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I'm in a really desperate situation
« on: February 13, 2015, 05:01:03 PM »
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I'm in a really desperate situation


I so far haven't been able to find a job, and now I only have a few hundred dollars to my name. My landlord wants to evict me if I can't pay the rent by the 15th, which is Sunday. I've gotten on the poor persons programs with the electric and water companies, and all week I've been trying to find any other government assistance. I've applied for food stamps, but I won't get the access card for at least a week, and there's a lot of stuff they don't cover. I've since found out that there is no cash assistance unless I'm pregnant or have minor children, and I'm not and don't.

My family can't help me financially since they're generally working poor as well, and not a one of them has even offered a sofa for me in case I get thrown out. My sister's advice was actually to get in my bucket of bolts car and drive as far south as I could get because at least it would be warmer living on the street. You just can't imagine how crushed I am by this. Never in a million years would I ever let anyone I cared about live on the street especially a member of my family.

What's so crazy is that the whole reason I lost the job I had is because of major problems with this property that the landlord has done next to nothing about but that I had to deal with each one immediately and clean up the mess from them. The last straw with my boss was when the water heater exploded and it took the landlord six days to replace it and I finally had hot water again. I couldn't shower, do dishes or laundry, and the tap water was so freezing it was painful just to try to wash my hands. She never calls a professional to fix anything but has her husband or brother or uncle or whoever come to fix things that they end up messing up even worse and were I'd have to call a professional myself, pay them out of pocket and take it off the rent. After two years running the shower causes water to leak out of the big hole in the ceiling that previous water damage caused a big part of the ceiling to fall apart all over the floor. I could go on and on... there are two other spots where the ceiling fell out because of water damage. And she KNOWS I lost my job because of all these emergency house falling apart incidents.

The only reason I hadn't called the code enforcement office is because there's no question that they would condemn the property, and when that happens depending on what the problems are they can throw out the tenants as fast as immediately (and at the tenants expense). I just got off the phone with a legal aid attorney about this, and my rights are basically none.

I'm so scared, and I just don't know what else to do. Plus, there's Yoshi, my dog, who I absolutely cannot be parted with. He's all I have and all that's been making me still get out of bed every day.

I'm so embarrassed to ask, but is there any way that anyone can help me with finances to just get this slumlord off my back and help me just get through a couple more weeks? I'm going to have to pay her the whole rent amount (which is a lot around here though mine is cheaper even for this dump than most), and I need to pay other bills to keep the electricity and water going as well as the phone and internet. I also need to get my anxiety meds but I have to do an appointment with the shrink before he can write another prescription. I do have enough for I think another week, and I'm really nervous about that because you have to be weaned on/off them, and I'm barely holding it together as it is - without them I won't be able to function.

I still owe the landlord almost two months of rent, but if I can pay her just one month that should buy me a couple of weeks to get some kind of temp job or hopefully a real permanent job since I still have interviews to do on Monday and Tuesday so far. I'm guessing I'll need around $2000 most of that being a month's rent and might even get me through for maybe a month.

I don't have a paypal account and would really appreciate any info about how that works.

I have soooo much to do, so can people try to keep this thread kicked? I couldn't get any sleep last night since I've been so worried, and I'm likely to start nodding off once the sun goes down.

Thank you a million times for any help!

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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2015, 05:06:31 PM »
Kinda pricey digs for a 'Working poor' single girl, if you ask me.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2015, 05:07:29 PM »
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2015, 05:09:27 PM »
I suggest TorchTheWitch contact DUmmie Bigmack


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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2015, 05:10:23 PM »
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1. I'll kick and rec the thread

but I don't think paypal is going to get to you in time anyway. I haven't used it to receive payments in years, but I'm pretty sure they hold the transferred money for some period of time, such that it takes a few days (I'm guessing 3-5) to appear in your bank account.

It sounds like you're in a world of hurt, and I hope folks can help you sort at least some of it out, luck to you.

^^^surely everybody knows why franksolich, of all people, bolded the above.

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19. Get the go fund me online

We will kick in too.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2015, 05:14:41 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on February 13, 2015, 05:10:23 PM
^^^surely everybody knows why franksolich, of all people, bolded the above.

Wait. Omaha fat ass is kicking in? How much? Five bucks?
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2015, 05:17:37 PM »
Quote from: CC27 on February 13, 2015, 05:14:41 PM
Wait. Omaha fat ass is kicking in? How much? Five bucks?

By the way, in case anyone needs reminding, we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the scam that rocked the internet.

April 30, 2005, 3:30 p.m. central time, 2:30 p.m. mountain time.

