Layoff Bingo: Holiday Edition
| B | I | N | G | O |
| Wishing Rudolph could guide you through your state’s labyrinthine unemployment system | “We’ll begin interviewing after the holidays” | Glories stream from heaven afar: severance pay finally got deposited | Friend looks at you like you said Christmas was cancelled | Understanding that for you, Christmas actually is cancelled |
| Increasingly identifying with Bob Cratchit | Buy multiple deeply discounted pumpkin pies in the week after Thanksgiving | “Definitely looking to fill the opening sometime before Q2” | The numbing realization that severance pay is subject to tax | Relatives who haven’t applied to jobs in 20 years offering unsolicited advice |
| Sending job posting wish list to the North Pole | Feeling joyful and triumphant at getting application through ATS recruitment software | FREE SPACE
“It’s a weird time of year” |
Swallowing rage when friends complain about their company holiday parties | “You could always apply to grad school!” |
| Keeping the thermostat at a temp only Frosty the Snowman would love | Wondering if it’s too late to be a mall Santa | “You could always go into the trades” | Grinch-like indignation at local nonprofit’s holiday fundraiser request | “Bet we’re headed for the second Great Depression” |
| Liberal indulgence in Christmas cookies | Learning what a “ghost job” is and having a Heat Miser meltdown | Losing track of the day sometime in the first week of December | Having an informed opinion on all the latest Hallmark Christmas movies | “Just relax and enjoy the time off!” |