| I currently have a debt of close to $50,000 in school loans. No matter what job I take, I never make more than $7.50/hr. I am always passed up on being promoted and instead of getting a raise I get less hours. The last job I had was over a year ago working at a costume shop that was more like a sweat shop. I continually had to smell fumes from when the irons were cleaned, bleach, and fabrics dyes as well as having a sewing machine needle go through my finger and to top it off being commented on my breast size that I just one day walked out. Since then I started my own business but barely make anything from it and have developed an anxiety and depression to look for part time work to help pay for bills due to fear of going through the same thing. Granted I know this is not the topic for harrassment but I have only had one job that has not made comments about my breasts size.) As for the loans, I can not pay them nad find it increasingly hard to pay one payment. I have deferred payment once and applied for a second time which turns this can only be my last time to defer. I keep being asked by them if I can make a full payment when I obviously can't. I tell them I can only send what I can and I am lucky if it s either $5.00 or $20.00 a month. When working at the costume shop. I gave them the majority of it to school loan providers and what was left over went to pay for transportation and food to take to work. Even then I was just paying on the interest. I feel like I won't be able to ever pay this off in my lifetime. They now keep threathening me with sending it to a collection agency which they probably already have. I just don't know what to do anymore. I need help, please. If this helps, I reside in Chicago, Il. | 
06-08-2001, 11:58 AM
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