Ahhh...
...Cherry Coke, you cure what ails me. Sweet, sweet caffeine.
I was reading my Twitter feed and someone I subscribe to mentioned that he wasn't feeling the economic crunch and that the President should re-check his math on that one. Maybe things are just better where he lives, but I'm definitely feeling the crunch from the economy. The most obvious thing is the number of people who have been laid off. This list includes:
- an old friend of mine
- my cousin's husband
- my aunt (because she watched my cousin's kids, and has now lost that income)
- Mike
Yeah, Mike. The bookstore he was doing web stuff for is going under, so no more work for him. Granted, it was extremely part-time, but still, the couple hundred bucks he earned every month was our running around, having fun money. And now we don't have it.
The city we live in seems to be feeling it too. At the mall there are now four huge, vacant stores. In the past six months local factories have cut hundreds of jobs. Even the school district I work for has announced that while they aren't cutting jobs, they also aren't going to fill all of the vacancies that will be made by retiring teachers.
So yeah, not everybody is having an economic crisis, but I think I am.
I was reading my Twitter feed and someone I subscribe to mentioned that he wasn't feeling the economic crunch and that the President should re-check his math on that one. Maybe things are just better where he lives, but I'm definitely feeling the crunch from the economy. The most obvious thing is the number of people who have been laid off. This list includes:
- an old friend of mine
- my cousin's husband
- my aunt (because she watched my cousin's kids, and has now lost that income)
- Mike
Yeah, Mike. The bookstore he was doing web stuff for is going under, so no more work for him. Granted, it was extremely part-time, but still, the couple hundred bucks he earned every month was our running around, having fun money. And now we don't have it.
The city we live in seems to be feeling it too. At the mall there are now four huge, vacant stores. In the past six months local factories have cut hundreds of jobs. Even the school district I work for has announced that while they aren't cutting jobs, they also aren't going to fill all of the vacancies that will be made by retiring teachers.
So yeah, not everybody is having an economic crisis, but I think I am.
posted by Danulai at
4:03 PM
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3 Comments:
The trickle down impact of the downturn in the economy is very scary. Some people probably don't even realize they have been impacted. And when they do, wham. These are tough times for everyone. Well, maybe not the billionaires.
By
country girl, At
1:14 PM
It's scary to think about. My mom was a lawyer and just lost her job because her 93-year-old boss retired, but I don't think that has anything to do with the economy. Honestly though, I don't feel that our family is very affected, especially compared to what some other families have been going through. I feel lucky, but when I hear how other people are having trouble it just makes me think, "man, that must really suck."
By
ln, At
5:28 PM
I've been poor my entire life, so it doesn't seem like much of a difference to me. :P What I make is better than not having a job at all though, and I am happy I do have a job now. I'm not even about to search for a job (paralegal) until things get better. I'm staying put in my relatively safe state job I have now.
By
kite, At
11:22 AM
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