Author: Olivia
I just started a new job at a hospital. The place is busy and I was told during my interview “If you don't get a lunch you can just leave early.”. This never happens. My shift is 5:30 to 2 every single day. I am in week three and they held my first check, of course. The place is so short staffed that I was told to bring in liquid like protien shakes and such since we can't eat at our desks and don't have lunches. This was by week two. I thought for sure since I am punching a time. Clock at 5:30 and 2pm, I am certainly being paid for 8 solid hours My boss put in my hours Monday and I went online to look at them. I have been working 8 physical hours a day and am only getting paid for 7.5. Lunch is automatically being…
My dad worked at a pizza place and my mom didn't work. He wasn't the manager or assistant manager. He made and sometimes delivered pizzas. He bought a very cheap house which today would cost $350k, had 3 children, 2 cars. We were always fed, went to the movies, had Nintendo. This might not sound poor, but all of my clothes were second hand, the cars were older, and some people at school let me know that I was poor. We never went on vacations. We lived in the “bad” part of town. But 80s poor was so much better than today. I'm old poor and I know poor and the way people have to live today is horrific. I've never seen so many unhoused people in my life. The price gouging for cars, rent, and real estate is disgusting. Capitalism is a monster that is actively making our lives…