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- matthewjlcoleman
Well, yes, it seems there's always something going wrong in my life, but hey, I'm sick of it, too. I need to vent, anyhow.
After being kicked out of home a couple of months ago, things are seemingly going downhill. I had a car accident a couple of weeks ago. There was a car not far ahead turning down another street, the woman in front of me was undecided on whether to brake and stop behind the car, or drive around it. Instead, she slams the brakes on last-minute, almost slams into the car in front of her. My brakes in my 1982 Datsun Bluebird aren't as good as her 1998 Mitsubishi Lancer's, and naturally, I slam into the back of her. Noone was injured, the collision was very minor. The only damage visible was a dent the size of an Australian 20 cent piece. I get the damage quote in the mail stating that the damage costs were $1,004.81. I hit the roof. I mean, I knew it would be an R&R job, but logic tells me that a panel beater could have put it back into place. There were black rubber marks, much like the ones you make with black leather shoes on kitchen lino. Logic tells me that if you can polish those marks off the kitchen floor, you can polish them off the car just as easy, if not easier. The damages include a boot re-alignment, badges, paint job, etc. Completely outrageous.
Last Sunday night while working a 3-hour shift at Coles Supermarkets, I finish work and return to my car to find that somebody had slashed all four tyres and scratched up my driver-side door. It gets towed: $88. The tyre-specialist takes a look at the tyres with the local police, find that the front-right tyre had been stabbed with a screwdriver between 30 and 40 times, and the rest stabbed approximately 15 times each. The door was also scratched with the screwdriver. Police believe it was done by the same people who had followed me home for half-an-hour the night before.
Now I work 9 hours a week, restricted to this amount and I can't gain anymore hours according to my manager. I get around $100 a week. I have a month to pay the insurance company (AAMI, well-known as a ruthless insurance company here), and I previously had $10 in the bank. I also have my pay-by-the-month insurance of $35 to pay, and a new set of tyres for my car because I need that car pretty badly.
Thank you society.
After being kicked out of home a couple of months ago, things are seemingly going downhill. I had a car accident a couple of weeks ago. There was a car not far ahead turning down another street, the woman in front of me was undecided on whether to brake and stop behind the car, or drive around it. Instead, she slams the brakes on last-minute, almost slams into the car in front of her. My brakes in my 1982 Datsun Bluebird aren't as good as her 1998 Mitsubishi Lancer's, and naturally, I slam into the back of her. Noone was injured, the collision was very minor. The only damage visible was a dent the size of an Australian 20 cent piece. I get the damage quote in the mail stating that the damage costs were $1,004.81. I hit the roof. I mean, I knew it would be an R&R job, but logic tells me that a panel beater could have put it back into place. There were black rubber marks, much like the ones you make with black leather shoes on kitchen lino. Logic tells me that if you can polish those marks off the kitchen floor, you can polish them off the car just as easy, if not easier. The damages include a boot re-alignment, badges, paint job, etc. Completely outrageous.
Last Sunday night while working a 3-hour shift at Coles Supermarkets, I finish work and return to my car to find that somebody had slashed all four tyres and scratched up my driver-side door. It gets towed: $88. The tyre-specialist takes a look at the tyres with the local police, find that the front-right tyre had been stabbed with a screwdriver between 30 and 40 times, and the rest stabbed approximately 15 times each. The door was also scratched with the screwdriver. Police believe it was done by the same people who had followed me home for half-an-hour the night before.
Now I work 9 hours a week, restricted to this amount and I can't gain anymore hours according to my manager. I get around $100 a week. I have a month to pay the insurance company (AAMI, well-known as a ruthless insurance company here), and I previously had $10 in the bank. I also have my pay-by-the-month insurance of $35 to pay, and a new set of tyres for my car because I need that car pretty badly.
Thank you society.
, Be strong mate, and things will get better. Sit down and make some plans and figure out what to do. Maybe you will have to search for a better job or find some other financial support. 
