Me and Spidey in the Unemployment Line

Posted by Cynical Sarah on March 2, 2010

It’s either a slow news day or a sign of how bad the economy is when MSN’s Money Central site does an article about Spider-Man losing his job in an upcoming edition of the comic book.

Poor Peter Parker and I will be in the same boat, looking for jobs while trying to still find ways to save the world. At least I don’t have to worry about bad guys wrecking my suits during scuffles. People are going to be suspicious if Parker is having to rummage through the scrap bins at the fabric store for pieces to patch together his costume.

My advice to Spidey: thrift stores actually have some good finds. The Halloween costume stuff should be dirt cheep this time of year; lots of Spider-Man costumes should be on the racks ready-made and ready to go.

You’d also be amazed at what dollar stores have. Perhaps there’s a way to make web juice from dollar store glue? Stock up on that plus some crackers, popcorn, even cans of fruit and vegetables, maybe even a cake mix. If you aren’t concerned about proper nutrition, you could survive for quite a while on dollar store food.

There’s plenty of tips and tricks to conserving what money you have and what little you’ll get in unemployment checks.

President Obama said today that one of his top jobs is to make sure that people who are able to work and want to work have jobs out there for them. Maybe the timing is right for Spider-Man to put in a little paycheck request to the police commissioner. Sure it takes his hero points down a notch or two if he’s fighting evil for money, but it’s what police officers do. And a web slingers gotta eat too.

Plus, coming from the journalism world myself, I know Parker couldn’t have been making much working on the paper. Even if he could get work doing freelance photography again, he’s not going to make much with that either. Police work will probably pay a lot better.

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