I’m a ground service worker at a “small” airport. We don’t have any airline flights so it is mostly small airplanes all the way up to large business jets. Ground service workers are the scum of the earth to most people I work around. I’m the lowest level position at my company, we’re always understaffed meaning things don’t get done as fast as people want. Boss is frequently mad about things not getting done on time, mechanics always mad things aren’t done on time, pilots always mad for the same reason because it took a extra 2 minutes to get the fuel truck for their plane. I’ve been verbally harassed by pilots frequently swearing and screaming at me. We are always working in hazardous environments ex large quantities of fuel, towing aircraft worth more money than i’ll ever see in my life, near running aircraft engines, always in hazardous noise levels. I always feel like my job is in jeopardy from one equipment malfunction accidentally damaging an aircraft. I’ve gotten soaked in fuel more times than I can count (which contains lead), gotten literal sewage dumped on me emptying a toilet of an airplane, and always seem to be making someone upset just trying to get my work done in a understaffed environment. The fact that I do all this crap every day for 8 hours and can’t even afford to live on my own or with a roommate. If my parents wouldn’t let me live here still i’d be screwed. I make 39,000 a year before taxes and despite being underpaid this is one of the highest paying jobs I can find without a college degree. I’m working on my pilot licenses to be an airline pilot but can’t really afford to do that, go to college, or move out on my own. I can’t afford to do even one of those things let alone two or all three of them at once. I’m extremely frustrated and feel stuck in life