyjames50 · 15 Feb 2014 at 16:33

I got back from travelling on 8th December and start my new job Monday (sorry to rub it in, but, go me!)

I was looking for work the entire time I was back (little over 2 months) and I was going very stir-crazy. It is difficult, I was even used to not doing anything as I was travelling before, but it's very different being sat around at home twiddling your thumbs.

I found the hardest thing was making my money last, I just sat on the internet buying crap from the rainforest, the lightning deals over that period didn't help.

Pestilence · 15 Feb 2014 at 16:50

quigleyjames50 said:
I got back from travelling on 8th December and start my new job Monday (sorry to rub it in, but, go me!)

I was looking for work the entire time I was back (little over 2 months) and I was going very stir-crazy. It is difficult, I was even used to not doing anything as I was travelling before, but it's very different being sat around at home twiddling your thumbs.

I found the hardest thing was making my money last, I just sat on the internet buying crap from the rainforest, the lightning deals over that period didn't help.

That's the thing. If you were out of work with no money concerns whatsoever, would you still go mad?

It seems managing money is the main problem, rather than filling time.

Iamzod · 15 Feb 2014 at 16:50

Been out of work twice. Longest period was about 10 days, I made 9-5 job hunting time, ended up attending several interviews & got 4 offers.

No time to go bonkers, job hunting is a job itself.

Caged · 15 Feb 2014 at 16:56

10 days is very lucky - was that 10 days to an offer or 10 days to actually starting?

Either you found the jobs at the end of the listing period and it lined up nicely with the month start, or HR were efficient.

Iamzod · 15 Feb 2014 at 18:29

Caged said:
10 days is very lucky - was that 10 days to an offer or 10 days to actually starting?

Either you found the jobs at the end of the listing period and it lined up nicely with the month start, or HR were efficient.

Lost job at one company & got another through an agency a week later which lasted 3 months as it turned out they were in a bit of a state & I got phoned on Sunday telling me not to go in Monday.

I was then naughty & accepted two offers with different start dates. I worked for one company who wanted an immediate start as they were desperate & then handed my notice in after 3 weeks as I had a start date for the job I actually wanted a week later, I had already accepted this offer when I accepted the first job but wasn't prepared to wait for 5 weeks to start.

Blackjack Davy · 15 Feb 2014 at 19:08

Pestilence said:
That's the thing. If you were out of work with no money concerns whatsoever, would you still go mad?

Personally, yeah. I need something to do, more importantly I need focus, a purpose. Just sitting around drinking cocktails or whatever would get very boring after a while.

I once did some work for a bloke he had his own cleaning company, built it up from scratch, sold it eventually for a couple million, retired at 40. Had everything you could imagine, money, big house, fast cars, girlfriend, couple kids.

He would buy up old houses, do them up, paint and decorate them himself, just for something to do. He was bored rigid. Had no focus, see. You need something to make you get out of bed in the morning. Or at least I do.

Caged · 15 Feb 2014 at 19:30

I think removing the need for people to work to survive could lead to some really great things - people would try things that sound totally crazy and likely to fail because they don't need it to work to carry on eating. And then 1% of the time we might discover something great.