They put caps based on your age? Is that a Michigan thing? What a shithole. Seriously Eddie it's the worst spot in America. Save some cash and move out asap. Even if you move out at a young age you're still better off, unless you get a scholarship or something.
Well, sort of.
The fed doesn't place restrictions on labor hours, but just about every state has much more restrictive laws than the federal mandate. If I'm following the de-facto Michiganian law, I can put in no more than 48 hours work and school combined.
I'm a hard-worker by nature. I really wouldn't mind putting in 25-30 hours in a week, and take the weekends to myself, but the guv'mint tells me it's not in my best interest. As of right now, I've filed a formal grievance with the wage and hour deviation department, and I'm awaiting approval for more hours, but they could easily deny me based on a lack of necessity.
...That's the kicker of it too. I can't put all that much away, to move out, because... I can't work!
I'm looking to get out though (at the latest) at the end of next school term. Hopefully, the end of
this school year, but as age of majority is 18 in Michigan, I have next to no autonomy rights, so if my parents were to decide that I was better suited in shitsville...
At any rate, I'm thinking somewhere urban. There's a big enough college town about 45 minutes west of here, out where Torr lives.
Anywhere that doesn't shut down at nine o'clock sharp would be palatable at this point though.
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