A Rare Pleasant Offer for Those Recently Laid Off

So I know more than a few folks recently laid off or absolutely consumed with worry about being the next to be axed ....and reasonably so in this economic climate. So a website I frequent recently emailed an interesting getaway option offered by a luxury resort in Costa Rica, and the offer is called Layoff Layback, specifically for those who were recently laid off so I'm just passing the word along.

Mind you, I have not researched the details of this but I will leave that up to you interested parties! Oh, and pay attention to the last line in that article - you mention the website - Thrillist where this article was originally posted, and they give you a free tote of goodies. :) It's just nice to have this option for a getaway after all the trauma.

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Recreo Layoff Layback

Vacations are typically taken to escape the monotony of work, but what if your job decides to take a permanent vacation from the monotony of you? Stepping up to fill the jobless void, Recreo's Layoff Layback.

Conceived after noticing that newly jobless jackholes were "counter-intuitively" deciding to blow their giant jars of quarters on getaways, Costa Rica resort Recreo's offering free nights to anyone who can prove they were recently laid off via written documentation...or pathetic phone sobbing (not really, you need the pink slip, but they will totally laugh at you). Every block of four nights booked at one of Rec's all-inclusive, pimpedly private villas (min two guests) will nab you a comped night (and five nights gets you two gratis evenings), which you can wile away gazing across the compound's 70 acres of tropical mountainside whilst floating in your private pool, imagining you rule all you survey even as the repo man pulls your neon Natty Ice sign off the wall back home. The already-reduced $149 nightly rate covers it all: food whipped up by a personal chef, booze, laundry service, a fitness center, and leisure activities like kayaking, tennis, mountain biking, private beach access, boat rides, and golf carts, which, given the lack of a golf course, are expressly for ramming into each other while hammered.

To get yourself primed for those carts, hit the Mountain Top Cantina, an on-site bar featuring 360 degree views and 100% free alcohol, because the only way to enhance the heavenly monotony of a tropical villa is by getting drunk enough to forget you have to go home and get a freaking job.

Mention Thrillist and the Layoff Layback for your free nights, and also get a free tote bag! Really! With king-sized toiletries! For more info, pics, and rental contact info, drop by RecreoCostaRica.com

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Listing obituaries cause crimes?

Alright, this has to be one of the most repulsive stories I've heard which I think has to be shared because it's not something one ever really considers and perhaps it may help prevent someone else in the future from being victimized in a similar way.

This story was related to me by a close friend/former colleague whose father recently passed away (RIP) after a period of going in and out of the hospital. My friend's parents lived alone in their own home practically next door to my friend's home - and given the fact that the mother is now coping with the fact that her other half passed away, she is also living alone for the most part (naturally, she is frequently visited by her family).

Upon the father's passing, an obituary was given in the newspaper. Shortly thereafter, while my friend was at work, he received a call from his mother who seemed rather panicked. He asked her what was wrong and if she was okay and was afraid that she was having a heart attack. He rushed over to her home immediately and noticed the front door was wide open. Nervous, he stepped inside and discovered to find his mother's residence had been robbed. Fortunately, the mother was okay.

In short, apparently the obituary listing had unsuspectingly alerted people of a lesser conscious to take advantage of someone's passing away because they realized it left an elderly woman vulnerable. Though it's needless to mention how many things are wrong here - it still amazes me at the sheer ridiculousness of it. So please - be extra mindful for those who may have suffered a similar loss and may be living alone (and though they may insist on independence) because there are some incredibly repulsive characters who would take advantage of such a loss once they become to be aware of it. Sure, perhaps one cannot be with them 24/7 and nor would they want you to anyway but even so - there must be a better alternative. Either way, I sure hope the police department takes an extra proactive action towards discouraging such events from taking place again.

There is, of course, the possibility that such a low blow is due to the recessive state of the economy but if this is true, then there is the likelihood that certain demographics will be targeted for robberies.