I have been spending a lot of time with a very wonderful woman I recently met. She has literally made my life feel worth living again. But that's not really what this post is about. It's about a much more frustrating thing.
I learned she makes right around the federal minimum wage, at her place of employment. I learned that she drives approximately 50 miles, round trip, for every shift there. (We're in a rural area, driving is just a reality of life as an adult.)
What. The. Fuck.
I want to scream at the CEO of the corporation (which is publicly traded, not a 'mom and pop' shop, by any means), How dare you rob this wonderful person of her time on this planet for what is functionally goddamn nothing?!?
What is wrong with the USA?
This shouldn't be legal.
FUCK that corporation, and fuck the CEO and anyone in control for considering this to be reasonable.
I'm not even the one it's being directly done to, but I kind of feel like crying about it, because I don't know what else to do. :/