Dateline 2-10-2017

How are you supposed to stop being poor when the less money you have the more they try to nickel and dime everything out of you. Right now I am so poor that I can't justify having a bank account. I do have a job that pays me just what I need to get by while I'm taking my classes. The second I get the check it all goes to the very few bills that I'm still stuck with making me jealous of the days when my salary actually stretched from paycheck to paycheck.

So there is a sample of just how little I make and here are some new fees that I now have to deal with despite making less than I ever have in my entire lifetime. First, there are the taxes, but as a grown adult making less the ten grand a year, I get most of that back around tax time. Next, since I don't have enough to justify a bank account I have no access to direct deposit. This me that the payroll department of my job now charges me $3.00 just to cut a check and mail it. Finally, again, since I don't have a bank account I get charged another $7.00 to cash this payroll check even when I go to the bank that released it.  

I know this mini-breakdown doesn't sound like much but when you're living a life where every nickel counts these extra fees are downright offensive especially when they just weren't there when I had a more reputable income. It's disgusting how money grubbing this country's become and I'm not even talking about our politics. 

Oh well, I guess it is what it is, I'm just extra annoyed right now because this was a particularly light payday. Now it's time to get on with my life. Talk to you tomorrow with another update.

Sincerely yours,

The Wicker Breaker