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One year ago, plus a few days, I joined this site. Throughout the year I have stood together with all the other preppers and survivalists, and now I'm looking back at what we all KNEW was going to happen.
In November of last year I was working with Garda, an armored vehicle courier service, and I had informed people I work with about what I expected to see in the future. January came around, and I started preparing in overdrive. Buying beans, rice, canned foods, and other things needed at home. February came around and we watched as Obama became our president. March flew by and unemployment began to rise. Prices were going up, and people were starting to live in tents.
Then came May. I was fired from my job at Garda due to a minor traffic accident which I was cited "following too close". Total damage to the vehicle was LESS THAN $4,000. I thought about suing, but gave up hope.
After 2 months, I acquired a security position with a local guard company, which gave me few hours, but allowed me to stay in my apartment.
Now it's November again. I haven't worked in almost a month even though I'm still employed, I've begun to sell off my belongings in order to finance my landlords "winter vacation" in Ecuador. I've already begun to tap into my emergency food supplies, and my brother has moved in with me to help with the rent. I had to borrow $200 from my step mother to get insurance on my VW bus, and every time I check the local job market, there's nothing available that I qualify for. I've filled out many applications, and have rechecked on a few, only to find out that someone else has already gotten the job advertised.
In closing, through the course of one year I have gone from being a basic lemming working for a corporation that cares less about their employees than the image of their company, to a rebel against the system. It is the corporations that are ruining our country with their greed. Our governing bodies have made no attempt at listening to the mass of people who are angry and upset with what's going on in this country, and I can only see it getting worse. My anger has risen to a level I've never experienced before, and the only thing I can do is laugh, because I knew it was going to happen.
In November of last year I was working with Garda, an armored vehicle courier service, and I had informed people I work with about what I expected to see in the future. January came around, and I started preparing in overdrive. Buying beans, rice, canned foods, and other things needed at home. February came around and we watched as Obama became our president. March flew by and unemployment began to rise. Prices were going up, and people were starting to live in tents.
Then came May. I was fired from my job at Garda due to a minor traffic accident which I was cited "following too close". Total damage to the vehicle was LESS THAN $4,000. I thought about suing, but gave up hope.
After 2 months, I acquired a security position with a local guard company, which gave me few hours, but allowed me to stay in my apartment.
Now it's November again. I haven't worked in almost a month even though I'm still employed, I've begun to sell off my belongings in order to finance my landlords "winter vacation" in Ecuador. I've already begun to tap into my emergency food supplies, and my brother has moved in with me to help with the rent. I had to borrow $200 from my step mother to get insurance on my VW bus, and every time I check the local job market, there's nothing available that I qualify for. I've filled out many applications, and have rechecked on a few, only to find out that someone else has already gotten the job advertised.
In closing, through the course of one year I have gone from being a basic lemming working for a corporation that cares less about their employees than the image of their company, to a rebel against the system. It is the corporations that are ruining our country with their greed. Our governing bodies have made no attempt at listening to the mass of people who are angry and upset with what's going on in this country, and I can only see it getting worse. My anger has risen to a level I've never experienced before, and the only thing I can do is laugh, because I knew it was going to happen.
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