Poor Girl Gets Paid.
- izeveryboyin
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Poor Girl Gets Paid.
Here are the number of hours I worked in the last two weeks: 63.37
Here is what I make nad hour: mumbles.
Here is what I need to buy: Everything.
Here is when I need to buy it: Now.
Here is when I get Paid: Friday.
Here is when I need the money: Now. (You know, to buy things.) /
Here's my question... how man of you REALLY left tips for me at the door?
--k
Here is what I make nad hour: mumbles.
Here is what I need to buy: Everything.
Here is when I need to buy it: Now.
Here is when I get Paid: Friday.
Here is when I need the money: Now. (You know, to buy things.) /
Here's my question... how man of you REALLY left tips for me at the door?
--k
sometimes I just like to breathe.
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Buy less, if possible. This could be a trend which confounds all who base their views of the world on a marketing empire, with its marketing strategies tilted toward taking over the the same, you know, through marketing. I am proud to oppose it. If I could ever reach your place, which is your place in Illinois, which is a long way from here, I would leave a tip, that is, if I had something to give. In fact, I have no doubt.
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- abcrystcats
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OK, so this is what that means:
My computer crashed. I needed to get it fixed. It cost me $250. I could do without the computer, I suppose, and therefore "buy less."
My asthma medicine is running out. I need to buy more, and that means a trip to the doctor at $125.00 a pop, because my prescription just ran out, and another $143.00 or so for the inhaler. I could do without the asthma medicine, I suppose, and therefore "buy less."
I owe on my electric and phone this month. If I decided not to pay it, I would be "buying less."
I could have failed to pay my car renewal, or I could fail to pay my car insurance premiums. I'd have "bought less."
I need to buy cat food and cat litter every month. I could decide not to buy it, and I would be "buying less."
Should I go on?
Is anyone buying stuff they don't NEED? Seriously, I needed gas today in Fort Collins and I filled up my tank. Should I have done something differently?
I admit I eat a lot of meals out, but when I tally up what I spend for fast food and compare that to what I would spend at the grocery store if I decided to make every meal I ate, it comes up about even.
Other than that, crap, I don't know what excess spending I do.
OK, LOL. BOOKS. Sue me. I am buying BOOKS. I bought one this pay period. Last time I bought three. Shame on me. I should be going to the library.
I don't even have TV. I am too cheap to pay for it, and anyways, it's mostly garbage on there. I use dial up, or my neighbors FREE cable. I got this place because the rent is cheap and the heat and water and garbage are all paid for.
I am just making it, thank GOD. My base pay is decent, and once I master the art of selling, I can make a lot more. I am NOT a waitress. If I was .... don't even go there.
There are people out here who have some scary lives. I am meeting them, because they naively come to me looking for health insurance. Little do they know that I cannot even afford that, yet! I talked to a young woman today .... she is going to school to be a MANICURIST. She cannot afford the tuition to learn to be a hairdresser. She has a two and half year old child, too. She is trying to get insurance for him. I gave her the number for state-sponsored health care, and pray to God the waiting list isn't too long for this young woman and her child.
I am learning that there are some POOR people living in the world. They look like you and me, but they are POOR. Struggling. It's bad.
I'm horrified.
I count my blessings. I can at least stand to spend some money on things that I need. What about those human beings who can't even do that?
I am learning.
The world SUCKS for some people out there.
God grant me the serenity NOT to ever have children or accept any more additional responsibility so I can go on just barely MAKING IT. If I had anything weighing me down right down, I would sink like a stone.
And I think I am one of the lucky ones.
My computer crashed. I needed to get it fixed. It cost me $250. I could do without the computer, I suppose, and therefore "buy less."
My asthma medicine is running out. I need to buy more, and that means a trip to the doctor at $125.00 a pop, because my prescription just ran out, and another $143.00 or so for the inhaler. I could do without the asthma medicine, I suppose, and therefore "buy less."
I owe on my electric and phone this month. If I decided not to pay it, I would be "buying less."