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Good times, good times.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2015, 05:18:27 PM »
 :( <----putting him here until I can get somewhere to read this OP  :-)
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2015, 05:19:10 PM »
Kick a DUmmie when they're down......down on the gofundme list that is.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2015, 05:23:43 PM »
Has anyone here ever begged for help?
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2015, 05:30:56 PM »
Quote from: Gina on February 13, 2015, 05:23:43 PM
Has anyone here ever begged for help?
Only to rid the world of DUmmies and Muslims.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2015, 05:32:03 PM »
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I'm in a really desperate situation


I so far haven't been able to find a job, and now I only have a few hundred dollars to my name. My landlord wants to evict me if I can't pay the rent by the 15th, which is Sunday. I've gotten on the poor persons programs with the electric and water companies, and all week I've been trying to find any other government assistance. I've applied for food stamps, but I won't get the access card for at least a week, and there's a lot of stuff they don't cover. I've since found out that there is no cash assistance unless I'm pregnant or have minor children, and I'm not and don't.

My family can't help me financially since they're generally working poor as well, and not a one of them has even offered a sofa for me in case I get thrown out. My sister's advice was actually to get in my bucket of bolts car and drive as far south as I could get because at least it would be warmer living on the street. You just can't imagine how crushed I am by this. Never in a million years would I ever let anyone I cared about live on the street especially a member of my family.

What's so crazy is that the whole reason I lost the job I had is because of major problems with this property that the landlord has done next to nothing about but that I had to deal with each one immediately and clean up the mess from them. The last straw with my boss was when the water heater exploded and it took the landlord six days to replace it and I finally had hot water again. I couldn't shower, do dishes or laundry, and the tap water was so freezing it was painful just to try to wash my hands. She never calls a professional to fix anything but has her husband or brother or uncle or whoever come to fix things that they end up messing up even worse and were I'd have to call a professional myself, pay them out of pocket and take it off the rent. After two years running the shower causes water to leak out of the big hole in the ceiling that previous water damage caused a big part of the ceiling to fall apart all over the floor. I could go on and on... there are two other spots where the ceiling fell out because of water damage. And she KNOWS I lost my job because of all these emergency house falling apart incidents.

The only reason I hadn't called the code enforcement office is because there's no question that they would condemn the property, and when that happens depending on what the problems are they can throw out the tenants as fast as immediately (and at the tenants expense). I just got off the phone with a legal aid attorney about this, and my rights are basically none.

I'm so scared, and I just don't know what else to do. Plus, there's Yoshi, my dog, who I absolutely cannot be parted with. He's all I have and all that's been making me still get out of bed every day.

I'm so embarrassed to ask, but is there any way that anyone can help me with finances to just get this slumlord off my back and help me just get through a couple more weeks? I'm going to have to pay her the whole rent amount (which is a lot around here though mine is cheaper even for this dump than most), and I need to pay other bills to keep the electricity and water going as well as the phone and internet. I also need to get my anxiety meds but I have to do an appointment with the shrink before he can write another prescription. I do have enough for I think another week, and I'm really nervous about that because you have to be weaned on/off them, and I'm barely holding it together as it is - without them I won't be able to function.

I still owe the landlord almost two months of rent, but if I can pay her just one month that should buy me a couple of weeks to get some kind of temp job or hopefully a real permanent job since I still have interviews to do on Monday and Tuesday so far. I'm guessing I'll need around $2000 most of that being a month's rent and might even get me through for maybe a month.

I don't have a paypal account and would really appreciate any info about how that works.

I have soooo much to do, so can people try to keep this thread kicked? I couldn't get any sleep last night since I've been so worried, and I'm likely to start nodding off once the sun goes down.

Thank you a million times for any help!

The DUmmie wants others to pay for the extras as well. (see Red above)  ::)  Oh and I am sure they will not shut off the electricity in winter so you can eliminate that part of the begging.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2015, 05:33:09 PM »
Same old story over and over.
I have never made a mistake,my family sucks,everything is someone elses fault and on and on.

Guess what stupid mutt,life owes you nothing but people are usually willing to help when you show an ounce of desire to help yourself or adjust to what is.
Whining in a bucket of tears is useless.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2015, 05:39:38 PM »
Easy answer for the DUmmy - go get knocked up quickly.  You said yourself you could get on the gravy train if you were preggers.  What's stopping you?  I mean, you can always get rid of the burden once you're in the money.  Or you may like it so much you can join all the other baby mommas out there reproducing on the taxpayers dime and teaching your offspring how it's done.

