I was expecting to have a very stern conversation with my building manager, but she's trying to come up with ways I could make money. Unfortunately, I can't make $800/month selling straws or baking. I don't have my rent and can't pay other bills, there's no way around that. Yes I could get a roommate, I still have ads up, but I can't pay my half of the rent for an unknown period of time and I don't want to flake on someone and leave them with nowhere to live. She thinks I should do it anyways. Desperate measures I guess.
She had all sorts of suggestions that weren't going to work out, and I was trying to figure out why this lady was trying to help me when I don't have my rent, and then thought: maybe it's because she likes you. What would I do if a friend wasn't going to have anywhere to live? I probably wouldn't think "oh well, guess she's sleeping in her car now. Way it goes." I'd care a lot more if this happened to someone else.
We went out for coffee and a doughnut (why is this lady being nice to me??), also I'm using her internet connection. The manager gave me her wifi password as I haven't had internet since I got sick. It makes life a lot easier.
I've cleaned apartments after move-out here for several years, and fixed the drywall, paint, closet doors. For $10/hour cash, which is below minimum wage now, but I know how small the manager's salary is, and I have to take whatever work I can get. Those jobs are her responsibility, she can't do them herself, and I'm leaving suddenly. Also she'll look bad if I don't pay my rent on the first because she was my main reference when I moved in. I hadn't been back in Canada that long and didn't have much history.
Stuck in Canada suddenly, no longer a permanent resident, without any landlord or employment references for a decade and no credit, I nearly didn't exist. My husband had died in another country, I couldn't afford to go back, and I couldn't feel anything. Sometimes I still don't.
My building manager wants me to bake pies this week and try to make some money. I have a bag of granny smith apples, but I also have too many more important things to do and can't do that much. Soliciting orders on Facebook takes a lot of organisation time. I'll try to find the time. I'm not going to miraculously come up with my last month's rent and change this.
She had all sorts of suggestions that weren't going to work out, and I was trying to figure out why this lady was trying to help me when I don't have my rent, and then thought: maybe it's because she likes you. What would I do if a friend wasn't going to have anywhere to live? I probably wouldn't think "oh well, guess she's sleeping in her car now. Way it goes." I'd care a lot more if this happened to someone else.
We went out for coffee and a doughnut (why is this lady being nice to me??), also I'm using her internet connection. The manager gave me her wifi password as I haven't had internet since I got sick. It makes life a lot easier.
I've cleaned apartments after move-out here for several years, and fixed the drywall, paint, closet doors. For $10/hour cash, which is below minimum wage now, but I know how small the manager's salary is, and I have to take whatever work I can get. Those jobs are her responsibility, she can't do them herself, and I'm leaving suddenly. Also she'll look bad if I don't pay my rent on the first because she was my main reference when I moved in. I hadn't been back in Canada that long and didn't have much history.
Stuck in Canada suddenly, no longer a permanent resident, without any landlord or employment references for a decade and no credit, I nearly didn't exist. My husband had died in another country, I couldn't afford to go back, and I couldn't feel anything. Sometimes I still don't.
My building manager wants me to bake pies this week and try to make some money. I have a bag of granny smith apples, but I also have too many more important things to do and can't do that much. Soliciting orders on Facebook takes a lot of organisation time. I'll try to find the time. I'm not going to miraculously come up with my last month's rent and change this.
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