I also did some shuttle runs between
the computer and the public phone.
A letter from the healthcare selection
department (not my actual healthcare provider) confirmed my fears;
I'd entered the address incorrectly whenever I'd signed up. I tried
to fix it online, but I've logged into so many systems over the past
week that I've completely forgotten all of my logins and passwords
because there isn't a standard. So I was locked out of my account and
had to shuttle run to the phone to handle it there.
A nice guy named Judge helped me out
and we had a few laughs about how the mailman took my mail to the
right address anyway and how I used to do call center work and other
stuff until I was fixed up.
Then I shuttled back to the computer.
I was trying to get the SafeLink phone
hooked up (still). According to the internet, my application was
canceled. I turns out I originally filed under “really poor”
because I have no money, but it turns out I needed to file under
“receiving food stamps.” The woman in India who has a job was
very polite and explained what had happened and what needed to
happen.
I returned to the computer and started
my third (fourth?) SafeLink application. At the end, it needed my
Food Stamp ID number, which I'd never gotten from the food stamp
people. So I had to shuttle run back to the phone to call the Food
Stamp people and get my number.
The number they gave me was eight
digits, but SafeLink needed nine (naturally). Stymied, I put a '0' in
front of my number and it went through. All I needed was for SafeLink
to talk to the Food Stamp department and verify that I was on food
stamps, then they'd put the phone in the mail.
Until then, it's shuttle runs and
getting call-backs at the front counter of a homeless shelter.
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