An employee of our company is living in an RV and is saving ALOT of money not having rent or a house payment. We live in California.
She has the perfect job to do so. I mention it because if someone wants to save alot of money with little skills, they can. This is an example of us as Supervisors, we only make about 2-3 more dollars per hour but the other employees, they make about $1 more than minimum wage and sleep half of the overnight shift.
She works two 18 hr shifts as a Supervisor. She happens to sit with the same lady (Client) I do.. Doing paperwork as a Supervisor part of the shift but only about 45 minutes of it. With access to the Clients shower about 9pm (when Client goes to bed) then access again in the morning if she chooses to shower at 6:15 am, she can technically shower a few times in 9 hrs time She takes long showers, blowdries her hair and curls it before bed. Then rinses off again the next day. So it's more like she fully showers twice a week, rinses off 3 times per week. That leaves two days without a shower or freshening up by rinsing off.
Since Federal law requires we have a private bedroom with a comfortable bed, she told me those are the two nights she sleeps like a baby.
She belongs to our only local gym in town which has no showers @ $35 mo. But as I stated, their huge bathrooms so I assume she uses a tiny blow up pool to rinse off and works out later at night for a reason, no one's there. There is maybe 3-7 people there at once anyhow, and most are men. So you'd not likely be holding up the women's bathroom long. It would cost about $110 to belong to a nicer gym with showers in a nearby town, that is gas, wear and tear and the added monthly membership costs. And that would give her access to a shower 3 more times a week, not just rinsing off. Is it worth it?
So she's fully showered, washed hair and such during work hours twice a week. Rinsed off 3 other days per week after gym workout. Seems good enough to get by for the amount of money she is saving. After she has her own house, she is going to start College and look for a better paying job. She makes $12 per hour now but sleeps 8 hrs of the 18 hr shift and it's easy so I am guessing she is in no hurry. She takes home $1550 per month (we are paid driving time also, .50cents per mile, about $100 extra per mo). She cooks her meals at the clients house but otheriwse eats in her vehicle the other days which she hates. She needs just one more shift per week but that goes into paying overtime and our Company will not do that. So her only other choice is to somehow get a third shift caring for someone else in a house, somehow. Most everyone wants to fully shower at least 3 days a week right? (about every other day). Once moved into her own dwelling, she'll start looking for a higher paying job.
So to look at it from her perspective, warm water is VERY expensive for her. I admire her tenacity and ability to save over $1000 a month
