Tonight I am buying dress pants and a shirt I cannot afford because I dont get paid a living wage. Tomorrow I will wear said shirt and pants to my best friends funeral. The day after that I will be demanding a raise because of the increase in my workload and responsibility because of my best friend and coworkers passing. I dont know which part of this sad situation is worse: The fact that I'm underpaid to a point where I can't afford to look respectable for a funeral. That I simply lost my best friend. Or that because my best friend is no longer my coworker capitalism would have you believe it would be advantageous of me to take advantage of my friends death and use it as leverage to get a raise. I'm just not sure I have the strength left for this fight. Sorry if this is not the right place for this but I needed to share. Hug your people. Rest in Peace Nick.