Chris Christie: a very very short story

The State of New Jersey denied her unemployment claim because she “voluntarily” left her old job to accept a better paying job that ultimately laid her off. It’s true. She left her job of three years to start a new job, a better salary. We had a celebration when they hired her. Finally, we were getting ahead. Finally!

But then, after two months of mule labor—bringing work home, working weekends, work, work, work—her new employers decided they just couldn’t afford her salary, and laid her off.

They sent her home early on a Friday—“Great work this week!”—emailed her on Saturday—“We overestimated our hiring budget. Don’t come in on Monday. Sorry.”

After reading the email, she looked at me with tearful eyes, and asked: “What did I do wrong?” She was almost pleading for an answer. But before I could respond, she just clutched her chest, almost hysterical now, almost hyperventilating, and wept: “Oh god! Oh God! We have no income now!! What are we going to do, Charlie?! What are we going to do?!

“Don’t worry, baby,” I said, soothing her as best I could, “we’ll be ok, at least you can collect unemployment.”

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