Just another ordinary day in paradise.

[davidthegnome]

10. I have.

All of the plans are unaffordable for me - I called in to ask about subsidies, and the nice lady on the phone told me that I made too little income for Obamacare, or it's subsidies to apply. There was something called a catastrophic plan, or something like that, but that would have been too much for me to pay out of pocket. Her suggestion was to apply for Mainecare, which have, and will probably do again some time in the near future. The problem is that our Republican Governor rejected the Medicaid expansion, and is in the process of cutting the hell out of our State insurance program. Something like eighteen thousand people were just cut, and I expect there will be more cuts in the months to come.

There's also a matter of thousands of dollars in debt in past medical expenses, as well as student loan debt - when someone from a random collection agency called me yesterday to demand a payment of 200 dollars a month, I asked if he'd let me borrow his car then, so I could get to work to pay it - as that payment would make me unable to afford the car I have now. He laughed, before threatening to garnish my wages, maybe take me to court. He told me that he was going out on a limb even making that offer. I told him, "Yes, thank you Sir. Burn in hell very much. Goodbye.", then I hung up. That one will probably come back to bite me... it's not that I dislike the fellow, everyone needs a job - but the companies that employ him are the scum of the earth, kind of like my own big Boss, who owns a couple hotels and frequently bitches that all of his employees have their hand out. I want to tell him that their hands are out because he only pays the eight dollars an hour without benefits... but I wisely keep my mouth shut, and keep my job... for now.

On the one hand, I know that if I snap I'll lose my job and what little I have right now... on the other hand, it is very depressing to be talked down to by a man who just took a very expensive vacation, then came back to inform the wait staff at the Hotel Restaurant that their vacation time no longer existed - he just couldn't afford it. He was offering it out of the goodness of his heart, he said, no other restaurants offer that up here. I wonder if it occurs to him that the heating system is so messed up that on a cold night, it's forty degrees in the kitchen, and even colder in the dining room...

On the off chance that he should ever visit DU and read this (doubtful, as he is, of course, a staunch republican...): Fuck you, Sir.

I almost never get angry, I'm almost never really mean to people... I have always kept my temper on a tight leash. The leash is slipping though, it may be that I'll have a nervous break-down and, disregarding my own circumstances, tell my boss what I really think of him. It would be awesome, I'd get fired, and be even poorer, but... if any man ever deserved telling off more, I do not know him.