How to cheat the system…

Overheard on the airplane last night from LAX to IAD…

Two women sitting behind us in first class (yep, I actually GOT an upgrade), one asked the other what she did.  The answer?  “Oh, I’m collecting unemployment.”

WTF??? She’s collecting unemployment and riding in first class???

The woman then proceeds to lay out EXACTLY how she’s cheating the system (and not quietly either)…

Laid off school teacher, been on unemployment since LAST YEAR!  She said she has another 40 something weeks to go.  The other lady asked if she was trying to find a job, and the lady just laughed…

Said she was working part time under another name at a private school and part time for her boyfriend’s company, had a section 8 apartment (apparently owned by her sister), that was where her mail was delivered, and was also collecting welfare and WIC, splitting the section 8 rent with her sister, and living with her boyfriend in a “BIG” house in PG county.  She said she was sending out a resume or two a month, “Just to keep the unemployment people happy.”  And collecting ‘about’ $4000/month between everything…

She said when it runs out, she’ll go full time at a private school and will ‘miss’ her extended vacation! And the only thing she was pissed about was that she had to put ‘stuff’ in her sister’s name, like the car and the credit cards… Sigh…

I actually managed to keep my mouth shut, but it was REALLY hard…

I happened to be behind her walking out of the airport, and her boyfriend picked her up in a late model BMW 7 series…  

Sigh, somebody remind me again why I come to work everyday…

Comments

How to cheat the system… — 18 Comments

  1. So you can enjoy the sweet satisfaction when she and her fellow system cheaters are brought to justice.

  2. You work to support her and keep her in the lifestyle that she feels that she has EARNED. After all, being a criminal and welfare cheat is hard work.

    The system is too broken to figure out what she’s up to simply because keeping people in benefits tends to support their vote for the political party that brought them into “the big tent”…

  3. And I can guess who she’s going to vote for in November, too. This is why I have argued for years that welfare recipients should not be allowed to vote.

  4. Duct tape . . . . I need more duct tape!!!

    I commend you on you self control, must be those steely NAVY pilot nerves . . . .

  5. And don’t forget, she was a School Teacher, who earned her Daily Bread off the Sweat of TAXPAYERS.

    And the Liberals are giving Romney Crap when he talked about the “47%”!

  6. sounds typical. i used to hear crap like that all the time at my old job. it’s amazing how many welfare cases are walking around those halls, both as employees and as patients.

  7. That kind of thing just totally and completely disgusts me. Literally turns my stomach. Sure, they have enough money to spread it around with a fire hose…but not enough money to investigate and verify that people really do need the assistance.

  8. TotC- I wish…

    LL- I believe you’re correct, dammit.

    Murph- Agreed!

    eia- YOU??? 🙁

    Andy- Sorry

    WSF- Pretty much…

    Les- Yeah.

    Laura- Then it’s REALLY out of control!

    Dirk- Because that would be RACIST is my bet…

  9. They will not investigate..The government hates to be proven wrong. I have stated as have other people..if you are getting government assistance..your voting rights are suspended. ” But that is targeting the poor,minorities and disenfranchised” What rubbish…When people find out a way to line their pockets via the public treasury, the end isn’t long in coming for it makes a unsustainable economic model.

  10. Another sad fact is that she has no shame. She was actually bragging about criminal activity to a stranger. If I were having to use government assistance I would never tell anyone about it. I’d be too ashamed.

  11. eia- YOU??? 🙁

    Sorry – must have only had my 2nd diet Coke – not ramped up on caffine yet –

    I commend you on YOUR self control . . .

    For you surely have much more than I do.

    🙂 Enjoy your day Sir!

  12. I admire your restraint! I couldn’t have kept my mouth shut. On the other hand I do believe she will get what she deserves someday. What she really deserves, not what she thinks she’s entitled to! Only wish I could be around to see it.

  13. Sigh, somebody remind me again why I come to work everyday…

    Because your are a man to whom the concept of honor is not dead.

  14. Did you get the BMW’s tag number?
    If so we can talk about options.

  15. Bubblehead Les stole my comment. Romney hit the nail squarely on the head.

    This is as opposed to Mrs. TOTWTYTR, who sent out 2-3 resumes every week while she was out of work. She ended up taking a job making several thousand dollars less than her old job, but she wanted to work.