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Ok. Some numbers.

Between 1-30.9 I worked 4 hours for university sports
From that time, UNSports will pay me on 31.10
Between 1-14.10 I did 6 hours.
From that time UNsports will pay me on 30.11

To get money out from KELA, The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, I need to fill this form in which I state have I worked or not, and if I have, which days and how many hours. That form was from 12.9-14.10.
So between that time I’ve done work for 10 hours. Which means they won’t give me full amount of social insurance. Eventhough I have papers to prove that I won’t get any money from that work until end of october and november.
What is even better is that since I cannot have salary certificate (paper stating how much money they pay me) from UNsports, since they can only give certificate from those payment they have already made (which means that certificates from all those 10 hours I’ll get at the end of november), KELA won’t give me any money. All this means that I’ll get about 100€ at the end of october and about 200€ at the end of november. Now, my rent is about 345€ (including electricity). All this added up means that I cannot pay my rent on november or december and/or I cannot afford to have anything to eat, not to even mention travelling. And by travelling I mean inside the city of helsinki. I’m still biking everywhere, but the weather is getting colder and colder.

This whole thing sucks big time. Who the hell made up this system and why on earth are politicians so fucked up that they can’t make a better one. Children on 3rd grade have more sense in their head and could, with all probability, do a better one. And how about those person who actually work on social security or KELA. What the fuck are they thinking? I mean they must know the system doesn’t work. They see it everyday, but instead of trying to do something about it, like bringing it into the conciousness of politicians, they just sit there and are “doing their job”. What a fucking bunch of cowards I say. Well then again, what I’m I and what can I do about this? Well not much and that’s the depressing point. I called to Socialministers secretary who didn’t put me forward to minister, but put me forward to one person who put me forward to next person who gave me some sort of advise. But it seems that phone call will not change things.

Now for the president of USA. When you start to throw nukes around, remember to point one around here. Well, you’ll do it anyway. I mean, russia is still russia.

The moral of the story?
Either get a full day job (which I would like to have, but as a dancer/artist, suggestions anyone?) or then just stay unemployed. I have a great urge to call my boss in UNsports and say I quit, don’t pay me anything and then fill up a new form saying I’ve been unenployed all the time. Not much money, but hey, at least I can pay my rent.

I try to not be depressed but I am. I don’t want to live in society like this.

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