I am Wheel. Hear me Squeak.

So I am a part of the LEEP program. The LEEP program basically gives you money to do an internship over the summer, which is great. The internship that I have requires me to commute pretty far, and guess what. It's not cheap. So, I require the money from the LEEP program in order to get to my job two times a week. Sucks, right?

So I had to fill out allllllllll this paperwork. And I did. It was filled out and submitted before July even started. And then, on July 3, i get an email saying "I didn't get these last two pieces of paperwork from you", from my LEEP sponsorer person. Now, i had sent them in, and told her so. And forwarded the original messages back to her. This time she got them. However, she decided not to submit them to the financial office until July 8. Now, this seems like it wouldn't be a big deal.... but i needed the money to commute to work, pay for food, and for my utility bills. And because they weren't sending the money, i had to choose. Food, bills, or commute. I chose not to commute. (30$ per day) I missed an internship i love because the program that set me up with the internship wouldn't pay me on time.

So I started calling the LEEP office. Once a day, twice a day... but the head of LEEP was seemingly never there. Not at 9am, not at 11am, not at 230pm. It was seriously frustrating. I left several angry voicemails... and it took two weeks, but I finally got a response that said.... "We sent you the check, but your address doesn't exist." Let me tell you something Clark financial services... MY HOUSE EXISTS. I LIVE IN IT. IT HAS A NUMBER, AND I HAVE HAD PACKAGES DELIVERED TO ME. But no one had informed me that the check had come back to them. *I* had to call to find out that they had made the mistake, because they didn't think they had made one.

Moral of the story: Sometimes you have to be the squeaky wheel in order to get anything done.