Friday, December 18, 2009

How do we get home?????

So this post takes me down memory lane, I will as always fictionalize the names as to keep things anonymous.
About a year ago we had several women come in at the same time, now usually the women come in without money wondering how they were gonna get around, this group followed suit. We let them fend for themselves as far as money goes by borrowing from other women in the house or writing a letter to a relative to have them drop money off. Well several of the women in this new group had legitimate needs that couldn't wait the 30 days we usually make them wait to start addressing their needs. One of these needs was to go down to Downtown Crossing to get real ID's. Since protocol requires the buddy system and a few of them needed the registry we sent the 4 or 5 of them together. One problem was where were they gonna get the $3.40 a head to get there and back on the subway????
Next thing we know they are pooling and counting their quarter, dime, nickels, and pennies to see if they can get there and back. Sure enough they can get there, the back is the problem. After counting there coins they determined that they could all get there but only 1 or 2 of them could get back. Ensuing is the conversation my co-workers and I heard........

Client 1: So how are we going to all get back???
Client 2: Well, we'll be near Chinatown we can just sell our asses to get back.

What !!!!!!! Are you serious??? Or you could just.......

1. Walk home
2. Borrow $5 from one of your housemates to get the rest of you back.
2. Ask staff or one of your housemates for additional options.
3. Panhandle.
4. Collect cans along the way.
5. Bring some of your extra purses or extra pairs of shoes and sell them.

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