[ Posted Tuesday, April 2, 2002 ]

portnoy's complaint

YOUR ROTTENEST STORIES AND FINEST WHINES

We confess: Once, we told some friends we were keeping busy "freelancing," when in fact we were spending our days eating take-out and watching Judge Mathis, laid off and too lazy and dejected to write another yet another mini–celebrity puff piece. Apparently we weren't alone in our insecurities. There are a lot of "freelancers" running around these days, as New York-based writer and illustrator Amy Portnoy, who submitted a cartoon for this week's Bitch Box, has noticed.

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This week's Bitch Box:

"Welcome to the New York State Department of Labor's Tel-Service Line. If you are unemployed, press one. If you were fired, press two. If you claim you are a freelancer but this really means you are too ashamed to admit you are actually unemployed, press three."

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Copyright 2002 Amy Portnoy.