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Grilling for a loan

JACKASS SEY DE worl' no level. Jackass sey when yu a look a loan, de sittin dem whe yu go true it come een like sey yu haffi spill yu guts an' spell it out.

The person who sang that 'to be poor is a crime' really had it right, and this does not mean only poor in the sense that a person has no money, but also in the sense that his or her need more money to do something in particular. From a bank or other financial institution, hell, and even friends and relatives too, come to think of it.

When you sit down in front of that loans officer and say you want a loan, it is the beginning of a process in which down to the number of squares of toilet paper you use for the first, second and third wipes, as well as the mop-up after a misguided meal of curry and soursop juice, have to be known.

Then often, at the end when your guts are all spilled, the loans officer looks at you and says 'you do not qualify'. Do not what? You did not know that after you asked the salary and the expenses? You had to go into how much babymother, how much chigga foot pickney, how much bread we buy every week, how many condoms we used last month and how many fillings the applicant has?

Jackass thinks that sometimes those loans officers have a sadistic need to pry and dig, just to say no when it hurts most. And sometimes yu fi look pon who a sey 'you don't qualify' too. They don't have dry you know what in you know where.

But the world is not level at all. Look at all the stress a person who works hard and is trying to get a loan legitimately to get over a bump, has to go through, while the person who sells some cocaine or rips off poor people has it so easy.

When someone goes to buy a luxury apartment or home, straight up cash, does the seller ask 'where did you get that suitcase of U.S. currency from?' When a person goes into a nightclub and buys out the bar, does anyone say 'excuse me, but just how did you get so much money to toss on expensive liquor?'

When they step onto a car lot and walk over to the most expensive model and take out the money, does the sales rep. query where the coil is coming from? Nope.

But let Mrs. Employee of the Year from the company down so turn up to buy a deportee and see how that same sales rep. gets all frosty, pulling out form A to form past Z and asking if you are really sure that you want such an expensive model.

Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey everyweh yu tun as a hard worka makah juk yu, but still, makah juk safa dan gunshat!

 
November 15, 2005
 

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