So I have a nice job lined up that I will be starting in a couple weeks. However, life is expensive and I need to get to my first paycheck, so things will go a lot more smoothly for me if I could rustle up a couple hundred bucks between then and now. My situation isn't bad - I have a pretty good support network I could borrow money from, but I'd like to hold myself up as much as possible before I go asking.

I've come up with a few possible plans:

  • Sell Plasma. I used to do this back in college and pretend I was straight. Is gay blood still a no-go? I'm also on injectable estrogen, would that disqualify me? It seems to pay a hell of a lot more than it did in the 2000s, so if I qualify I could get what I need in just a couple sessions.

  • Temp Work. I know there's a place nearby where I can just show up at the crack of dawn and they'll give me a job for the day, paid at the end of the day. I've referred lots of my homeless clients there. But from what I've seen it's mostly very physical labor, and I am small and weak. I don't know if I could handle warehouse work, and the city is still recovering from a blizzard so outdoors work would be a lot less fun than normal. Does anyone have experience with these types of day labor programs?

  • Download grindr andNOPE not doing that again

  • Rob a bank. It worked for Stalin.

  • Swallow pride and ask family for help. It's not unusual for us to float a couple hundred between each other, but I just don't want to ask if I don't have to.

What's your go-to for when you need more than a couple bucks real real quick?

  • GaveUp [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I know a friend that steals food from grocery stores and whatever else he needs from pharmacies, Walmarts, etc. so that he doesn't expend his last bit of cash savings

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Obligatory steer clear of target unless you want to get lulled into a felony by their loss prevention forensics labs