Another day, another dollar

Customer: Why did I bring these kids shopping with me? (preteen girl and preteen boy)
Me: So they don't burn the house down.

Another day, another dollar in my pocket (well, at the end of the week). The heat here is so intense streets are buckling. Minnesota, Louisana, and here in Iowa. The asphalt explodes suddenly and causes traffic jams of people slowly rolling over the raised asphalt like a speed bump.

Tomorrow another work contest ends. I'm the frontrunner so hope I don't get bumped out of place. I need the money. I even volunteered to work 7 days in a row out of need for money (and even with this money I will still beg Mom for more money). I need another job but nobody hires full time anymore. I need a huge raise but that won't be happening. I know, be grateful I have a job at all. I am grateful, I just can't survive on what they are willing to pay me and then they hire more people instead of giving the present workers more hours. That's all.