Kidney for Sale…

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Well, one more job interview has come and gone.  Not to me, but to someone with just a little more experience in that one vital thing that they were really hoping for. Even though they liked me and I had some really great experience, I just got edged out by that “slightly more and better” candidate.

There may be another job opening this summer.

In the meantime, every job I apply for seems to go this way.  Most of them like me, but there are just so many people looking right now that I find myself coming in second (or maybe third) all the time.  And meanwhile, I’ve used up my life savings, cashed in the retirement funds – and nearly spent all that too.

How do you hold out another 6 months – keep your family fed… ???

So my kid and I came up with this great idea the other night.  I happen to have an extra kidney.  It seems to be in pretty good shape, at least it’s keeping me healthy.  Why not sell it?  Anyone need a kidney?  Would it be worth paying my living expenses so I can keep looking for work for another year?

Just thinking…

And Now I Have Cash…

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But my (former) boss doesn’t know that… I was at the bank (again) trying to cash his phoney check when he called to tell me he needed me to wait another week before the check would be good.

But guess what?

The bank thought it was good!  So I’ve got another month of living expenses now, and I got the stupid wage claim form filed with the state in hopes they can help me collect the OTHER half of my final paycheck that the bum owes me.

It was kind of hard to get out of my comfort zone and get those papers filed.  I’ve never had to do anything like that before.  I guess I have been lucky that most of my former employers have been more honest about paying people … and on time.

It’s good to have that behind me though. 

I still have taxes to file though.  It’s about the same amount of work.

Why don’t people pay you to jump through extra hoops to get paid for the work you already did?  Feels like work… I should get paid extra for having to do collections on this paycheck.

Really…