I give up

[mousme]

The woman who takes care of my account at the temp place called yesterday. She was all apologies because I hadn't been paid last week, but said that I would receive two paychecks today (instead of tomorrow, because the banks are closed).

Guess what?

That's right. I went to the bank machine today, and there was no money.

This means I have 0.80$ to my name until... wait for it... NEXT FRIDAY! WHEE! Yes, 0.80 cents, because I foolishly spent what was in my wallet yesterday (all ten dollars of it), trusting that my employers would pay me.

So, no lunch for Phnee today. I don't even have enough money to buy a goddamn chocolate bar.

I have almost no gas left in the car. I have a little bit of food in the fridge, certainly enough to last me a week. I means I won't be able to use the car to go anywhere, including to my various committments this weekend and next week. I can manage most of them without the car, luckily.

It also means I can't bring Pan-Pan to the vet. He hasn't been doing too badly over the course of the week, but I was seriously considering taking him to the vet anyway just to get him checked out. Now I can't. The vet is a minimum of $45 just for the examination. It usually ends up costing me about $60 per visit.

In conclusion: fuck.


P.S. If you're curious about that paycheck that they owed me back from August, no, it's still not been paid to me. So now they owe me nearly 1,000 if you include this week's pay. The fun never stops.

Comments

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Régie. Des. Normes. De. Travail.

[taimatsu]

Can you call them up, explode at them, and insist that they write you a damn cheque already? They have *really* screwed up and are presumably in breach of contract or something similar. Don't just suffer in silence!

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Ah, crap, Phnee. You have my sympathy. It's bad enough working from paycheque to paycheque, but when one or more of those cheques drops out of the equation... well, I just wish I was in a position to feed you for a bit, or take Pan-Pan to the vet for you.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Oh, want a lift to band on Saturday? I can swing by to pick both you and Jan up on my way, say around 10.40?

[ai731.livejournal.com]

That would be wonderful. Thank you.

[airea-dawn.livejournal.com]

Call les norms de travail. In montreal the number is (514) 873-4947. I called them yesterday myself cause my old employee is withholding all my pay too. How evil...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

They're not withholding. They absolutely admit that they owe me money. They merely claim it was an "administrative error" that will be corrected on my next paycheck.

*growls in frustration*

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

So charge them interest.

Seriously, I'm pretty sure they're supposed to pay you on a regular basis. Making you wait when you have bills of your own to pay is a serious hardship that you should NOT have to put up with. There must be SOMEBODY there who is authorized to cut you a cheque / transfer the money today or tomorrow.

[airea-dawn.livejournal.com]

They'll have to pay you intrest and you'll get your pay check sooner than next friday. Companies suck.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do. I'll be complaining (again), and I fully expect them to keep stonewalling, the way they did the last time they fucked up my pay.

In theory, I'll no longer have to deal with them when November is out.

[karine.livejournal.com]

The bank has paid them, they should pay you, with interest. Call every. fucking. hour. until you get a satisfactory answer. That's what I'D do.

How much is 10% interest on your August cheque that they still haven't made you? 10% PER MONTH?

They OWE you. Man this pisses me off...

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

Zis is... how you say? Le bullshite.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

Well, at very least, I will be feeding you tomorrow while we write - yes I'm still up for it. The cold and scratchy voice (it has improved from non-existant to scratchy) are annoying, but I'm feeling much less ill.