My adventures selling blood plasma for cash

[ambition]

Ambition(or lack there of) jd4083 was not being mean-spirited or a shit head. He was telling you honestly how you are coming across and offering tough love suggestions. I was being snarky. I didn't like you calling Hemotologists "11 dollar plasma employees". As thin skinned and righteous as you been,don't work with blue collars. We will tear you a new corn hole.

I don't feel like I'm thin-skinned. I'm not in tears here. I was attacked personally and defended myself. Tough love- even if I disagree with it- I can take. What I won't accept is the implication that I stated that I'm above menial labor. I don't feel this way.

Verbal jousting aside, are you going to honestly say that the 6 hours you spent to make $50 today could not have been better spent in search of a more long-term solution than selling plasma? Even if that did not necessarily mean an immediate reward in the form of cash today which, in all likelihood, will have already been spent before the day is even done?

I don't know. I have a job lined up and I need cash immediately to survive the first month in a new location before my check. I don't see any other options, other than same-day-pay labor, which pays less than 50 a day.

I'm sorry if I'm a little on edge. I appreciate how good I have it relative to most people in the world. Still, it's a bitter pill to swallow; my decline happened so fast. I grew up with money and have never been in this type of situation before. I'm making this shit up day-to-day, trying to survive. To be honest I'm a little scared, down on myself, depressed and just on edge.

 

[rick shaw]

$50 could buy a million dollar insurance on mom. Just saying

 

[HighDesertJoe]

When I was 15 yrs old and 6'1'' I could pass for 18yrs old. It was around 1973 we where down and out so my Mom and I would go sell our plasma twice a week, if you got there early it'd take about a hour and a half and you'd get $8.00 for regular plasma and $12.00 for plasma with tetanus in it. I had the the good blood. The people that gave blood back then where 90% regular people the rest where wino's as long as I got my $10.00 bag or Lid of weed as we called them. I would give my Mom the rest...Oh the memories

 

[jd4083]

I don't feel like I'm thin-skinned. I'm not in tears here. I was attacked personally and defended myself. Tough love- even if I disagree with it- I can take. What I won't accept is the implication that I stated that I'm above menial labor. I don't feel this way.


I don't know. I have a job lined up and I need cash immediately to survive the first month in a new location before my check. I don't see any other options, other than same-day-pay labor, which pays less than 50 a day.

I'm sorry if I'm a little on edge. I appreciate how good I have it relative to most people in the world. Still, it's a bitter pill to swallow; my decline happened so fast. I grew up with money and have never been in this type of situation before. I'm making this shit up day-to-day, trying to survive. To be honest I'm a little scared, down on myself, depressed and just on edge.

We've all been there, and whether we like it or not, we'll all likely feel that way again at some point in our lives. That's how it rolls dude, might as well enjoy what little time you have. The fact is, you still have your health (presumably), which means that the bullshit $40-50 daily labor gigs are something that you CAN do in a bind, which I think it's fair to say you're in now.

So go work your 8 hours X amount of days per week doing shitty manual labor and getting paid less than minimum wage, because even though it fucking SUCKS, that's 40 or 50 bucks towards groceries, gas, and bills. Bad as it is now, it's gonna suck way worse with no lights or heat. And at least you know that there's a 98% chance you have work when you show up there in the morning, whereas IIRC, you're only able to donate plasma once every so often. As much as temporary labor lives up to its name, it's a lot better than the alternative, which is...well, at this point, starving I guess.

On the mornings you're not working there, get a shower, shit, and shave, put on your best clothes, and get your ass on the street. Go for 2 hours (with a preplanned route) to different types of employers who you feel may offer you the ability to actually enjoy your workday while still making a decent wage. Don't get stoned first, by the way. Physically carry in a copy of your resume. Hand it to the hiring manager, look him in the eye, give him a firm handshake, and head to the next one. Wash, rinse, repeat.

After 2 hours of that, head to your local public library and hop on the internet for a couple more hours. Get an account with a few sites such as LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, TheLadders (if applicable), etc. Set up the auto search functions and make it a point to apply to X amount of jobs per site per day. The more lines you get in the water ASAP, the quicker you'll get an opportunity to make some money, and the better your chances will be of not wanting to blow your brains out every morning when you head to the office will be.

