Lying to get a job
When we moved to the country to become self sufficient, we hadn't counted on being far from everything, needing the car all the time, and no jobs in the area. My husband did find a job for the summer, worked double time and put me on the payroll, then he and I both had unemployment for the winter, but we had to prove that we were looking for work, which was true in his case but not in mine because I was 8 months pregnant. If I revealed this fact, I would lose the benefits and he was not finding anything else, and we had 3 kids and a mortgage.
So I sent out applications for teaching jobs, hoping nobody would call me on my bluff. 13
Then the Unemployment officer called me and wanted to meet to discuss my job searching! That same week, a nearby school called me for a job teaching high school physics, just about my most hated subject in school!
I went on the interview and said I was 5 months pregnant and only due in late December and they believed me because I don't get very big. I was asked if I could teach Physics and I said sure, but I'd rather Biology, and they gave me one group of Secondary V Biology, just 3 hours a week, and just enough for me to avoid having to go to the Unemployment meeting.
3 weeks later, the baby was born, I said he was premature, I took one day off and went back to work, with my husband being the babysitter. I kept all my unemployment benefits plus my salary, it was terribly hard but I found I really loved to teach and got a full time gig the next year. 13