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The animals have really been ramping up. Someone held up at gunpoint in the alley right next to the building. Liquor store 200' away got robbed. For some reason I still take break outside in front of the building. People always come up to me asking for money or cigerettes. Every day. I laid off the other black man. He was good for nothing. Some people think they work hard but they really don't understand the true concept of hard work. They think staying busy is working hard.

My responses to the shines begging are getting more crude. I just can't comprehend asking people for money or goods. They have no shame. How can a man ask another man for 40 cents. It just doesn't compute with me.
 
I looked into part time jobs. I saw an ad for Uber. I have it stored in the back of my mind. Not sure.

But the thing that seems most promising right now is a f/t job which someone who saw my resume emailed me about. It pays a bit more per hour than I make - but it is more hours. 48 rather than 40 per week (of which 4 of those hours would be time and a half). So that would amount to adding an 8 hr/wk part time job - which is about the hours I was hoping - except that p/t job would require no extra travel time and expense - and would pay a lot more than any part time job I have seen.

Basically an extra 10K per year.

Just need to find out about benefits and all the other details.
 
Teddy KGB (???) would freak out if he saw that. I remember he was dead set against asking what kind of benefits are involved when applying for a job. It feels really strange to type that - like, taking a job without knowing what it offers seems impossibly dopey to me - like, he basically thought that benefits should be a surprise after you accept the job?? - am I really typing that? - but he really did say that and he wasn't joking. I talked about asking about the benefits during my interview for my current job and he thought it was a big mistake. He went on about it at some length - insistent and whatnot.

:dunno:


Sometimes I feel bad that I missed the golden days of SP. Those must have been some days.
 
Blitty
I imagine when you're dirt poor, you get pretty desperate. Shame prolly isn't part of the equation.
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Example


The roach coach broke down so I had to go down to some ghetto food place to get something to eat.

Chick comes up to me and asks for money so she could feed her baby...then rubs her belly...she be pregnant.

I didn't give her any money. Then she goes to the counter digs out some bills and some quarters and buys a super taco for like 5.50$
Certainly when you are dirt poor you can find a meal cheaper. Chef boy r dee goes on sale for a buck a can...that's 5 meals.

It's not always about need..it's about want...and sometimes it just about wanting people to give you money.
 
Blitty
What's an example of a benefits program that you encountered, where you were like "No way Jose".

Those aren't beneficial enough.
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What you see a lot these days - I would call it the biggest change since before my days of self-employment - is there are way more jobs that are contract basis - or permanently temporary. In other words, no benefits. Zero.

It is an increasingly common model - at least in the kind of jobs I go for.

Now if the pay is significantly higher than a job with full medical, dental, eyewear, long-term disability, pension etc, then you can get in a situation where you try to assess the dollar value of those benefits and if the extra pay offsets an acceptable benefits package.

BUT - you also have to factor in personal lameness. i.e. - and heres a simplified example for demonstration purposes: do I replace a $1000 annual dental benefit with a $1500 higher salary?

You would think so. But lameness often dictates that I won't ever go to the dentist when I'm at that higher paying job. I'll want to keep all the money and just wait for something to go wrong with my teeth - rather than have regular maintenance - which is probably not a great idea.

Benefits kinda keep you living better.

But there are variations in all aspects of packages. My current company is actually not all that great. Kinda minimal really.

But anyway, the enlightened job hunter needs to weigh all that shit.
 
Give it to me straight Muddy. How bad does it suck going back to work after extended time off? I'm trying to avoid it as long as possible, but its probably inevitable. I worked uninterrupted for 22 years, but my head isn't in the game at the moment to resume office work
 
I have decided that i am not going to work at all in August and give myself some time to emotionally heal. I have still been feeling super anxious about my mother's death and I have been lying to myself about being further along in my grieving than I am.

I have been getting very stressed about going to work and what work is gonna be like, but seem to be fine once I get there..

Strange indeed but I am going to try to sober up a bit this month and get through this shit.

:mrquincy:
 
mrquincy
I have decided that i am not going to work at all in August and give myself some time to emotionally heal. I have still been feeling super anxious about my mother's death and I have been lying to myself about being further along in my grieving than I am.

I have been getting very stressed about going to work and what work is gonna be like, but seem to be fine once I get there..

Strange indeed but I am going to try to sober up a bit this month and get through this shit.

:mrquincy:
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Good for you Mr. Q. I was tempted to ask you about this, but thought it might be too soon. I know exactly how you feel. The odds of mom coming home are next to none, and it feels like death. I am better when keeping busy, but out of nowhere will burst into tears and just lay on the bed crying for long periods. I worry that I will grieve now, and it will all start over when she actually does die. I have tried to bring myself to get back in the work game, since my paid caretaking role has effectively ended, but having difficulty believing this is a good time to re-enter the workforce.

Have you looked into grief counseling? I have been reading about the grieving process quite a bit lately, and while a very individual thing, I think most people underestimate how the death of a parent, especially one's mother, will affect them. It scares me when I read some people saying that they are still having difficulty functioning normally after long periods, 6 months, a year, some several years. Take all the time you need, and can afford to take. Let yourself feel the pain ..it's the only way thru it unfortunately.

Anytime you want to talk, hit me up on FB. I am so sorry you are having to go thru this, but very few of us will have parents that outlive us, so I guess it's pretty much inevitable. :hug:
 
IAG
Give it to me straight Muddy. How bad does it suck going back to work after extended time off? I'm trying to avoid it as long as possible, but its probably inevitable. I worked uninterrupted for 22 years, but my head isn't in the game at the moment to resume office work
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I found it surprisingly easy. Was back into old rhythms almost immediately.

Thought it would be worse.
 
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