Comments | pure_doxyk: Asking for Help

pure_doxyk

Asking for Help

Apr 28, 2009 09:26

SOMEONE NEEDS TO HELP ME PLEASE, says the answering machine this morning.

I’m fifty-nine and I’ve worked every day of my life, and I have a hi-lo license and a CDL and a perfect record and the plant I worked at closed in January and I’ve been looking for a job every day since then and no-one is calling.

When I lost my job I had to start paying my ( Read more... )

pocalypse, irrationality, mo' betta consciousness, many-ticks, social laquer, detroit

Comments 5

drkaos April 28 2009, 15:38:08 UTC

Its things like this that make me sick at heart and want to scrap my plans to buy a house here.

Damn.

pure_doxyk April 28 2009, 16:36:26 UTC

Eeek! I've become a spreader of The Fear! --Terribly sorry about that; I shall see that it doesn't happen again. After all, things turn out okay more often than it seems on days like today.

drkaos April 28 2009, 16:41:56 UTC

Oh no, reality needs to be part of the picture. Even if it is frightening.

sweetsongstress April 29 2009, 00:15:58 UTC

That is so sad. If worst comes to worst and she can't find a job, I wonder if a short-sale would be an option for her, rather than losing the house in its entirety. It breaks my heart to hear her story.

Man, what a difficult job you have. How do you do it?

pure_doxyk April 29 2009, 02:03:31 UTC

it sounds corny, but "one phone call at a time". And for every call like this, there are two or three that I can actually give some helpful information to, so that's something. (For instance, I didnt' get ahold of *this* woman today, but I was the Awesome Lifesaver for a father of three and an elderly woman with a brain tumor, both of whom will at least be able to seek a decent outcome thanks to my advice. Things like that make this job totally worth it ( ... )