Basically, a crooked employer invented an excuse to terminate me in order to steal about $10K in unused vacation and sick time, most likely because they had caught wind of the fact that I was on to their crooked ways.
So, to rub it in, they challenged my unemployment claim, an action which immediately made me eligible for Food Stamps. My wife and I qualified for a bigger allowance than we actually spent on groceries when I was working.
So I win my hearing and qualify for unemployment benefits but, because I am honest and report some gig earnings, the unemployment benefits get suspended until I can prove the gig earnings did not result in a full time job.
So it is back on the food stamps. By the time I can prove the gig earnings did not result in a full-time job to the UC's satisfaction, I actually have a full-time job because Trump has been in office for a month and employers are actually scrambling to find employees. For some odd reason, the people who really want to work get hired first and I'm part of that statistic.
So I report this to the Food Stamp people figuring the benefits will be shut off now. Doesn't happen, so I call again, explain the situation and ask if they want the benefits back. No, they tell me, but they do want me to prove I have a full time job.
So, dutifully, I send in pay stub copies to satisfy them. A couple of weeks later, I get a letter telling me that food stamp benefits will be terminated the following month, not because I have a full time job, but because I declined to take them.
Just, wow! I really don't know how to play this game! Do I?
Yep, you are too honest! Lol.