Visiting NYC from California. My wallet got lost/stolen, so I got no ID. I was able to check into a hostel, and the airline (Virgin America) confirmed that they would let me fly as long as I have my reservation slip, which I do. So here's the big problem: I got less than $50 left!! Are there any quick cash-paying jobs that I could find around the city (i.e. unloading some trucks, etc.)? Craigslist netted zilch so far... HELP!!!
2007-10-02 02:08:29 · 13 answers · asked by techno_beetle 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Ghormenghast - I have my laptop, and the hostel has wifi
2007-10-02 02:26:22 · update #1
14th Street, walk along the west side all the way to the Hudson River, you might be able to make some money there. Just ask around.
2007-10-02 05:16:23 · answer #1 · answered by mac 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you're staying at a hotel, they've got your card on file I'm sure, so use a cell phone or the phone in the room and call everyone you can, explain the situation and ask them to wire you money. Or ask your employer to give you an advance.
Call 1-800-555-1212 to find bank #s etc if you do not have it and explain to them you need a new card ASAP because your old card was stolen (if its faster to get the same card, do that and tell them when it was stolen/lost so they can void any charges before that time. You can always get a new card/ new #s when you get home.)
Call the airline and tell them you have the reservation slip but have NO STATE ID. You cannot even pass security w/o an ID, even if the airline says you're OK. Talk to someone at the airport.
Call the police and file a report.
Short of that, if you are truly desperate, you are in NYC for the love of God, you can get a job in less than a day, go out there and explore ALL possibilities... just depends how uncomfortable you are willing to get.
Hope you can retrieve it!
2007-10-02 17:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by dreamsasylum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NY is known as "The Big Apple" because long ago a famous folk hero (Johnny Appleseed) planted a single seed in the middle of the city. Then, in a strange warp in space-time, a boy named Jack planted a seed he believed to be magical in the same spot. In what is still considered a marveling biological advancement, the two seeds fused together on a molecular level. After an impressive rain, the seed hybrid grew into an apple 300ft tall and approximatively 330ft wide. The strangest thing being the absence of a tree. It seems the apple was completely normal, except it grew straight from the ground with its own roots like a beanstalk of some sort. For decades to come, people would visit the city and look up at the impossible fruit and think "that is a big apple". After a while people began referring to the city itself as "The Big Apple". But then, 1943 Oct 11th, something strange happened. As the city laid to rest, the night once again upon them, there was a blinding flash of red light. The flash lasted for nearly 4-5 seconds. No one is certain what caused the flash, but once it was over the apple had simply disappeared. Not only had it vanished, the ground it had grown from had closed as if it were never there. Some say the apple had grown so large it created some sort of fruity supernova and collapsed in on itself in a black hole. Some say the aliens responsible for the death of the dinosaurs came back and destroyed the apple as well. We may never know exactly what happened that night, but one thing is for sure. That was a big-*** apple.
2016-03-19 03:43:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really simple: Hustle up two bucks.Buy a a one ride one transfer MetroCard. Take the F train to the last stop in Queens [179th St ] transfer to the Q3 bus to JFK
Politely tell the nice people at Virgin America that you personally don't give a f**k about exactly how they figure it all out but sometime in the next day or so you need to be on an airplane home and let them work out the details.
Have fun
2007-10-02 05:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
Good luck trying to get on a plane with out a government sponsered picture ID. I think money is the least of your problems.
2007-10-02 11:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by joe s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Restaurants or local clubs may hire you for a day or 2. Check out Craigslist and other websites for temp jobs.
2007-10-02 02:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by ParisParis 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1. Donate plasma
2. Get married to someone. Going rate is $15000 and up.
3. Call you family or job and ask for a small wire of funds.
Good luck
2007-10-02 02:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jamerican Steve 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Try to donate plasma.....it hurts but you can make 30 or 40 bucks.
2007-10-02 02:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by skyflyer99 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
like someone said...have someone from home wire you cash.
Or call your credit card company and have them fedex overnight a new credit card.
2007-10-02 04:00:25 · answer #9 · answered by Michael's_Mommy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
pretend your a refugee and wait with a bunch of them for a construction/landscaping/painting... companys truck to come by and hop on
2007-10-02 08:56:14 · answer #10 · answered by Deano 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