Comments | malakijr: oh god

malakijr

oh god

Jan 21, 2009 22:10

oh God I'm so scared right now.

Seriously freaking out.

Does anyone have $200 I can borrow? Ha ha... *shoots self in the face*

ETA:

I wrote this as a response to maritov and since I'm too lazy to type it out twice, here's the short of what's going on for all who read this ( Read more... )

cancer, gonna die, i want to die

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maritov January 22 2009, 03:41:31 UTC

What's happening?

malakijr January 22 2009, 13:43:25 UTC

Short answer: The student loan people debited my account, but since they had me jump through hoops and said they'd wait until the 29th to hear from me and give me a hearing, I assumed they wouldn't garnish my wages yet (since when people say "we won't do this yet" I usually assume that means they won't do it yet, for some strange reason) so when my online paystub said my paycheck was its normal amount and it had gone into my bank account (there are no paper checks at Meijer, you have to have a bank account to have your paycheck deposited or use their stupid credit card service that charges you fees up the ass) so anyway, I checked online, it said my check was in my account and it was X amount, so I went ahead and paid my electric bill and heat bill, but then the money went "poof" and pulled a disappearing act, so my bank account is overdrawn by $40 and my rent just went up to $161 a month, so I have to have money appear out of nowhere or I can't pay my rent and I'll end up homeless on the street. I don't have money to buy food, ( ... )

maritov January 22 2009, 14:26:31 UTC

Ugh. They should not be able to do that without fair warning. I wish there were an answer to this--it's so unbelievable that each organization can take all the money without regard for how much the other agency is taking.

malakijr January 22 2009, 14:27:53 UTC

It gets even better. The medical bills are threatening to garnish my wages too. Look, ma, I work 40 hours a week and make zero dollars!

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jackiesjunkie January 22 2009, 03:43:49 UTC

What's up? You know I'll help if I can.

malakijr January 22 2009, 13:45:52 UTC

See above for reply (re maritov. :-p Shoot me, I'm too lazy to type it all again. I worked all night on my feet and I'm in so much pain right now it's not funny. Thanks for wanting to help. ♥

jackiesjunkie January 22 2009, 17:26:02 UTC

You can move in with me.

malakijr January 23 2009, 01:23:52 UTC

Love the icon.

I really do want to move to Canada sometimes. I don't know if things would be better there, but I'm tired of being screwed by the US government. Maybe I should try being screwed by some other government sometime for a change. :-p

peskipiksi January 22 2009, 12:37:19 UTC

I'm sure I do. Heck, I probably have some money you can HAVE if paying it back is going to be too big a pain. Shoot me an email.

malakijr January 22 2009, 13:58:23 UTC

Thank you, Dani. I wasn't expecting serious responses. I was just typing to keep my fingers away from razor blades before I left for work last night. My friends are cool.

peskipiksi January 22 2009, 23:07:45 UTC

You're welcome. :)

maritov January 23 2009, 00:03:57 UTC

Have you tried/considered getting a pro-bono lawyer? Because they really should not be able to take money you don't even have. They really shouldn't. I know you are doing everything anyone could expect you to in order to stay above water and find social services and whatever, but sometimes lawyers can find another way.

You spend a lot of time blaming yourself. I spend a lot of time trying to teach in my sociology classes that it's not about yourself. This is a problem with the way the system is set up. You deserve more and better than this.

malakijr January 23 2009, 01:22:31 UTC

I called legal aid, and they told me that technically, since the letter said that if they do not hear from me before the 29th they will take money without a hearing, I can't do anything. I don't think this is true, since it's not the 29th yet, but this is what I'm being told. I gt the numbers of some lawyers, in Grand Rapids, but none of them are pro bono since I can't technically get a pro bono attorney unless I'm 65 or older and this is an SSI case. This si what I was told the last time I tried to call Legal Aid too, when one of my jobs fired me and then spread around town that I was a thief.

You spend a lot of time blaming yourself. I spend a lot of time trying to teach in my sociology classes that it's not about yourself. This is a problem with the way the system is set up. You deserve more and better than this.Thank you for this. Th last psychiatrist I talked to said that my life was a mess because I subconsciously believed that I deserved this, so I did things to sabotage myself without realizing it, and thus this is my ( ... )

pewter_wings January 24 2009, 05:20:11 UTC

I get paid Monday. Give me your addy. Money order OK?

malakijr January 24 2009, 17:06:35 UTC

...Yeah, I think I can cash a money order.

*resists urge to say you don't have to give me any money*

I always hate it when people say that, because it's like, I KNOW I don't HAVE to give you anything, that's not the POINT.

Man it's been a hell of a year. And it's only been a month!

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