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for anyone keeping score at home, this could not be going worse. it took me three hours, two separate devices, and two different browsers to submit one form as soon as I could, which also means I missed a DOL job fair
almost any time I tried to upload a document, it said there was a problem and to try a different browser or device. got the same error on Edge and Chrome with my laptop and Chrome and Safari on my phone. almost a completely nonfunctional system
how much am I going to have to borderline harass the NYS Department of Labor to speak with me on the phone about this because shockingly “I logged into my account at a cafe in Bryant Park and the DOL thought I was in the Weimar Republic so now I’m locked out” is not in the FAQ
I logged into my account from the middest of Midtown Manhattan and received this message and now my benefits are being withheld. it cannot be overstated how much I fucking hate it here @NYSLabor get it togeth
I logged into my account from the middest of Midtown Manhattan and received this message and now my benefits are being withheld. it cannot be overstated how much I fucking hate it here @NYSLabor get it togeth
one of the very few perks of unemployment is 10am weekday movies that can help solve this problem but this theater is very central Manhattan on a weekend. is this story based on checking like one theater on one day after regular work hours or what
Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary has been selling out across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Tickets to see the film, however, are very much available in other boroughs: gothamist.visitlink.me/K-dUn…
Bed Stuy is defying the odds by having high value and low value chains on like the same block
Is The Cheesecake Factory Really a Restaurant for Regular Americans?
Here’s what the data show
washingtonsun.com/policy/che…
step one is already insurmountable for a country full of poor people whose health insurance is tied to their job
people really don’t know how to behave in public anymore. I was at a train station and walked by this woman from a normal distance when she whacked me with her duffel because she SWUNG it over her shoulder and then had the gall to mumble, “excuse YOU” after I fully passed her
it’s so funny but so sad that the lack of literacy means that the actual definition of the literacy crisis does in fact need to be be explained