That said, I'd take in the poor dog in a heartbeat.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2015, 06:38:45 PM »
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I'm in a really desperate situation

There's only one thing to do, DUmmy.

Suck cock. A lot of cock.

Landlord cock, grocery store clerk cock, gas and electric cock, psychiatrist cock, pharmacist cock, phone company cock, food stamp office cock, and hiring manager cock. You should probably mend fences with your family and suck your sister's old man's cock, too.

Better get suckin', DUmmy. As the Tucson Tart would say, 'Those cocks ain't gonna suck themselves.'
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2015, 07:00:35 PM »
Quote from: Gina on February 13, 2015, 05:23:43 PM
Has anyone here ever begged for help?

I haven't come across anyone on this forum who has.
I think I have an aversion to the word help when it is used in the sense of giving money to broke people.
I'm not sure it helps too much.

If you teach a man to fish you help him.
If you give a man a fish, you enable him.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2015, 07:08:57 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on February 13, 2015, 07:00:35 PM
I haven't come across anyone on this forum who has.
I think I have an aversion to the word help when it is used in the sense of giving money to broke people.
I'm not sure it helps too much.

If you teach a man to fish you help him.
If you give a man a fish, you enable him.

And he shows up on your doorstep the next day, expecting another free fish.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2015, 07:15:11 PM »
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2015, 07:16:54 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on February 13, 2015, 05:17:37 PM
By the way, in case anyone needs reminding, we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the scam that rocked the internet.

April 30, 2005, 3:30 p.m. central time, 2:30 p.m. mountain time.

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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2015, 08:05:20 PM »
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I'm in a really desperate situation

<blah, blah, blah>


All right Dummie. Ole Perky will help you out. Get on your smart phone and look up directions for the closest sally shelter. Then pawn the phone to pay for the bus fare over there.

Problem solved!

Look dummie... if LFR can get half way across the country on a couple hundred dollars surely you can make it to the sally shelter on $50.00.

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« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2015, 08:47:19 PM »
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My sister's advice was actually to get in my bucket of bolts car and drive as far south as I could get because at least it would be warmer living on the street.

I'll bet there is one heck of a story behind that comment.
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« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2015, 09:02:22 PM »
This thread (the one in DUmmyland) is turning into a huge circle-jerk.

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Fri Feb 13, 2015, 05:05 PM

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55. I'm not a lawyer, but if you are living in a
condemnable building, maybe you should withhold rent.

The DUmmy (he/she/it) hasn't been paying the rent. The landlord wants the DUmmy out for lack of rent payments. Not that difficult to understand.

roody, maybe you should get back to doing what you do best. And that is telling everyone else on the planet how to live.

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57. That sounds like a great idea!

stage left, it sounds like you are a moron.

What does a moron sound like you ask?

A moron sounds like DUmmy stage left.
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« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2015, 09:15:00 PM »
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Fri Feb 13, 2015, 05:18 PM

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59. Your landlord CAN'T kick you out by Sunday , Eviction doesn't happen because he told you
he wants you out by Sunday.

It is a long legal process that could take anywhere from 4 months to 8 months

In the winter it becomes even harder for a landlord to evict .

Relax take a breath and just go look for work at a temp agency like you said.



What the f#%@!

"I'll need around $2000 most of that being a month's rent "


Move to a cheaper place

First of all, DUmmy glasshouses (291 posts) , enjoy you stay at Skins Island.

OK, of course the rent's too damm high. The obvious steps to solving the DUmmy in the OP TorchTheWitch's problems is to get rid of the cell phones, interwebs, the DOG, and so forth and find a less expensive place to live. And also get a job. But this is Democrat Underground so forget any Common Sense action on the part of the OP.
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Re: I'm in a really desperate situation
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2015, 09:21:36 PM »
As soon as DUmmy TorchTheWitch gets a nice fat PayPal account set up, bingo!

Coach will have it frozen up as tight as a drum.

There's a slim hope she could move into that bonus room where grasswipe Judy Smith squatted for three years, but very unlikely
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Her only real hope is to appeal to the perpetually turgid Dummy stevenumbers.
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« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2015, 09:25:41 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on February 13, 2015, 09:21:36 PM
As soon as DUmmy TorchTheWitch gets a nice fat PayPal account set up, bingo!

Coach will have it frozen up as tight as a drum.

There's a slim hope she could move into that bonus room where grasswipe Judy Smith squatted for three years, but very unlikely
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Her only real hope is to appeal to the perpetually turgid Dummy stevenumbers.

diabeticman is hoping for one that does not need an air compressor on standby.
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