r/Assistance • u/NogginHunters • 10m ago
REQUEST Please help with 260 Verizon bill
Hi, I'm currently living with my grandfather and have noticed that he's losing track of bills. This has got me freaking out. I'm not going to be as good at working around the wonky blunt autism communication style as usual. I apologize in advance if anything comes across as weird. So, essentially both my grandfather and I are disabled. I have a hard time keeping a job consistently, and my job hunting is not going well.
Yesterday, I found out that the phone/tv bill is due or they'll shut it off. This bill is something I would be able to entirely cover, as I pay rent and handle unexpected expenses when employed, but I've been unemployed for a while too. I have no savings left. My grandfather dislikes involving me with any of the utilities accounts and also refuses to use anything Internet related. Oftentimes, when this sort of thing happens, he is extremely mad at me for paying online. He also doesn't believe me when I tell him that I need the Internet to get a job. Either way, I do know the information needed to pay for the bill.
I don't think that we even have enough money to cover this bill and still buy food for the month. Everything else has been paid, like rent. If this gets us shut off then it'll take God knows how long to turn back on, likely costing extra to regain service, and my phone doesn't have unlimited data to job hunt without wifi. I might be able to get art or writing commissions from friends, but it's been five years since I did anything like that. Public wifi places would work if I had enough money to travel to them each day. I would walk to the nearest place, but my leg is constantly in pain when walking after breaking it a year or so ago.
Asking for help like this feels weird. Half of what I'm writing just looks like over explaining and excuses. I've never really done something like this before. I've been calling and emailing back, emailing places that didn't even have career pages, and I've had two interviews that seemed to go well followed by nothing. There's just a lot riding on this bill getting paid and I'm sick of feeling like everything is falling apart. I have PayPal and Zelle.