mundanity/banality

i don't get angry much, really. almost never.

but tonight i am so frustrated. so, so frustrated.

you see, my final check from my employer in massachusetts was drawn from the bank on 8/18. she then mailed it to me. i deposited it on 8/22. it was then credited to my account on 8/23. i paid my credit card, spent some money, etc. on 8/25, in the evening, the bank revoked the funds and placed the check on hold. which then overdrew my account.

on 8/26, i went to the bank and got the whole runaround from them, they gave me more info and i thought i had it resolved. i called my employer with the embarrassing information that the check had bounced. they knew of the problem and claimed it was being immediately resolved.

the check was placed on hold until 9/1, at which point my bank would once again run it and if my employer was telling the truth, it would clear.

well, my bank ran it tonight. and the check bounced. again. they have now put a revocation in, and are removing the check from my account fully.

this means that tomorrow i have to go to the bank and get full details from them, cal my former employer, and then quite likely begin the process of filing in small claims court in massachusetts if i cannot get this resolved.

all fine and well, whatever. i didn't need that $1000 anyway. nor did i need my bank account to be positive, whatevs. this has become such a disaster i don't know what to do anymore.

labor law exists to protect me in the US in this situation, but it will take months to get this resolved if she doesn't cooperate. and probably weeks even if she does. unless tomorrow she agrees to send me a wire transfer. which is what i will be requesting.

i have no experience with law, nor with fraudulent employers. this is all a first and so, so upsetting, disheartening, frustrating.

i hate experiences like this because they make me wonder about people - why would anyone do this to someone else intentionally (and it has to be somewhat intentional - i know she has the money to pay me, there is no doubt about that)?

so tonight i go to bed on a sour note, this is all so unneeded right now, and i just don't know why we can't be good to each other. i really needed that money two weeks ago, and waiting until the 1st was bad enough. but now i will wait another two weeks, until the 16th, before the paychecks from my new job start arriving. this has been such a huge headache and made me dislike banks even more. i realize i am much luckier than most people but that is only because i come well-equipped with emotional and people resources.

why do we do this to each other?

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thanks for comments/love yesterday. blip boffins seem to be working on the comment system now, so i cannot return them at the moment, but will in the morning i hope. and hopefully a better frame of mind, too...