Summary:
So, last summer I had a job and everything was fine, but then I had to pay some emergency expenses; this, of course, left me with very little cash, and I asked the people I was subletting from if I could defer payments for a bit.
We agreed on a timetable and I thought everything would work out--they were supposed to email me when they'd deposit the checks I'd written out and all that jazz.
Well, turns out they didn't, AND cashed all the checks at once, so now I'm overdrawn by quite a hefty sum--about $900 or so, which puts me in a very awkward position, especially since I'd had everything budgeted well, albeit tightly.
I have a job which can pay off this amount in about a pay period and a half, maybe a bit more, but that's a good three weeks being unable to buy groceries, pay any of my bills, and pretty much being utterly broke outside of the $10 I have in my wallet.
So, my question is this:
I don't want to cancel the checks outright, because I do owe this money and need to pay it off.
However, I really can't be overdrawn like this, especially by this much. Is there some other recourse I can take that does not involve asking my mom--or other people--for an emergency bailout?
So, last summer I had a job and everything was fine, but then I had to pay some emergency expenses; this, of course, left me with very little cash, and I asked the people I was subletting from if I could defer payments for a bit.
We agreed on a timetable and I thought everything would work out--they were supposed to email me when they'd deposit the checks I'd written out and all that jazz.
Well, turns out they didn't, AND cashed all the checks at once, so now I'm overdrawn by quite a hefty sum--about $900 or so, which puts me in a very awkward position, especially since I'd had everything budgeted well, albeit tightly.
I have a job which can pay off this amount in about a pay period and a half, maybe a bit more, but that's a good three weeks being unable to buy groceries, pay any of my bills, and pretty much being utterly broke outside of the $10 I have in my wallet.
So, my question is this:
I don't want to cancel the checks outright, because I do owe this money and need to pay it off.
However, I really can't be overdrawn like this, especially by this much. Is there some other recourse I can take that does not involve asking my mom--or other people--for an emergency bailout?
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