Tenth Crew Member needs your help.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Friday, October 16, 2009 03:43
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HAKEN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 6:56 AM

I'm trying something new on FFF.NET because a lot of us are being hard hit by the current economic crisis.

Below is an email I received from John (TenthCrewMember). There is really no way for me to verify his story, but I thought I would pass it along anyway.

Quote:

Take note, its true, nice guys finish last. I'm living proof.

I am quite literally desperate in looking for a job, so I am doing the thing I hate most, and begging my friends to help, anyway they can. This is me swallowing what little pride I have left. I've always managed to work things out, but I can't even seem to land a shitty job.

Apparently I am over-educated for jobs I am willing to do and overqualified for the jobs I've been doing. My previous cheap-ass employer is holding up my unemployment by challenging the fact they fired me for financial reasons.

And to make it worse, I can't get financial assistance from the state because I don't have my original birth certificate, and it will take a month, maybe more, to get that from California. I am 2 maybe 3 weeks away from having not only no job and no money, but no place to live. At least I was current on my car payment going into this month, so I have some time there.

I've always kept my problems to myself, tried to solve them my own way, never wanting to burden others (unlike someone else we all know). I just don't know what else to do now. As much as I'd like to tell someone "You HAVE to hire me", the world just doesn't work that way.

To be blunt, at the absolute MINIMUM, I will need $250 to secure housing in BETHEL (sigh) from the County Housing Authority (I've been on a waiting list for 8 months, and if I say no to this place, it could be 8 more...) just to keep a roof over mine and the kids' heads.

I'd obviously prefer to be working and stay living where I am at, but I'll do what I have to at this point. So you see, I've already cashed in plenty of pride, confidence and self-worth, along with a bit or moral fiber, going to the taxpayer for housing and food (yes, I get food stamps now...and before that I was at food pantries...), have even been selling things just to pay the bills, and am running out of viable options there.

Thanks in advance. Please email (or call) me if you can do anything.

John

If you think you can help, you can reach John at: jaq.lemur [ at ] gmail.com.

RALLEM

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:16 AM

I sent John an email with a suggestion.

http://www.swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

FILLYGIRL

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:57 AM

Haken, will he take money from us? I want to help, just not sure what to do.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

BLUESUNCOMPANYMAN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:18 PM

I met him in a line at Dragoncon '07. He gave me a card but looking in my wallet today it isn't there and it's not in my card file on my desk. I'll send him an email. He was a decient fellow well met.

FILLYGIRL

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bluesuncompanyman:
I met him in a line at Dragoncon '07. He gave me a card but looking in my wallet today it isn't there and it's not in my card file on my desk. I'll send him an email. He was a decient fellow well met.

Thanks, Bluesuncompanyman, I don't want to insult him by offering money, but that appears to be he needs some, :)

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

STOWEAWAY

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 1:45 PM

What about his cafepress store? www.cafepress.com/10thcrew
Would it help him at all if we bought some merchandise?
Or is the need more urgent and immediate? Sounds like perhaps it is.
Browncoats have rallied around their own before. Sounds like it's time to do it again.
Unfortunately this kind of thing is becoming more & more common. There's hardly anyone among us who isn't a patch-of-bad-luck away from the same position.
Is there anymore info on how we can help?

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EARTHGIRL

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stoweaway:
What about his cafepress store? www.cafepress.com/10crewmember
Would it help him at all if we bought some merchandise?
Or is the need more urgent and immediate? Sounds like perhaps it is.

I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but there's a 45 day waiting period for payout from CP. So anything you buy today, he'll only get the commission for in a month and a half from now.

Shiny stuff for not a lot of coin:
www.cafepress.com/FireflyCargoBay
and www.FireflyCargoBay.com

STOWEAWAY

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 4:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by earthgirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by Stoweaway:
What about his cafepress store? www.cafepress.com/10thcrew
Would it help him at all if we bought some merchandise?
Or is the need more urgent and immediate? Sounds like perhaps it is.

I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but there's a 45 day waiting period for payout from CP. So anything you buy today, he'll only get the commission for in a month and a half from now.

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I didn't know how long it took for that money to trickle down. Thanks, Earthgirl.

(crap! even managed to mess up the link to his Cafepress. me <---- FAIL)

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BYTEMITE

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:52 PM

If he's got a cafe press shop, does he got paypal?

EARTHGIRL

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 7:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
If he's got a cafe press shop, does he got paypal?

cafe press doesn't pay its shopkeepers with PayPal- but that doesn't mean he doesn't have an account w/ PP, personally. So, I really don't know

Shiny stuff for not a lot of coin:
www.cafepress.com/FireflyCargoBay
and www.FireflyCargoBay.com

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