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ProudLib72

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34. It was weird

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:17 PM

Oct 2017

The fact that she stressed having only two dollars made me think she had gone over her budget and was waiting until her next paycheck.

The ironic thing about all this is that she told me a couple weeks ago she might have to miss class for a job interview. She showed up the day she had said she might miss and told me they had turned her down for the job. It was a shame because she could have been a cashier at Wells Fargo! They pay the astronomical wage of $14 per hour, and that was much better than what she is currently making. Considering this latest development, I can't help but wonder if they would have given her a credit card, too.

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Saddened and Humbled by a Student [View all] ProudLib72 Oct 2017 OP

You might look for a church pantry or food bank to get her to. Ilsa Oct 2017 #1

I don't know the full story ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #3

Well stated......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #6

Does she cook? Cheaper than buying ready-made food. Pasta w/veggies, etc. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #14

She usually brings a TON of homemade food ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #21

Mangos - one of my favorite fruits. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #24

I like to slip gift cards to grocery stores to my students in-need. Tatiana Oct 2017 #2

Bless you........... MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #8

Good Idea gift card to a grocery store burrowowl Oct 2017 #13

Excellent idea! Duppers Oct 2017 #19

Practically everyday, at Rutgers, there are meetings and conferences with a boatload of excess food. TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #4

That's what I used to do in college! raging moderate Oct 2017 #7

I had a friend in grad school who survived that way ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #10

I can't believe no one would share or offer food! BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #5

I don't think it was the others being mean ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #11

That IS good to know! THANKS. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #12

Did she regularly share with them? nm MichMan Oct 2017 #31

Most of what she brings is spoon and fork food ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #33

I remember my mum telling me how I always lost clothes when I was a kid Skittles Oct 2017 #9

Her classmates do not have food either, 60% of college kids are food insecure Not Ruth Oct 2017 #30

Thank you for caring about this young woman. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #15

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Is English your second language? nt fleabiscuit Oct 2017 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #18

Maybe don't call her "Picnic," in the meantime. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #20

I'm calling her by her nickname for the purposes of this thread ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #22

Got it. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #23

Our Mary Antonette Wannabe in the White House can't understand how this is possible Snake Plissken Oct 2017 #25

That was my point in writing this ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #26

I know; Any sense of decency and humanity has been flipped upside down Snake Plissken Oct 2017 #27

Most college students in the US are food insecure, the colleges need to address this issue Not Ruth Oct 2017 #28

I always carry cash, and things like this are part of the reason. LisaM Oct 2017 #29

I'm curious as to what changed in her situation. B2G Oct 2017 #32

It was weird ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #34

You aren't just 'given' a credit card. B2G Oct 2017 #35

Yes, but if she worked for WF they would know her monthly income ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #36

Debit card. B2G Oct 2017 #37

Thanks for reminding me ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #38