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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442154 - 01/19/20 06:57 PM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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I think the fact that there are many rich people in the USA makes people on the outside think we are so well off from the outside. The truth is most of us are a single paycheck away from losing everything. Or if something happens to your health so you cant work? Your 2 choices are homeless or die
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442158 - 01/19/20 06:58 PM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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You can use the money you save to get ahead... I haven’t eaten anything but something from a grocery store for over a year. Obviously there were a handful of exceptions but I would usually just get the cheapest thing I could and it was some unavoidable occasion. I do think it sucks having no heat and boiling eggs to survive though so I feel you
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theRealrollforever said: You can use the money you save to get ahead... I haven’t eaten anything but something from a grocery store for over a year. Obviously there were a handful of exceptions but I would usually just get the cheapest thing I could and it was some unavoidable occasion. I do think it sucks having no heat and boiling eggs to survive though so I feel you
I'm sorry I bought what was supposed to be like 8 dollars but a 10 dollar meal because i was tired and hungry. My fucking bad. Hang me in the streets for thinking that after all my hard work I can buy a mediocre sandwich that I like. Alright to get ahead i'm just never going to spend a cent again. My fucking mistake for not wanting to cook and thinking I deserved a treat. My bad.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: ichugwindex]
#26442171 - 01/19/20 07:05 PM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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ichugwindex said: I think the fact that there are many rich people in the USA makes people on the outside think we are so well off from the outside. The truth is most of us are a single paycheck away from losing everything. Or if something happens to your health so you cant work? Your 2 choices are homeless or die
Exactly. I'm behind this months rent. My check coming in covers my rent with probably 100 dollars to spare. My work brought in 100 eastern europeans and we haven't worked in a week. I'm this close to losing everything and being out on the street. Fuck man. I'm literally going to be homeless that fucking sucks.
-------------------- "I don't give nothin' to nobody, I just pay the cost to do business." - Riley "Young Reezy"-Boondocks "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "In the days of kings and queens I was a jester." "And then the great lord created bears... too many bears... shoulda really dialed back on the bears." Squidbillies "Can you start speaking words instead of your damn filthy lies!"- Louise "Bobs Burgers"
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442174 - 01/19/20 07:08 PM (4 years, 10 days ago) |
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I'm sorry that's happening Enjoywho. If I was in a position to help I would. Are you able to transfer to an area where positions are still good?
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442185 - 01/19/20 07:13 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Ever since I got layed off at my hotel job I've been so fucking stressed. Washington is a right to work state so they can fire you for any reason. Fuck it's the first thing I think about and the last thing before I go to bed. How in the fuck am I going to pay rent. God I looked at mtyself in the mirror today and I look like fucking shit. I look 10 years older i'm so fucking stressed.
I miss one payment and i'm fucking on the streets in the pissing down rain cold of Washington. There hasn't been work in a week so this is my reality. I'm going to need to subsidize my wage with the gf's and live together again. It's my only option really. Or live on the street. Which is fucking stupid that's my only other option.
A lot of this site is middle class or higher. They have no idea the reality of what it's actually like. If they don't work us I can't get unemployment and I lose my house. That's the reality of my situation.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: ichugwindex]
#26442192 - 01/19/20 07:16 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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ichugwindex said: I'm sorry that's happening Enjoywho. If I was in a position to help I would. Are you able to transfer to an area where positions are still good?
I'm not looking for charity I will figure it out. I'm just so scared. I'm terrified all the time. I have 30 days every month to not be homeless. What a fucking shitty conncept. I haven't done anything fun or partied or really done anything in so long. That's what I live by. I have 30 days until I have to be out on the street.
My birthdays in 2 days but I almost forgot about it. I'm apparently not going to work so i'm going to lose my home.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442205 - 01/19/20 07:26 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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That's all i'm trying to say. It's terrifying being working poor. I payed an entire months worth of wages just to have a roof over my head. Every dollar I had just to house myself and my gf and our 2 cats. I have't been to a concert in a decade or done anything fun since I moved down here to Washington. I literally do not have a dollar to spare. I would love to do fun stuff but I do not have a dollar to my name. Every cent goes into housing and people just don't understand. The whole purpose of this thread is to just get people talking. Fuck that's all i want.
A lot of us are one injury or paycheck away from losing everything and being on the street. Do you know what that feels like? God it's horrible. I hate that. Why i'll go to work and cough over everything I don't care. I have to make rent.
First thing i think about when I wake up last thing before I sleep. How in the fuck am I going to make rent. Got what a shitty way to live. I've contemplated suicide a few times but I could never leave my wife like that.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26442217 - 01/19/20 07:33 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Have you heard of Dave Ramsey and his no-nonsense approach to personal finance?
You don't have to like all his opinions, but if follow his shit it is an easy roadmap to get your head above water.
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So never spend money. Hmm that's damn near impossible when a trip to the grocery store costs 100$ for not even the basic necessities. That's so dumb its ridiculous. So don't spend money. Uhh what? It's kind of hard. So don't do anything. what a joke. Coming from someone who is rich i'm not impressed.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho] 1
#26442232 - 01/19/20 07:46 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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A big fucking bag of rice is like $8.
How much you spending on liquor and drugs?
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: bodhisatta]
#26442567 - 01/20/20 02:09 AM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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bodhisatta said: If you live anywhere near almost any city in the entire country there's still plenty of entry level blue collar jobs starting at 20+ an hour. Most people can't hack it at a place that pays an honest days wage for an honest days work though.
While I definitely sympathize with those struggling, this is the other part of the two-way street people love to brush under the rug.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Enjoywho]
#26443061 - 01/20/20 12:06 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Gotta lose the cats man. You dont need those expenses.
Also what Ahab says. Buy bulk rice and beans and whatnot. Asante has great recipes on getting everything congealed together nicely.
When I was in University I cooked a huge pan of rice with green beans and some omelette and sambal every sunday and ate that for 5 nights a week. Thats like a dollar a meal. Cheapass oatmeal for breakfast and peanutbutter sandwhiches for lunch. It wasnt always nice but something you can overcome in time.
Look for an Asian supermarket, they always have great deals on bulk foods that you can keep forever.
I make €70.000 a year and I still dont buy premade sandwhiches because they are such a ripoff.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Tripsurfer]
#26443078 - 01/20/20 12:19 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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cats cost next to nothing once you get 'em fixed and poked full of shots. after that its like $20/month in food if you buy the good shit or half that for friskies or whatever.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: ballsalsa]
#26443081 - 01/20/20 12:23 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Like Im saying, expenses you dont need.
That like two fancy sandwhiches right there
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Tripsurfer] 1
#26443091 - 01/20/20 12:28 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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I can hustle for the 20.
I am one of the worst sandwich offenders, I do have to admit. I've worked from the road for most of my life and spent much of that time eating shitty, overpriced, fast food for lunches rather than make my own like a smart poor person.
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: ballsalsa]
#26443362 - 01/20/20 03:29 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Eat the cats..
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: Amanita86]
#26443390 - 01/20/20 03:48 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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pigs are a better food investment as far as pets go
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Re: Hello from 13.50 min wage. [Re: ballsalsa]
#26443409 - 01/20/20 04:04 PM (4 years, 9 days ago) |
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Rabbits are better.
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