Fml
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:54 pm
Well things can turn to shi't pretty quickly these days can't they?
Keeping your chin above water is one thing but it only needs one thing to go wrong and the proverbial hits the fan.
Basically in two days my electricity is going to be turned off and seeing I have no money coming in at all ...(yeah I mean that ...at all ) I'm eventually going to be evicted. I havent eaten for three days which is no biggy because I could shed a few pounds anyway and the stress means I don't feel hungry.
How did all this happen you ask within a two to three week period?
Well, three weeks ago I obtained a job ( a crap job but at least it was a job ) The job agency told me that the work would cover my training and already held tickets etc etc . When I went to this job nobody asked to see any of my lisences or tickets. I thought that very strange, but soldiered on regardless. Then I was introduced to the work I was about to do . OH DEAR GOD!!!!! My job was to walk over about an acre of societies green waste and pick out all the unwanted household waste and all manner of other things from this miriad of a landscape. It was okay for a couple of days . But then my back and elbow and wrist began to lock up and give out from the repetitiveness of the work . I can't tell you how many times i almost rolled my ankles walking over all the mounds of waste. I discovered very quickly that this job had nothing to do with my qualifications nor was there any aspirations by my boss in having me working machinary.
Okay two weeks go by, my elbow is totalled now and I've only been payed once. (in fact I'm still waiting on the last week of works pay. Contacted fairwork Australia who;ll take about 7 days to get back to me ...oh joy )
And here in lies the problem. During this time at work my son was going to have to ride his bike 6 Kms to the school bus stop because I left so early in the morning. Even bought him a bike to do so . This did not please him and he wouldn't get himself up for school. Also he wouldn't hug me because I stank. I stank , the car stank, my clothes stank. And I have to admit it was a horrid smell and my work boots even after being washed still stink and will have to be thrown out. Baths and showers wouldn not completely get rid of the smell.
I try to remedy the school bus /bike ride situation by housesitting in another suburb (we were going to be living there soon enough anyway he might as well get used to the place) ...bus stops right outside. YAY!!! or so I thought. Still didn't get up to go to school. My son has decided during this time that it's time to live with his dad....OH ****ING JOY!!!!
Well over last weekend he decided to leave, my arm totally locked up and i didn't get my pay and couldn't get to work (not that I would have been able to do it anyway ...because of no pay, no petrol, and no we don't have public transport out here.) . So no pay, no child support, and no assistance. Because I declared whilst on a single parent payment how much I earned (not recieved but earned ) I cannot claim any assistance for another 5 weeks. That means no money at all ...zilch..nothing. I'm not sure how society is supposed to deal with that but it seems ridiculas to me that they say they'll help but once your'e homeless and starving.
Now I understand . Don't ever ever be honest about anything to the government because this is exactly how you'll end up .
So in a matter of three weeks i've gone from keeping our heads above water to no phone, no electricity, and soon no roof over my head. HOW THE **** DID THAT HAPPEN??????
has anyone else been in this situation ? and how did you get out of it ...but be quick with responces cause i don't have much time . thanks in advance.
Keeping your chin above water is one thing but it only needs one thing to go wrong and the proverbial hits the fan.
Basically in two days my electricity is going to be turned off and seeing I have no money coming in at all ...(yeah I mean that ...at all ) I'm eventually going to be evicted. I havent eaten for three days which is no biggy because I could shed a few pounds anyway and the stress means I don't feel hungry.
How did all this happen you ask within a two to three week period?
Well, three weeks ago I obtained a job ( a crap job but at least it was a job ) The job agency told me that the work would cover my training and already held tickets etc etc . When I went to this job nobody asked to see any of my lisences or tickets. I thought that very strange, but soldiered on regardless. Then I was introduced to the work I was about to do . OH DEAR GOD!!!!! My job was to walk over about an acre of societies green waste and pick out all the unwanted household waste and all manner of other things from this miriad of a landscape. It was okay for a couple of days . But then my back and elbow and wrist began to lock up and give out from the repetitiveness of the work . I can't tell you how many times i almost rolled my ankles walking over all the mounds of waste. I discovered very quickly that this job had nothing to do with my qualifications nor was there any aspirations by my boss in having me working machinary.
Okay two weeks go by, my elbow is totalled now and I've only been payed once. (in fact I'm still waiting on the last week of works pay. Contacted fairwork Australia who;ll take about 7 days to get back to me ...oh joy )
And here in lies the problem. During this time at work my son was going to have to ride his bike 6 Kms to the school bus stop because I left so early in the morning. Even bought him a bike to do so . This did not please him and he wouldn't get himself up for school. Also he wouldn't hug me because I stank. I stank , the car stank, my clothes stank. And I have to admit it was a horrid smell and my work boots even after being washed still stink and will have to be thrown out. Baths and showers wouldn not completely get rid of the smell.
I try to remedy the school bus /bike ride situation by housesitting in another suburb (we were going to be living there soon enough anyway he might as well get used to the place) ...bus stops right outside. YAY!!! or so I thought. Still didn't get up to go to school. My son has decided during this time that it's time to live with his dad....OH ****ING JOY!!!!
Well over last weekend he decided to leave, my arm totally locked up and i didn't get my pay and couldn't get to work (not that I would have been able to do it anyway ...because of no pay, no petrol, and no we don't have public transport out here.) . So no pay, no child support, and no assistance. Because I declared whilst on a single parent payment how much I earned (not recieved but earned ) I cannot claim any assistance for another 5 weeks. That means no money at all ...zilch..nothing. I'm not sure how society is supposed to deal with that but it seems ridiculas to me that they say they'll help but once your'e homeless and starving.
Now I understand . Don't ever ever be honest about anything to the government because this is exactly how you'll end up .
So in a matter of three weeks i've gone from keeping our heads above water to no phone, no electricity, and soon no roof over my head. HOW THE **** DID THAT HAPPEN??????
has anyone else been in this situation ? and how did you get out of it ...but be quick with responces cause i don't have much time . thanks in advance.