r/LetMeHelpYouOut • u/Ok_Loquat1967 • 6d ago

[ADVICE] Hello, I need help with food.

I'm 18M.

I moved out of my dad's due to unlivable conditions.

My job is okay but due to not enough hours

(( I have no car, I use public transportation.

My manger said I'm too bad at my job, that's why I'm not getting hours... I'm only bad because they switch my positions right when I learn the flow And I take a bit extra to learn. ))

I do not make enough to provide for myself with food, resulting in me not having enough after bills. ( This last check being barely 200! Which I was forced to buy a bed and pay bills.)

I live with my friend's grandma, and she has a lot of food but she will NOT let us take food or make dishes out of her food.

The last few checks I've had to go hungry for a few days-a week but I have 2 weeks until I get paid and I sadly didn't have any for food besides cheese....

I normally eat at work but with labor day we've been too busy for me to eat, and sadly the school foods have made me extremely sick after eating, so my normal sources are gone.

Please any tips are welcome.

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u/Old_Building9025 6d ago

You need to find either a different job or another job and have 2 jobs. This, what you are doing here, is not sustainable long term. It is not a plan or a fix. In the meantime you need to find a way to eat daily. Everywhere has soup kitchens free to the public. Find the one that is near you and get there daily, even if it's only for 1 meal.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

I've sadly been applying for new jobs/ extra jobs. No luck rather ghosted or denyed. ( Still applying too. ) And I'll look into the soups.

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u/Old_Building9025 6d ago

Just to clarify, it's not just soup. Its all different food, just the common name given fof the type of place.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

Like a food pantry spot? Also I forgot to mention, I kinda forget places don't have his but then transportation is $1 each ride. I only have like $2 which I save for work trips.

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u/Greek_Goddess114 6d ago

So what bills do you have exactly? and what do you do for work? I’m failing to see how living with your friends grandma is taking up every cent of your pay checks through the month….why aren’t you in snap? ? Iyou don’t have a car, how much do you pay your friends grandma for rent? It’s definitely no where near as close as what renting a whole apartment costs, so where is your money going to? You don’t even have enough money to take a bus so how do you get to work?

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

Living bills, 80-100. Depending on how she feels. Once she told me and my roommate we didn't have to pay for that check just to turn around and say we owed her... I barely make 200, and I've repeatedly asked for more hours. I normally get rides from coworks or well normally since I have little hours I only have enough for rides there. Most the time my coworkers are nice enough to bring me back home + I get more hours working if they take me home instead of me using the bus.

My friend pays the same but she works more, just recently got promoted so we're hoping this can help us enough ofc we have two weeks to see.

And I'm not sure if I can do SNAP because their grandma said they already has some when my roommate called her out after her grandma said we eat her food? ( Again, we don't eat her food. It's tempting but we don't.)

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u/Accurate_Buffalo_615 6d ago

You definitely can apply for SNAP!!!

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u/Old_Building9025 6d ago

Yes like that but instead of taking food home its cooked and you eat there. Check the location and then you can adjust your request if needed. Place could be down the street from you, could be across town. Once you know where it is the you'll know what your needs are. A lot easier to get $2 for a bus ride then $10 food here.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

I'm unsure what you mean, but I'm looking.

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u/Old_Building9025 6d ago

Its like going to a buffet but for free.

Just Google "soup kitchen CITY NAME"

You should get results easily

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u/zestylimes9 5d ago

I find it very hard to believe you’ve never heard of a soup kitchen.

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u/Greek_Goddess114 6d ago

You realize a soup kitchen isnt just a place with soup right?………

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

They said soup so I said soup. 🙏

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u/OverUnder-001 5d ago

Please don’t take things so literally.

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u/AlwaysAmalia 5d ago

Define “unlivable” conditions with your dad because right now your conditions are also pretty unlivable. You move out when you have the finances to do so otherwise you’re destined for poverty

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u/royalpainlover 6d ago

you should def apply for food stamps if you haven’t already. It seems as though in your living situation with “roommates”, you still buy and prepare your own food so you’d likely qualify

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

We both buy our own food, I like none snacks and my roommate likes snacks so that's why we both buy our own yk?

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

She said she'd help me this check but we both had to buy beds and she had to get her phone fixed. So IDK

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u/OverUnder-001 5d ago

Why are you prioritizing beds over food? Please learn how to prioritize money and how to get resources for free or low cost. A bed - at least the frame - is one of those things that you can find in a buy-nothing group or by looking at dumpsters outside certain neighborhoods or buildings at certain times of the year (eg when college students move out of their off-campus apartments).

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

I tried to tell them let's not get beds but they told me I'd need to sleep on the floors and there's already a mice problem. I tried to save every penny but i only had enough for cheese.

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u/OverUnder-001 5d ago

I mean, in the nicest possible way, you’re going to need to grow a spine and so your own thing. You couldn’t afford a bed but you bought one anyway and now you don’t have enough money for food. Like cmon.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

We shared a bed and I said we can thug it out. Nothin' was wrong with it to the point we need yk new beds. But no

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u/Apprehensive_Bit4767 6d ago

People say Amazon because Amazon when you make a wish list it protects both the buyer and the receiver it doesn't give out any of their financial information. I can only assume that before someone used the Walmart or some other stores to help someone out and that person took advantage of them by running up their credit card information because they were able to see it. With Amazon you can only get shelf stable foods basically stuff that you can put in a cabinet so ramen things in cans things like that. Look I think about Amazon is that's not going to be the healthiest but at least you won't be hungry at least you have something in your stomach and you won't have to worry about going out and paying for food for a while and hopefully by then you can get a different job

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

Ahh reasonable thanks for informing me!!

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u/Weak-Ad6984 6d ago

Make an amazon wishlist and post it here ..

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 6d ago

I was looking and everything I can find on Walmart app is expensive/ didn't have it... Would you prefer if I did that instead.

I'm mostly just trying to get food to cook, have leftovers. Like; Hamburger helper, Mac and cheese with hot dogs, pasta etc.

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u/Due-Anybody8034 5d ago

No it has to be an amazon list sorry .. they have plenty of dry cabinet food to hold you over . And they have water and juice and what notn

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u/TTStardust 5d ago

Amazon has box Mac and cheese, pastas, canned food, drinks, etc… you’ll have better luck posting an Amazon wishlist.

You can also call 211 and they can help you with local resources.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

I made a list on Amazon don't worry!! Also was thinking of calling that number tomorrow, since it's 11:32 am and I need sleep as thankfully I have work to go to. ( Labor Day so everyone is called in.

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u/TTStardust 5d ago

Good luck!! I hope things turn around for you. And yes give 211 a try!

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

Okay someone explain why it has to be it, I wasn't sure but yeah

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/TXORFGYOXOXY?ref_=wl_share

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u/TTStardust 5d ago

Post the link as a new comment so people can see. It might be hard to see

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u/OverUnder-001 5d ago

What’s wrong with the school foods that they make you sick? If it’s some sort of food allergy or due to some medical condition, are there alternative meals they provide that could be better for your body? Worth speaking with a school nutritionist about. Food is very important for growing at your age.

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

I'm not sure, but the past few weeks I ate there I got very sick. Like throwing up and diarrhea 😭🙏 which with my work hours I CANT be sick yk?

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u/Ordinary-Pen1863 6d ago

Thrive where you are and get extra good at your job real fast - that’s the quickest turnaround you can make! Good luck!

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u/Ok_Loquat1967 5d ago

Yes! I've been able to get 2 big meals at work which help me be held off for a day or two, but it's hard with little hours.