<prompt> Human: I got laid off yesterday from a job that paid 65kyr. Im eligible for the max unemployment amount, which here in California is 450wk. Thats only 21,600yr, not a very good salary. You could get any random job as a waiter, hotel worker, salesperson, taxiuber driver, etc and make at least 30kyr. Why then, have I heard from so many people that theyd rather remain on unemployment than get a less than ideal job?True Example:A former friend of mine had a high paying job as a programmer. He got laid off and was on unemployment for a looong time. When I asked him why he didnt get a job as a waiter or something, he bragged about getting the maximum unemployment amount and claimed that it was more money than working some menial job. Was he right? Am I not seeing some extra unemployment money somewhere?  <response>: Laziness 