Christmas Is
Dec. 21st, 2008 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
exhilarationWell I got my Christmas miracle today. Wasn't even expecting one.
What happened?
Ok so I have a holiday job at a store in AC ringing people up. I work in a very highly trafficked area with minimal parking, huge crowds of people, retail everywhere, etc. I spend about $20 a week getting coffee from Starbucks, because there is a Starbucks nearby (and there is no Starbucks on the island, and the only coffee shop at all is the one I got fired from...) and I spend another $20 a week on gas for my car so I can get to AC to go to work. So, I make, oh, about a hundred dollars a week, or maybe a little less than that even, once you take out what I spend to get to work and what I spend at work. Hm. That's not really relevant to the story...
Well, really it is. Because it shows that I still think it's worth it to have this job. I'm that short on money that the extra hundred a week matters. (Don't tell me to give up the caffeine habit. I'm addicted. And since caffeine is legal, I'm safe.) I live pretty much on credit - loans and credit cards are everything. It's kind of a scary game to play, but I think I'm playing it all right for the moment. If I really pull it off, it won't always be this way. But for now it is.
I hit someone's car in the parking lot today. I scraped their bumper up and cracked my headlight. I don't know what I was doing - I'm just a really bad driver, I guess. I was just like, yep, I'll pull in to this space, it's fine. It wasn't fine. And the person was right there.
I was like, OH SHIT. "I'm so sorry, I'll pay for it" is not an option, cause I can't pay for it. Sucking it up and exchanging insurance info isn't an option either, because I don't have insurance. And yes, I am aware that it's illegal to drive without it. Every way I try to work it, I can't figure a way to afford it.
And the owner of the car said to me, "don't worry about it."
YES REALLY. "This car is old and beat up anyway, just forget it. It's not a big deal."
He could have sued me. He could have called the police. I could have been sued, fined, and without a license again. But he just shrugged it off. It was an old beat up car, but even so, he still would have been well within his rights to call the police, especially if it came to finding out I had no insurance.
I've been nervous about driving without insurance for EXACTLY this reason. I'm unlucky, and a bad driver besides. When this job is over... I really think I should just stop driving until summer when I can afford an insurance policy. Obviously this was my Christmas miracle, or "get out of jail free" moment or whatever. I NEVER get those. I certainly can't count on getting another one!
What happened?
Ok so I have a holiday job at a store in AC ringing people up. I work in a very highly trafficked area with minimal parking, huge crowds of people, retail everywhere, etc. I spend about $20 a week getting coffee from Starbucks, because there is a Starbucks nearby (and there is no Starbucks on the island, and the only coffee shop at all is the one I got fired from...) and I spend another $20 a week on gas for my car so I can get to AC to go to work. So, I make, oh, about a hundred dollars a week, or maybe a little less than that even, once you take out what I spend to get to work and what I spend at work. Hm. That's not really relevant to the story...
Well, really it is. Because it shows that I still think it's worth it to have this job. I'm that short on money that the extra hundred a week matters. (Don't tell me to give up the caffeine habit. I'm addicted. And since caffeine is legal, I'm safe.) I live pretty much on credit - loans and credit cards are everything. It's kind of a scary game to play, but I think I'm playing it all right for the moment. If I really pull it off, it won't always be this way. But for now it is.
I hit someone's car in the parking lot today. I scraped their bumper up and cracked my headlight. I don't know what I was doing - I'm just a really bad driver, I guess. I was just like, yep, I'll pull in to this space, it's fine. It wasn't fine. And the person was right there.
I was like, OH SHIT. "I'm so sorry, I'll pay for it" is not an option, cause I can't pay for it. Sucking it up and exchanging insurance info isn't an option either, because I don't have insurance. And yes, I am aware that it's illegal to drive without it. Every way I try to work it, I can't figure a way to afford it.
And the owner of the car said to me, "don't worry about it."
YES REALLY. "This car is old and beat up anyway, just forget it. It's not a big deal."
He could have sued me. He could have called the police. I could have been sued, fined, and without a license again. But he just shrugged it off. It was an old beat up car, but even so, he still would have been well within his rights to call the police, especially if it came to finding out I had no insurance.
I've been nervous about driving without insurance for EXACTLY this reason. I'm unlucky, and a bad driver besides. When this job is over... I really think I should just stop driving until summer when I can afford an insurance policy. Obviously this was my Christmas miracle, or "get out of jail free" moment or whatever. I NEVER get those. I certainly can't count on getting another one!
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Date: 2008-12-21 11:47 pm (UTC)Anyway, I'm glad you got yours. <3
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Date: 2008-12-22 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-21 11:50 pm (UTC)One of the things I'm most dreading about this move is having to relearn how to drive, it scares me. I hate driving. I'd rather walk or take the bus. But where we're moving is rural, so will have to drive.
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Date: 2008-12-22 01:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-22 01:16 am (UTC)