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My mom's work place shut down after probably four decades of being productive, so she's unemployed.  She's definitely not lazy (and I actually don't want her to work--just took her out to breakfast, btw!) but personally, I don't know how to not have a job.  I rarely even take vacation days.  I guess we could blame it on laziness but the more likely culprit is that people didn't lay a proper foundation for themselves.  Jobs are out there but they may not be in the careers that people have gone to school for (what good is a degree in advertising?), are qualified for (criminal history), or actually want to do (I need a new ball shaver--the old one commited suicide).