I got my first check from Sprawl Mart today...

[Fox Mulder]

it was pitiful. I worked my ass off for 79.5 hours, and got paid $150 less than what I thought I was going to get.

I feel like crying. :cry:

[XemaSab]

1. I know you don't want to hear this

but is it too late to go back to school? :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

2. Nope...

I was just doing some research online, and I can still get grants if I move to another state (since I didn't graduate yet). My parents plan on moving to South Dakota (yuck) in three to six months, and I am thinking I'll go out there to finish my degree. So that means I'll have to put up with this menial job for the time being. x(

[XemaSab]

3. Well, if it's only a few months, you can stick it out

Can you get a job at somewhere like Star*ucks where you can get tips? :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

4. Nope.

The only other job I could get in town is a fast food worker. I could work at McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Hardees, or Dairy Queen, but then I'd get paid even less than I am now. And with the way the housing market is, it might take a year for my parents to sell their house. Who knows. I'll just have to tough it out somehow. :shrug:

[lost-in-nj]

5. please know

we are here for support....
that plan sounds great
and I hope it works out


:hi:

sorry they screwed you over......

:hug:


lost

[Fox Mulder]

7. I made more money in four days at my last job...

than I do in two weeks here. I like everything about my current job (except of course where I work and how much I'm being paid) than I did at my last job. I absolutely hated my last job, but it paid great. Can't I have it both ways? Sigh.

Thanks for your support. I really do hope it all works out. :hi: :hug:

[DS1]

6. Sorry man

I know those places find ways to make your check shrink. Things will turn around.

[Fox Mulder]

8. I really hope so.

Thanks DS1.

[Rhythm]

9. *HUG* Dead-end jobs suck...

From one dead-end wage slave to another... :hug:

Definitely get back in school, however you can.
That's one of the few things that keeps me going despite the sinkholes.

[Fox Mulder]

11. I'll try...

but I maxed out all of my state grants. I don't know how I'll pay for it unless I move to another state. Then I may have a shot.

And yes, dead end jobs suck. People who work dead end jobs for a living deserve to get paid more.

[littlebit]

10. I know how you feel.

We have all had crappy jobs. Hopefully you won't have to be there much longer.

[Fox Mulder]

12. I hope I won't have to be there for more than another six months.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.