# Next month's budget: Gee, hope there's food in the pantry... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911 "2003-07-03T00:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/21 "2003-07-03T16:49:07Z")
Drop me an e-mail too, **bodypoet**. I seem to be in the market for some Persimmon Creek candles. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/22 "2003-07-03T16:49:23Z")
Let me know what I can do to help, I’m here if you need me. I have a friend of mine looking for apartments for me so that way when I up and about more I can seriously look. I’m going to IM you now to see if I can catch you to let you know what is going on. Lots of hugs and kisses, Kricket ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/23 "2003-07-03T16:52:30Z")
Oh, and next time, tell your boss, “Sorry, I’m going through a hard time financially just now and I can’t give up the route.” Why should you suffer just because your boss feels sorry for the new co-worker? There’s a difference between helping someone out to be helpful and hurting yourself in order to help someone out. That’s not karma, that’s just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/24 "2003-07-03T16:55:52Z")
I’m sorry, that came off a bit harsh. But dammit, **bodypoet** , you need the money too! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/25 "2003-07-03T17:26:29Z")
That’s okay, **ivylass**. I feel the same way. It’s just that I was sort of stuck, because I know that technically, my boss is doing me a favor letting me keep as many routes as I have. (Most carriers don’t carry over 200 papers; I’m at over 360, and he gets some flack [flak?] for it.) So, even though he _asked_, I didn’t feel like I had much choice. He could so easily just decide that I’m carrying way too many papers and cut me back to 200, and that would be a heck of a lot of money to lose. Ah, well. It’s just one month. I don’t expect it to come up again, but if it does, I’ll do just what you said. And then I suppose I’ll start job-hunting… 😉 **Pepper** , hang in there. It’s just a couple of weeks, and I know that seems huge and overwhelming, but take one day at a time. It’ll get better. The therapist keeps reminding me: Money is a renewable resource. Money is a renewable resource… Shoot. If I had some money, I’d help all youse Dopers out! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/26 "2003-07-03T17:43:28Z")
bodypoet, let me just add “me, too”. All broke, week till payday, at least the bills are paid. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/27 "2003-07-03T18:49:20Z")
Well, how strange. I started a thread for Frugal/Broke Dopers (MPSIMS), but for some reason I can’t link to it. (The address doesn’t come up in my little address window thingy.) If anyone wants to find it and and link it here, I’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-months-budget-gee-hope-theres-food-in-the-pantry/185911/28 "2003-07-03T19:14:41Z")
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