TAMPA – A Tampa furniture salesperson with roughly five years on the job and fired 10 days before she was supposed to return to work is still waiting for state unemployment benefits that were approved April 12, 2020.Patricia Pfenning told News 6 she has been waiting for state unemployment benefits for more than 10 weeks even though the Department of Economic Opportunity approved her application for a full $3,300 in jobless benefits.“I really don’t have any faith in the system anymore,” Pfenning told News 6,” People don’t realize it affects you in so many different ways.”Pfenning said her savings are running low and her son, a business analyst in Tokyo would lose his status if he returned to the states to help her.“We talk often but it.