I could have failed to pay my car renewal, or I could fail to pay my car insurance premiums. I'd have "bought less."
I need to buy cat food and cat litter every month. I could decide not to buy it, and I would be "buying less."
Should I go on?
Is anyone buying stuff they don't NEED? Seriously, I needed gas today in Fort Collins and I filled up my tank. Should I have done something differently?
I admit I eat a lot of meals out, but when I tally up what I spend for fast food and compare that to what I would spend at the grocery store if I decided to make every meal I ate, it comes up about even.
Other than that, crap, I don't know what excess spending I do.
OK, LOL. BOOKS. Sue me. I am buying BOOKS. I bought one this pay period. Last time I bought three. Shame on me. I should be going to the library.
I don't even have TV. I am too cheap to pay for it, and anyways, it's mostly garbage on there. I use dial up, or my neighbors FREE cable. I got this place because the rent is cheap and the heat and water and garbage are all paid for.
I am just making it, thank GOD. My base pay is decent, and once I master the art of selling, I can make a lot more. I am NOT a waitress. If I was .... don't even go there.
There are people out here who have some scary lives. I am meeting them, because they naively come to me looking for health insurance. Little do they know that I cannot even afford that, yet! I talked to a young woman today .... she is going to school to be a MANICURIST. She cannot afford the tuition to learn to be a hairdresser. She has a two and half year old child, too. She is trying to get insurance for him. I gave her the number for state-sponsored health care, and pray to God the waiting list isn't too long for this young woman and her child.
I am learning that there are some POOR people living in the world. They look like you and me, but they are POOR. Struggling. It's bad.
I'm horrified.
I count my blessings. I can at least stand to spend some money on things that I need. What about those human beings who can't even do that?
I am learning.
The world SUCKS for some people out there.
God grant me the serenity NOT to ever have children or accept any more additional responsibility so I can go on just barely MAKING IT. If I had anything weighing me down right down, I would sink like a stone.
And I think I am one of the lucky ones.
Good God....
I am not alone. Nobody can afford anything, anymore.... at least not for much longer. And for me to point out the possible ruse of the shopping game, toward this end, turns out to be a loaded gun, pointed squarely back at me, though I protest my innocence. These are the times in which we live.
I am not alone. Nobody can afford anything, anymore.... at least not for much longer. And for me to point out the possible ruse of the shopping game, toward this end, turns out to be a loaded gun, pointed squarely back at me, though I protest my innocence. These are the times in which we live.
- izeveryboyin
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Here are all the things I would like to not pay for, but'll have to anyway:
Rent
Tuition
Phone bill
Food
Transportation
Pet supplies (Just got a ferret named Momo.)
Prescription
Dentist appointment
Books (for school, not pleasure)
Monthly on the laptop I just got
Booze and ciggies
Uhm... oh, and Gas bill...
hmmm...
Food.
Booze...
Anyway, the point is There's a long list of things, including new jeans for work, fuck, I forgot about that... that I have to come out of pocket for, and for what I make an hour... something going to have to be overlooked. Poverty is a new trend in the world. Eveyrbody's getting it.
--k
Rent
Tuition
Phone bill
Food
Transportation
Pet supplies (Just got a ferret named Momo.)
Prescription
Dentist appointment
Books (for school, not pleasure)
Monthly on the laptop I just got
Booze and ciggies
Uhm... oh, and Gas bill...
hmmm...
Food.
Booze...
Anyway, the point is There's a long list of things, including new jeans for work, fuck, I forgot about that... that I have to come out of pocket for, and for what I make an hour... something going to have to be overlooked. Poverty is a new trend in the world. Eveyrbody's getting it.
--k
sometimes I just like to breathe.
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- izeveryboyin
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- abcrystcats
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Cure for Poverty
I think I just found one. Find someone worse off than you are and do something for them. Don't let them know. Don't expect anything in return for it, just do something to help them out.
Right on Abracat. Do whatever you can for someone worse off anonymously. You know how poor I am. But I do this everyday. I swear it keeps me going. Even if it's just a gallon of milk, a pack of cigs or 500 dollars for the rent! If you can help, do it! It's a huge need and often a silent, embarrassed one.
