Easy come, easy go

When I wrote about my unexpected Emergency Unemployment Compensation, I mentioned that the online weekly claim form no longer asked for the number or names of job-search contacts. Well, that lasted for five weeks. When I logged in to file my claim today, those questions had inexplicably reappeared on the form, just as inexplicably as they disappeared five weeks ago. Fortunately, I really did have my requisite two contacts (as I have every week) to list.

The way the government operates, I expect the next development will be a letter from the VEC taking me to task for not providing the details of my job contacts for the last five weeks, and demanding I repay those benefits.