As of today, I can finally start eating again. I had run out of money on my student meal account card about a week and a half ago, and these last couple of days have been slim pickins. I'm pretty sure I lost about five pounds from malnutrition alone. It was sort of like I was a character on the Oregon Trail and Player set the food rations to meager. Now I know how they felt. Anyway, I think you get the point.
Still, the money that has been added is pretty low in and of itself, so I have been trying to spend no more then two to three dollars per meal, two meals a day. Today I went to dinner and the special was Teriyaki Pork. It looked delicious and they had one of the specialist chefs making it, so I decided to go for it. It was .34/oz. but I figured that it couldn't possibly tally up to that much. Besides, I had gone so long on bread and water that I owed myself at least one bout of splurging. Well, when it came time to ring the meal up, I was in for a shock. $8.84!!! That's two days worth of food on my new ration! Embarrassed, I told the cashier I couldn't afford it, and brought it back to the chef. I told him it looked delicious but I couldn't afford it and asked if he wanted it back or if I should just throw it all out. What happened next I never saw coming; he pulled me over to one of the inactive cash registers, turned it on, and payed for my meal with his own dinner card!!! I was so surprised and happy. It seems like nobody cares about anyone else anymore, but every now and then you get a completely selfless act like that. Joey would have been proven wrong.
Tomorrow morning I start work at Aeropostale, which I am extremely excited about. Only problem is I don't know anyone with a car, and buses don't start running until around noon, leaving me with no means of transportation. I'm going to have to pay for a taxi, even though I'm pretty damn near bankrupt. It's like the old saying goes, "you have to spend money to make money". Still, I wish it was only the other way around. I could live with that.
By the end of this summer though, I will have a car...hopefully. Damn, I need one badly.
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Its really nice to hear that. I dont even use this site or even plan to but after hearing that cash/food shortage story it inspired me to create an account and tell you that. Good luck amigo!!!!!!!!
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