If you can focus even just that 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, on finding some job, any job, just to make it through the coming month even...you will be surprised how quickly something will come along. Like I said, good luck, but you're gonna have to get creative the economy the way it is now. Gotta swim with the sharks, or build a shark-proof boat I reckon. Isn't that how the saying goes? be easy

 

[jd4083]

You say you have a job lined up now...how's your credit, and/or are you a student? Might be time to take out a personal loan. If all you need to do is wait a month for your check and you have the means to do so, a quick payback on a small personal loan with a reasonable interest rate will get you through the next few weeks without having to scrape the bottom too badly and also help your credit too, which is always a plus. Credit Unions are awesome for this, especially if your credit is good and your history with that company is sound. just a thought

 

[rick shaw]

What happened to the 20k you were flashing 12-6-10 in "have a job interview in 10 hours for a shit job". If your a fiction writer I would suggest Penthouse Forum

 

[Hubbleman]

www.wonga.com
www.quickquid.com

 

[ganjasuiteseat]

when shits ruff drink a duff

 

[statusquo]

I thought you couldn't donate if you were a drug user?

 

[Hubbleman]

maybe he was dry for a month

 

[In~Plain~Site]

I hope that fitty covers your monthly internet access.

 

[jd4083]

I hope that fitty covers your monthly internet access.

LOL

 

[Brother Bear]

There was a time when i sold my plasma for the $, i went in twice a week for months on end.
Gotta do what you gotta do to eat sometimes.

 

[juicepuddle]

They don't have the intellect required to hold a conversation about football, let alone serious, work-related discourse.

The sad part to me is you have to be able to do this crap to operate in this world, you can make it if you dont but its hard. When did we all stop trying to be individuals? I guess I wasnt born yet lol.

When sitting in a car with a shady ex-con doing drugs at 8:00am on a Wednesday sounds like fun, you know you're in a tough spot in life.

Yeah I gotta agree, I would have to be trippin so hard to get into my car with a prison crack head? LOL

Good post, glad you didnt get hurt or anything, dont let the situation that made you get into the car with that guy keep you there. Be positive and dont let the worries weigh you down!

 

[rick shaw]

Don't even think about growing Ambition. You were saying in your "shit job in 10 hours" thread "My mother couldn't handle me going to prison" IMO You could not handle county much less state prison. What happened to the 20k you had 12-6-10? You claim to have been fired from a job for taking care of your sick mother. Why don't you apply for unemployment? Are you your own mother, Norman?

 

[Stress_test]

Okay...

First thing that struck me was that it goes to show that there are at least 2 types of tweakers. Those who will steal and those who will sell their blood.

I do wonder though about why a blood bank? I mean I haven't worked a real job since December 19, 2008, but I can always find something to do to turn a quick hundred or so.

Hell I sat on my ass for a couple hours last week and helped a guy wire his room and made $100. I have a jug of this really thick green stuff that I call "Dragon tears" that I sell a little of once in awhile. I make it up in my freezer every couple of months so I always have a couple of quarts curing and one that I can tap once in awhile. I order these little bitty blue 1/8 oz viles and fill em with my potion and get $10 for each vile. It isn't much but it always keeps a few bucks passing my way every day or so and it makes people happy to come visit me too. Besides it only costs me about 60 bucks to make a quart of
Hell I know another guy who broke his back last winter and he has a constant cash flow cloning. He sits in his wheelchair and makes clones, lets em root good and sells em for $10 each. There are millions of ways to go out and make $100 a day legitimately.

 

[Stress_test]

What happened to the 20k you were flashing 12-6-10 in "have a job interview in 10 hours for a shit job". If your a fiction writer I would suggest Penthouse Forum

Can somebody please direct me to this forum? That sounds like fun...

Penthouse and weed...

 

[JohnnyATL]

why would you ever let a crack head in your car?

 

[BOSCO]

So which one of the usual malcontents have we this time?....i'd swear it was the not so literary stylings of randouche.

 

[SuperSizeMe]

I'd have to seriously reevaluate my look if some random crackhead approached me, even in a blood bank, and asked me if I was 'holding'