Can it be profitable?

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Okay, so...yesterday I get a phone call at 2am. I have a friend who is pregnant and her contractions are now 2-7 minutes apart so she's like "OMG get me to the hospital!" So I fly out the door, get into my car and jet to her house...I never quite made it there.

The roads are slick and covered in ice. I try to make a turn going a little too fast, but my car is just too lazy to complete the turn. So I hit a curb with my front left wheel taking almost the entire impact. Nearly ripped my wheel off, my fender is all kinds of jacked up, driver's side door doesn't open, there's damage underneath the car (I can't see the full extent of that damage), and the rim has about a 14 inch chunk missing from it.

It's going to cost me $500 out of pocket and my insurance will cover the rest. Hopefully insurance has some policy regarding temporary car rentals, otherwise that's going to cost me about $200.

I've tried getting a debt consolidation loan, but they basically laughed at me. I've got really great credit, but the guy straight up told me that credit is almost meaningless now days and that the people they are giving these kinds of loans to now days are people who already have great income....FML


I know that asking if knifemaking could be profitable given my circumstances was a bit silly, I am just starting to get a bit desperate is all. I'm overqualified for burger flippin or underqualified for everything else it seems.


EDIT- oh and my friend found a ride elsewhere and she is now the proud mother of a healthy baby boy.
 
Crim, I am sorry to hear about the difficulties in your life right now, I can understand where you are coming from as I have been in a similar situation before. It is good to hear about your friend's new baby, congrats! I tried to send you a PM or email, but your profile doesn't have that, so if you can see mine in my profile, shoot me an email, I dont know if there is anything that I can do to help, but I would be happy to try.
 
You're not "over qualified" for burger flipping. I seriously doubt they're going to look at you and say "nope, you're too well educated and experienced to work here". The "overqualified" situation occurs when a person who used to be a VP of Production Operations (six figure income) applies to a position such as a production work cell lead supervisor ($13/hr). That person won't get the job because the shop doesn't want to implement a new hire that will leave as soon as a more appropriate job becomes available. Burger flipping restaurants have high turnover built into their business model. You can get a job there if you want it.

I recommend a temp agency or pizza delivery. You'll work yourself to death and go broke trying to make knives for income starting from your situation.
 
Many years back I ran some McDonald's restaurants for the company. At the one in Hampton, VA, the grill cook on weekends was a nice older gent who did not fit the stereotype of a burger flipper. I found out he was an engineer at NASA, and did the job four hours on Saturday and four on Sunday because he wanted something to do on the weekends. IIRC, we paid him $5.50/Hr back then......so no, I don't think anyone is too qualified for burger flipping.





Now, as moderator, I think this thread has run its course. Since the OP can't post in ATG, I will close it. He can start a new thread in one of the general discussion forums if he wishes, and if he emails or PMs me, I will move this thread there.
I wish Crim well, and hope things improve for him.
 
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