I’ll try to keep it short because I’m sure people are tired of hearing about it.

The week that I was out with my broken wrist, I thought would be paid. I’ve never had a job with PTO or sick time before. I’d used my allotted PTO for the year. So I put in my requests as serious medical (injury), assuming they’d pay me and then if I was found to be fraudulent they’d claw that back. Oh boy, am I naive. Definitely feeling stupid for a grown ass man.

So needless to say I didn’t get a paycheck as I was supposed to. My apartment complex agreed yesterday to let me pay rent late on the 9th, and I’d just be responsible for the late fees within two weeks of the 9th. I could have pulled that off with about ~30 left between the next two weeks, but I’d still have a place to stay.

So now I’m here. I don’t know what else to do. I’m going to go get the paperwork for FMLA (medical leave) signed by the doctor today, but this process can take weeks and I’m not even 100% sure it will work, as someone made a comment about it not kicking in for two weeks. I took that to mean FMLA won’t kick in unless it was bad enough for me to be out of work for two weeks. Guess I should have milked that doctor’s note huh?

So, I hate landlords, I hate capitalism. I have a couple groceries thanks to the fine folks here the other day, but now I need ~460 (this check will be complete and I can cover the other 300) by the 9th, plus the normal bills and such I was hoping to cover this week, along with groceries and etc, totaling 100.

I’ll accept any advice in this situation as well, but I think I’m on top of it now. I just didn’t realize I was supposed to be filling out paperwork while I was sitting in the ER and had no idea what was happening…

So actual long story short: Got hurt, work/capitalism fucked me, and I’m short on short-term bills to the tune of $100 and need an additional ~460 by the 9th. I don’t expect the comm to make up all this difference, but I don’t have friends with any available resources at the moment. I’m resourceful and will keep trying, but I’m in a tough spot. With my wrist broken there’s not much side work I can do.

Thank you all so much. I’m trying really hard not to freak out about this. I really don’t want to be homeless and start over again.

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P.S. In other news, I’m pretty sure I’m easing some of my coworkers more and more left, so that’s fun!