I just found out my coworker hasn’t been able to eat the last few days because she only has enough money to feed either herself or her kid. And like a good mother she choose to feed her kid. I gave her what cash I had in my wallet, but I’d like to buy her some groceries. I have some extra money this month, which is why I am gonna do this. Normally I wouldn’t have that kind of money.
We get paid at the end of the week, so I want to buy her enough food to last a week.
I don’t have much to work with to do this though, so what kind of food should I buy her? Around $20 to $30 dollars is what I can spare for this.
Advice?
Edit: Thanks for the advice. I think what I’m going to do is get her a gift card for a grocery store and slip it into her locker. That way it doesn’t have to be a big thing where she feels like she owes me.
And I don’t think it’s my place to suggest a food bank to her or help her set up a budget. Also after my initial post I found out her husband is too blame for her not having enough money to feed the whole family, and she’s paying all of the bills, even though he makes more. She doesn’t know where his money went.
Which makes me want to punch her husband in the face.
She vented big time about this to me and asked me what she should do. I told her to try talking to him about it. Then she told me she’s been trying that for almost TEN YEARS!!! At that point I told her if I was her I’d divorce him. (Which is something I think should only be done when there is no hopes left.)
Anyways thanks for the advice. A few coworkers did overhear her telling me about this whole situation, so I would say it wasn’t meant to be a secret between the two of us. But it wouldn’t be my place to ask management to give her an advance on her pay. I don’t feel like that would be right of me. I’d be embarrassed if someone asked a manager to give me an advance on my pay. Especially if I didn’t know they were gonna.
April 09, 2018 at 09:40PM
