I'm going to be blunt here.

You have got to quit playing the victim here.  Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, quit living on hopes and empty promises of work that doesn't happen, and get your butt out and find another job.  Or two jobs if need be.

Why blame this on your employer?  You allowed them to use you.  Now it is their fault? 

I am by myself, I have no man, no family, nobody to turn to if disaster happens.  I realize this and take care of myself.  I make sure I have money in savings.  I would never ever stay at a job that was not meeting my survival needs. 

I work two jobs, just because I always have, and in the MT industry, especially lately, I am afraid to depend on just one.  Seeing the writing on the wall, I am going to let go of one of the jobs because I am signed up for school in the fall to get out of this career.  I am no spring chicken.  I am in my 50s. 

You can do this, too.  FIND ANOTHER JOB, GET THE CHEAPEST APARTMENT YOU CAN FIND AND GET ON YOUR FEET AGAIN.  YOU CAN DO THIS. 

I am not saying all this to be mean, it is just the reality.  You have known for at least the past two months your job was not working. 

Do something about it. 

Unless you like living under a bridge. 

• Got an eviction notice today. - sm
  • My gas was turned off last week. - Coleman propane.
  • Sorry for your situation - Pugmom
  • I feel for you sm - Been through the mill myself
    • Great, greatly supportive post from "Through the Mill". nm - Ella (retired)
    • Firstly of all: Why didn't YOU take your ex to courtf or non- - ()
  • You need to take action. - Now.
    • That is an excellent post from "Now". sm - Ella (retired)
    • These are excellent suggestions! - NHamp gal
  • I'm close to being in your shoes - keeping homelessness at bay
    • What has our profession come to? sm - Ella (retired)
      • I think all of the above, except not the -(sm)- - Topaz
        • Did you read how many heartless and rude replies - ()
      • Ella got the point (thank you!) - keeping homelessness at bay
    • I wouldn't call them sharp replies. But sometimes - truth hurts. You did something about it.
      • I disagree with you. OP has a very nasty LL - ()
        • harsh landlord? - kendra
        • If it is a month-to-month lease - - LL can evict.
          • I was only wondering that the LL evicts her - ()
      • No,actually, OP didn't ask for opinions. - just sayin'
        • For real. If you post, people are gonna have an - opinion. Just sayin. (nm)
          • What is wrong with? - Valerie Bowen
        • Then she shouldn't post here if she doesn't want - to hear a different opinion. And what is wrong
          • Wait a minute, "What is wrong?". sm - Ella (retired)
            • It is a shame, that the truth is misconstrued as - criticism.
              • tp be continued: The TRUTH is that in these times - ()
                • The OP sat for two months and let her situation get - worse. No hard times there.
                  • It's called insidious not laziness - AnnuderMT
              • I think you are very rude. At least if you - ()
                • Oh. Been there done that. Picked myself up. - My friends didn't baby me, they got me moving.
                  • OP surely knows on herself that she has to pick - ()
                  • Well, isn't that just so SPECIAL. - ......Not.
  • I'm going to be blunt here. - But you asked for opinions.
    • Opinions or a sounding board?... - Kicking someone when they are down
    • Very eloquent and literate post, but....sm - Ella (retired)
      • That wasn't eloquent, it was downright - RUDE. NM
        • Ella (retired) meant it 'sarcastic.', read her post....nm - ()
      • Ella, I feel the same................nm - ()
      • Way harsh? Oh come on. We are all adults here. - Please.
        • If she were my daughter.... - you betcha
          • You are SO RIGHT. But obviously there are plenty - here who would rather she wallow.
            • This was in easier times... - ()
          • you are exactly the kind of mother children give a rat's ass about - ()
            • And you are the type of parent who kids - stomp all over.
              • No,. that's not me. My children love and respect me. - ()
            • very nice - you betcha
              • I thought you don't have children...sm - ()
                • Nooo. You're the best. - She no way can match you.
                  • I do not even answer to this. This shows me your low niveau...nm - ()
          • I,. first of all, would pay her rent until she - ()
            • MY DAUGHTER is a strong, independent professional - woman who loves her mom.
              • What got into you? Why so aggressive? Watch your language...nm - ()
        • if the OP were your daughter would you talk the same?...nm - ()
          • My daughter wouldn't sit on her duff in that situation. - She would get a job that she could live on.
      • It's so easy to judge... - BOO
        • Been there, BOO (Please read) - Pugmom
        • Again.... - BOO
          • AGAIN --- LAZY. - Sheesh!
        • You forgot the HOO after your BOO. - Would you sit and whine or get moving?
          • Wow! That's really fugly, especially this: - ()
            • Absolutely. If someone is too lazy to get a job, - it brings the rest of the country down.
    • I agree with your post - see message - NHamp gal
  • Good luck - Keep your head up!! - Tli
  • I would send copy of it to my employer. -(sm)- - Topaz
    • What good would that do? - SS
      • It'd make me feel better, which is better than nothing..-- - Topaz
        • Everyone on here has what is called - SS
          • So tell me ---------------------- - sm
            • If you are not making the $$$ you need - SS
              • I'm rarely ever out of work at my job. But at - nano-cpl, you can work all day and -
                • Then WHY are you staying? NM - SS
                  • Didn't say I was. - ~(@)~
            • and did that - been there
              • Hate to tell ya, but coding's the next thing to - be going offshore, along with billing.
                • Coding going offshore - Pugmom
                • hate to tell you - been there
                  • That's what we all said 10-15 years ago - about transcription.
                    • like I said... - been there
                      • Do some research. - nm
                    • but it's coming, and it gets closer and closer!...nm - ()
          • THANK YOU. I can't believe some of these - posts!
            • So you think that little of your own profession, that - what's happening to it is somehow
              • yes, I agree, how do those people who have - ()
                • sm... - you betcha
                  • I was only giving you back your RUDENESS - ()
                    • Oh please. - You are tops. Trust me.
                      • Sheesh. Go take a Prozac or a Valium and - come back when you can be civil.
                        • This post is dripping of ignorance. As if - ()
  • sm - Happy MTer
  • oh my - mt

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