To keep a long story short I have a fresh new medical bill for a new doctor to write a prescription for a medicine I already take that I ran out of but can't get refilled because I guess my doctor and his whole staff went on vacation for the last month and next two.
So Ive been busting my ass for the last week. I worked 5.7 12 hour shifts in a row including the 4th which was double time (technically 9ish since there were 3 shifts before it on the last check). Taxes taken out for that period was $555.12 leaving me with about $1200. The week before that I worked 48 hours and the 292.55 leaving me with $895. A $327 difference for working 20.5 extra hours (10 of which were double) effectively at $15.9 an hour (327/20.5). When I work 48 hours a week I am effectively working at $18.7 an hour if I was under the table. So why the fuck would I try and make extra money busting my fucking ass in these gruelling back to back 12 hour shifts in a “good trade” that I worked up to in a dirty nonclimate controlled factory with strict times breaks etc when I could just drive Uber to make extra money and make about $17-19 an hour.
I live paycheck to paycheck.
PS you could probably tell but I'm in the land of 120 (legally registered) firearms per 100 people.