TD Bank stole my stimulus check. Irs wired it to an account that was 50$ over drafted and closed. 1200$ went to the collection agency and now they owe me 1,150$. Spent all day on the phone and down at the bank. Everyone on the phone would just hang up the call after pulling up my info.
Teller just told me "good news everything has been paid off! Call this number and they'll send you the remaining balance". I called that number infront of the drive through window. "We are sorry. Due to covid 19 we are not processing refunds at this time. Please try back later".
I work for myself. There is no unemployment set up for us yet. I've lost all my customers shortly after St Patrick's day. 2 packs of pasta left, every bill due this month. Didn't help that my customer canceled the job by canceling the materials check he gave to me. After spending all of it on materials I was left broke with 5,000$ worth of custom cabinets that couldn't be returned and a bank account circling the drain fast. April finally hit and nothing changed. Everyone still expects to be paid on time. Rent is late and about to get evicted may 1st. Car payment is behind. Insurance about to get shut off (don't even have health insurance), electric is the only thing they told me they CAN'T shut off.
I don't know what to do anymore. I just found out the other week that I'm going to be having a baby in December now too, my first child. And I couldn't be happier, and more scared. And yesterday, about 6 weeks in, she started bleeding heavily.
I can't take this shit anymore. I really can't. I probably just forever scared the bank teller yesterday, but what I said was the cold hard truth. This is the point where people start to kill themselves. Banks taking our money? Yeah I get it, half of America is still working. Congratulations to all of you that just got 1,200$ ontop of your normal paychecks. I see two of my neighbors with new cars now. That's amazing and I'm happy for you. But some of us, to some of us, this 1,200$ was the only income we've had in a month, and the only one we will see for a long long time... And it's gone...
I have about a days worth of fight left in me before I stick a shotgun in my mouth and see if I can bring on Halloween a bit early by turning my skull into a jack o lantern with a dragon's breath slug.