Month: June 2022

So I've been trying to get fired for the last couple weeks. I can't afford to work for this place anymore. I have to drive 66 miles each way to get here… Ive Sprinkled in some snide remarks, and inappropriate jokes, and have basically done my wages worth of work for the day, and no more. The result of my belligerence, was not being fired. But rather my boss complimenting me on how confident I've been lately. They do need me and that's their reality. They're underpaying me as is, and I know this because I asked the person who used to do my job what they were getting. I'm underemployed as is…and of course they can't afford a raise. How do I get unemployment if I can't get fired? I've thought about distributing union papers in an effort to get our shirt tucker boss to fire me. He's got…

It's that simple. Stop railing on those that rely on tips. We all are stuck in this Capitalist Hellhole and have different lives. You do not know what's going on in people's lives and why they are where they are, doing what they're doing. Maybe go read some r/talesfromyourserver to see examples of what people deal with regularly and why.

For context, I'm 22 and living at home while I'm going to uni. So basically last night my parents demanded to know why I was unenthusiastic about my studies and why I seemed to be angry more than happy. I told them what was on my mind, how I did not want to participate in a system that would have all of us work for nothing until we die. How those in power are changing laws to turn us into obedient drones that will work our waking moments away. How despite technology advancing to impressive extents, we still get less time off work than medieval serfs. It seems what I said during my rant wasn't eloquent or thought out enough to convince them of anything except I'm crazy, because they then gave the typical older generation stories of how they came to the states with nothing and put themselves through…

I just had a conversation with an uncle of mine. He said he has no respect for my brother who has had 3-4 different jobs in 8 years while his son, my cousin, has had the same job in that same time frame. I asked him what the problem was. He said it showed my brother wasn’t loyal. He only wanted money and didn’t care about the company. In his day you were loyal to your company. I agreed. In his day you were loyal to your company but conversely the company was loyal to you as well. They paid well, they gave bonuses, they offered perks, a single worker could provide for a family and still not be expected to spend every waking hour at work. My brother has seen his salary jump every time he changed jobs. He left for the money and now makes 2-3x what he…