ngdawg

Beat me to it.

I have gotten laid off or fired a lot and contacting the unemployment office is the first thing I do.

I remember years ago my grandparents would go to get their free government cheese and then give a 5 lb block of it to my mom. We'd be knee-deep in grilled cheese sandwiches for months.

If someone offers me something for free I am not above taking it. A friend who worked at the senior's center in town had a trunkful of donated bread that no one took-I took a few bags.

When I went to school, the spouse's salary was the detriment to not getting Pell, even though his take-home barely gets us by. Same with reduced school lunches-missed their guidelines by $50 a week.
We don't make enough to breathe any sigh of relief, but we make too much to ask for help.

I'm hoping that the unemployment increases apply to those of us who are already collecting. My checks are less than half what I was making and I don't see me getting called back.

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