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17 years old and already broken by the system.

I am/was a cashier at a grocery store. I always gave 120% and put myself through hell for that job. I put my mental health at stake for the sake of a measly 10$ an hour paycheck. I would be contemplating suicide over a $40 day of work. I just wanted to do my best to make people happy. I finally broke today and it took everything in me to not just take my life and make it go away. Tomorrow I’m going to quit with no notice. I almost killed myself over a job before I’m even considered a legal adult, and I wasn’t even an above average performer. I didn’t make any of our top speed or membership card usage lists. i was an average worker with no shining qualities and yet i worked myself through my bone and out the other side. That’s it, it’s scary but…


I am/was a cashier at a grocery store. I always gave 120% and put myself through hell for that job. I put my mental health at stake for the sake of a measly 10$ an hour paycheck. I would be contemplating suicide over a $40 day of work. I just wanted to do my best to make people happy. I finally broke today and it took everything in me to not just take my life and make it go away. Tomorrow I’m going to quit with no notice. I almost killed myself over a job before I’m even considered a legal adult, and I wasn’t even an above average performer. I didn’t make any of our top speed or membership card usage lists. i was an average worker with no shining qualities and yet i worked myself through my bone and out the other side. That’s it, it’s scary but i’m gonna go without paychecks for a while for the sake of myself.

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