We're going to need a bigger shovel to dig this one out...

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SiGmA_X: May 3, 2004; SiGmA_X

n8r posted:

Start selling possessions on craigslist.

This. Big time.

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SiGmA_X: May 3, 2004; SiGmA_X

imabanana posted:

Drive to the restaurant and ask to speak to the manager about a job.

I don't want to assume my experience applies to everyone, but when I was 18-23 or so I must have waited tables at 10 different places (I bounced around a lot obviously and wasn't a super great employee, although I never got fired from anywhere) and always got a job same day when I went in and spoke to a manager. Worst case they tell you to fill out an application and never call you, but unless the restaurant industry has changed a lot in the last 10 years (and maybe it has, I dunno) you're going to do better in person.

My girlfriend has worked PT at a restaurant for the last few years, and this is how all the employees are hired. Same for some of her coworkers and our various who do/have worked at multiple restaurants over the last decade. (Including to current time, not just a decade ago.)

I definitely agree that going into a restaurant to apply is the way to go.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 19:58

SiGmA_X: May 3, 2004; SiGmA_X

Why haven't you gotten food stamps months ago? Let's do it today. It has massively saved a few of my friends when they barely could make rent and couldn't afford anything else period.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 15:52

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