first of all, to every single person that says these words, fuck you in the most impolite way i can manage.
i am 19. i graduated highschool less than a year ago. i have not been able to afford jack shit since i graduated and moved out. i don’t even live in an apartment because god knows even if me and my partner work full time we can’t even afford the lowest priced studio apartments. we live at their parents house and still can barely afford anything.
it took me FIVE MONTHS to find a job that paid enough for me to be able to live. to be able to afford my college, to be able to afford my bills, to be able to afford to EAT. not even enough to live on my own. five months. and it’s still a job that i know will over work me into the ground (post office). but atleast it pays me enough to live.
in those five months i had family and friends just tell me to work a minimum wage job like fast food or reception or what have you. “if you really need the money” THEY DONT PAY ME MONEY
I GET CRUMBS AND NOT ENOUGH TO LIVE ON BUT I CAN BARELY GET ANYTHING ELSE
because i’m a “college student”. no experience, no degree. fuck all of you who ever said minimum wage is for teenagers or college students. who else is serving you big macs on a monday morning at 11am? it’s my ass who doesn’t have enough money to live my fucking life
anyways rant over raise the minimum wage and stop treating your youth like shit cause we will come back to bite your ass