Rent increase

Michael sighed, this was the fifth appartment veiwing at that he had been to that day, and nothing looked good. More specifically, nothing was good because they all did not fit his budget, $750 a month, and they are smelled like pot. They were nasty, but there was nothing that he could do. They were all one-bedroom apartments, so he could not really have a roommate, unless that roommate was willing to share a bedroom, or sleep in livingroom/entry-way. Was he willing to sleep there?

"I will let you know if I will rent it, do you have any other people looking at this one?" Michael asked the manager has they both left the apartment, the manger lady making sure the door was locked as she closed it.

"Yes, you are the third person I showed it too today, and there are four other appointments for later in the day Though I think one of them might cancel. There are also a few appointments tomorrow," she said as they both headed back to the front apartment doors. The hallway reeking like a high skunk. "If the price is too high for you, there are always others willing to pay the price."Michael only grunted in response, the last four managers all mentioned the samething. There was always someone willing to pay the high price.

"What we need are more apartment buildings, with more apartments per building. Anyway, thank you for your time." The manager thanked Michael as well as their parted ways. She headed back to her office while he went out to his small blue asian built car. Luckily, it stopped raining while he was in the building, but the ground was still wet and the puddles made the lower parts of his pants wet as he stepped through them. At least, he was down for the day. He was probably not going to rent any of the apartments he had viewed that day, and the thought of how much gas was wasted that day made him moody. Despite the age of the car, around 17 years old, it started up just fine when Michael put the key in and left.

He turned on the radio to 106.66 fm, a rock and pop station, but he didn't really listen. He was beginning to regret moving out to the city. The job that he had set up before moving here did not come with the pay increase that he thought would come, and he had left a good rent situation, with three roomates in a modest size house, for rent problems. If he didn't find something soon, he would be homeless. He only had few days at his motel 14. He had no prospects it seemed; he had dropped out of college a few years back and now it seemed like everything needed a college degree. However, they did not have a pay increase to with the degree, they only had higher requirements. The bills were increasing as well, faster than the 24 cent raise he got from his job. The raise was a joke, life sucked, how did it come to this?