Unemployed Men Should Not Be At The Bar
Sadly, the recession has hit everyone. We’re all looking at our finances, asking ourselves why we didn’t set aside 3 months worth of living expenses, whispering about our friends who’ve lost their jobs, and praising Allah that we still have a steady paycheck. Hell, even Mustang has lost a night at his bouncing gig because people aren’t partying as much.
I’ve been noticing a number of blogs out there are posting about men not splurging on drinks for women anymore. They are unemployed and can no longer afford these luxuries. I don’t want an unemployed man to buy me a drink anyway, so I don’t really care. But as a regular on the drinking scene, I’ve met several men in bars who have recently been laid off. These men aren’t there networking or trying to build their brand, they are ordering pitchers and getting wasted.
As my regular readers know, men never buy me drinks anymore- not since I stopped wearing whore clothes and send out a clear “I will not sleep with you tonight” vibe. I’m not going to bitch about how men can’t afford to buy women drinks, or how they are using the recession as an excuse to be greedy with their money, what I am pissed about, is that they are in the bars in the first place.
In a disastrous and frightening scenario in which I would lose my job, the first place I would go to would be a bar. Then, 2 days later when the hangover is gone, I would check my finances, and decide how to make my money last as long as possible. I would probably decide that drinking in a bar is WAY too expensive. Count the cab ride there, the 5 pitchers I would have, the cab ride home and the stop off at the convenience store to get myself some Doritos and Mr Noodles, it can get pretty pricey.
These unemployed men, and I do feel bad for them, should be hitting the liquor store and buying the cheap vodka, calling up their buddies and drinking their sorrows away at home. Why do you need to be in a bar to do that? You can yell at the women on the street if you need to get the whole rejection feeling like you do at the bar.
Tags: beer, drinking, recession, unemployment
February 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
In defense of unemployed men in bars:
Darcie…if they got a good package (not that kind, you dirty girl!!!)…the financial kind, then why not enjoy it for a bit before heading back to the next job? Call it a paid vacation. Plus, maybe they are secure in the fact that they know they’ll get a job easily…or even have prospects already and just need to choose where to go next. Maybe they are just having fun and biding their time till they have to go back…nothing wrong with that!!
February 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Is Twyla dating an unemployed boozer? Huh… guess I should have seen that coming.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Twyla, if they have cash, they can come to the bar. They can/should buy me drinks.
Ryan, it sounds to me like she is. But during the recession we can’t call them losers. We have to call them “recession victims”
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 am
“Unemployed Men at The Bar” is still better than …
1. “Unemployed Men getting VIP Lap Dances at a Strip Club”
2. “Unemployed Men who still goes to metrosexual spas and get man-scaped”
3. “Unemployed Men blowing their severance package, or lack there of, at Casino Rama”
and the WORST THING an Unemployed Man can do….
Drum roll please….
4. “Unemployed Men brainwashed by a multilevel marketing scam that keeps trying to recruit you.”
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
LOL.
Great post….and I agree with you 110%
There is nothing more hilarious than an unemployed man going to the bar, throwing his remaining cash around buying plenty of drinks for everyone, meeting a girl and locking down a first date……and then taking that date to McDonalds for the Dollar Menu because he can’t afford anything else…
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Hahaha…well, at least he would have paid. That would be something new for me :-)
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
@madcow-I forgot about casinos! There are always unemployed people there…you can tell who they are, they usually leave their kids waiting in the car.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
In defense of unemployed men in casinos:
Nahhhh….I’m not doing this again! So much for devil’s advocate.
Enuf that you have given me an “unemployed boozer” as a boyfriend…I say anymore and he’ll also have a gambling addiction. Thanks Ryan and Darcie!!