A few years ago a friend of mine's husband left her with a 3 month old baby and 50 dollars! I was flush at the time and gave her a thousand dollars, cause I could spare it then. I never want it back. I still, after several years feel so good about being able to do that.
yep.
"All together now!"
H
A few years ago a friend of mine's husband left her with a 3 month old baby and 50 dollars! I was flush at the time and gave her a thousand dollars, cause I could spare it then. I never want it back. I still, after several years feel so good about being able to do that.
yep.
"All together now!"
H

- abcrystcats
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I'm more likely to do it for people I don't know. I want it to be fairly anonymous. I don't want people to feel obligated.
One thing is that I am starting to come out of my middle/upper middle class shell. I can't help it. The world has changed so much, and now there are people LIKE ME -- fairly well-educated, with reasonably good values, who don't take drugs or commit crimes or have any particularly unusual circumstances, -- who are SUFFERING.
I keep getting these leads for health insurance and when I follow them up, I frequently meet people who can barely afford to buy their own groceries, let alone pay for health insurance or doctor bills. They're trying to get it, because they know they should, but it's impossible for them, and very sad.
I think I have it pretty bad. Yeah, right. At least I have NO CAR PAYMENT and no credit card payments, no dependent children to support. I have a decent job. Compared to many, I am living high on the hog. Tell me, HOW can you support a family of four on 25K a year? One family I spoke to was doing exactly that. HOW do they do it? I do not think I could even keep myself afloat on that!
The distance is closing rapidly in my empathy factor, here. How MUCH difference is there between me and these other people -- the ones who haven't made it, and are struggling -- not much. Yeah, I see lots of educational discrepancies, but how much of that is their fault, and how much is because of the poor quality of public education? I see people who are basically SMART, highly motivated and eager to make a mark in the world, and they can't, because nobody ever gave them the opportunity to acquire the skills they need. They aren't content with their lot, they're depressed. They feel cheated, they feel SCREWED, and you know that I am starting to agree that they have been screwed. This country is creating a massive underclass because of a number of different factors. It needs to stop.
I see us returning rapidly to a quasi-feudal system.
It's BAD.
One thing is that I am starting to come out of my middle/upper middle class shell. I can't help it. The world has changed so much, and now there are people LIKE ME -- fairly well-educated, with reasonably good values, who don't take drugs or commit crimes or have any particularly unusual circumstances, -- who are SUFFERING.
I keep getting these leads for health insurance and when I follow them up, I frequently meet people who can barely afford to buy their own groceries, let alone pay for health insurance or doctor bills. They're trying to get it, because they know they should, but it's impossible for them, and very sad.
I think I have it pretty bad. Yeah, right. At least I have NO CAR PAYMENT and no credit card payments, no dependent children to support. I have a decent job. Compared to many, I am living high on the hog. Tell me, HOW can you support a family of four on 25K a year? One family I spoke to was doing exactly that. HOW do they do it? I do not think I could even keep myself afloat on that!
The distance is closing rapidly in my empathy factor, here. How MUCH difference is there between me and these other people -- the ones who haven't made it, and are struggling -- not much. Yeah, I see lots of educational discrepancies, but how much of that is their fault, and how much is because of the poor quality of public education? I see people who are basically SMART, highly motivated and eager to make a mark in the world, and they can't, because nobody ever gave them the opportunity to acquire the skills they need. They aren't content with their lot, they're depressed. They feel cheated, they feel SCREWED, and you know that I am starting to agree that they have been screwed. This country is creating a massive underclass because of a number of different factors. It needs to stop.
I see us returning rapidly to a quasi-feudal system.
It's BAD.
- izeveryboyin
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Here's another experiemtn... live for one month without something you always pay for but don't necessarily need. Cable, hair salon, new shoes... whatever. For one motnh, go without it, then report back to the threadboard and let us know how it turned out.
--k
--k
sometimes I just like to breathe.
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