10 Things Don’t Say To Jobless Friend

“Unemployed sucks. Yesterday, I heard back from two of my most recent spate of about 10 job applications. One was a sorry-we-decided-not-to-hire-anyone and the other was a sorry-we-decided-not-to-hire-you. When I was a young fiction writer with stars in my eyes, I used to save my rejection letters, with the fantasy of pulling them out in some future celeb interview. Ah well. These days I’m not so starry eyed or sentimental”/ First The Good News … List here . H/T: Treasured Valley (Treasure Valley Blogs)

• Talking past each other but in proximity /Fort Boise
• Idaho delegation weighs in — sorta — on Haiti arrests /Kevin Richert
• Minnick proposes ‘meaner’ health care reform? /MountainGoat Report
• No special access for capitol reporters /Randy Stapilus
• Helping the thaw /Nicole LeFavour, Notes from the Floor

Question: Can you add to the list provided by First The Good News re: things you shouldn’t say to someone who is unemployed in the current deep recession?