I do like my job and my boss definitely has her ups and downs. It’s service industry and she definitely knows what it’s like to be on our side of things, but anytime her business or business practices are called into question her ego gets so involved and she blindly lashes out.
Tonight we got into an argument because she was laughing about making nieces and nephews work for free wether they liked it or not. (Hypothetical, but seems like she’s experienced this and it’s been normalized) She said “that’s the way it’s done” and that I couldn’t have an opinion on the matter because I’m not a “3rd generation immigrant”.
I simply stated the facts as I know them. Profit comes from labor. People deserve to be paid for their labor. Child labor laws area a thing. (For now…)
I feel so bad that this is normal. I know that to her and some others there I seem crazy. I’m pretty sure she feels like I insulted her family. That was certainly not my intent but every word she said smacked of exploitation. I don’t want beef with her but I will never back down from these convictions