Story time:
Freshman year at Harvard college I was working for the library. We got paid weekly and one week there was some administrative problem and the checks were delayed.
The next week, an actual minor office fire *burned* a box of physical checks, including my double payment
Freshman year at Harvard college I was working for the library. We got paid weekly and one week there was some administrative problem and the checks were delayed.
The next week, an actual minor office fire *burned* a box of physical checks, including my double payment
I was not in an economic position to go three weeks without money. I called around the library system, looking for somebody who could help me with this problem.
Eventually I got routed to a guy who identified himself as in charge.
Eventually I got routed to a guy who identified himself as in charge.
He said, I will NEVER forget this, "Listen student, why don't you just ask your parents for money to get through this current problem."
I don't remember the rest of the conversation. My roommates tell me I erupted in screaming cursing at the man.
I don't remember the rest of the conversation. My roommates tell me I erupted in screaming cursing at the man.
I do remember my buddy grabbing me to "hold me back" even though I was just shouting into a phone. I was told that I, quickly and loudly, explained not only my family's economic situation, but also, more or less, the struggles of all black people in this "RACIST ASS SOCIETY."
Eventually, I hung up the phone. I remember my then girlfriend (now wife) saying to me: "So... I'm with you but... you're going to need another job now."
Indeed, I was, uhh, never able to get another library job. :) And I didn't get my money (My roommates and friends floated me)
Indeed, I was, uhh, never able to get another library job. :) And I didn't get my money (My roommates and friends floated me)
Anyway... I, like, believe the Harvard Law story I retweeted. IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE SOMETHING THEY WOULD SAY!!
