So what do I do I do from where I stand. I have no clue but I will hang in there as much as possible. Just sucks.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Not Spanish
I have been trying to avoid the fact that I am Spanish in the sense that I love it so much and I dont want to. I dont want to because I cant fit in as much as I try that I just gave up. That being said I love the Spanish culture and its killing me as I find myself as an outsider :(
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Good people in this world too
The other day I went to do my taxes. I decided to go to H&R Block because their price was so cheap ($70) in comparison to my regular accountant I used forever ($125). With little to no money every cent counts so I did just that.
I sit down and do the taxes and before I knew it we were done and I was just happy I did it it was finally out of my hair. In fact i was going to get back after all is said and done around $1000! Ok so Mr. James was cool as hell the whole time BSing with me and then he clicks the mouse. "So your balance is $188 Sam". Like getting hit with a bat to my happiness I swallowed all the joy I just had. I told him that the sign by the front said it would be $29 for state and $39 for federal and my taxes couldn't be simpilar. I didn't work all year I mean seriously WTF!
Chalk this up to a huge waste of my time and accepting the fact that I will have to pay $125 to my regular accountant IF I can get an appointment. I pleaded and explaind to him that the only reason I went there in the first place was because of the price and my regular accountant did mine for $125. He did it for me and my ex and that was a way more complicated in H&R world then my 1 page W2 from unemployment. He agrees with me but sadly says this is the price. He gets up to see if he can do anything about it.
He comes back and and he tells me "I spoke to the manager and it was $188 but now it will be less". I see on his screen $20 pop in under the $188 so in my head I'm thinking great he got $20 off the tab. I still only had $80 in my pocket which sucked either way. So I ask him "so how much?" and he says $20. "What do you mean $20? $20 dollars off?" I asked. "No the whole bill is only $20".
I was shocked and motionless I mean $20 is just crazy. He then explained to me that H&R Block has a friend and family plan for their own accountants and they may do their friends and family for $20 which he makes $0 I think. I was so thankful he did that for a complete stranger and that he believed in me that yes I was truly broke. You just don't meet people like that but when you do your taken by suprise.
So that was that, I tipped him $20 so it cost me $40 in total and I just had to share this to give hope to others. Hope in others that there are good people out there and to encourage yourselfs to help others like I was helped.
Makes me feel all fuzzy inside ...LOL :)
I sit down and do the taxes and before I knew it we were done and I was just happy I did it it was finally out of my hair. In fact i was going to get back after all is said and done around $1000! Ok so Mr. James was cool as hell the whole time BSing with me and then he clicks the mouse. "So your balance is $188 Sam". Like getting hit with a bat to my happiness I swallowed all the joy I just had. I told him that the sign by the front said it would be $29 for state and $39 for federal and my taxes couldn't be simpilar. I didn't work all year I mean seriously WTF!
Chalk this up to a huge waste of my time and accepting the fact that I will have to pay $125 to my regular accountant IF I can get an appointment. I pleaded and explaind to him that the only reason I went there in the first place was because of the price and my regular accountant did mine for $125. He did it for me and my ex and that was a way more complicated in H&R world then my 1 page W2 from unemployment. He agrees with me but sadly says this is the price. He gets up to see if he can do anything about it.
He comes back and and he tells me "I spoke to the manager and it was $188 but now it will be less". I see on his screen $20 pop in under the $188 so in my head I'm thinking great he got $20 off the tab. I still only had $80 in my pocket which sucked either way. So I ask him "so how much?" and he says $20. "What do you mean $20? $20 dollars off?" I asked. "No the whole bill is only $20".
I was shocked and motionless I mean $20 is just crazy. He then explained to me that H&R Block has a friend and family plan for their own accountants and they may do their friends and family for $20 which he makes $0 I think. I was so thankful he did that for a complete stranger and that he believed in me that yes I was truly broke. You just don't meet people like that but when you do your taken by suprise.
So that was that, I tipped him $20 so it cost me $40 in total and I just had to share this to give hope to others. Hope in others that there are good people out there and to encourage yourselfs to help others like I was helped.
Makes me feel all fuzzy inside ...LOL :)
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