Author: Olivia

Mine is, “thanks for wasting my time” when I worked there for two days and left due to unethical business practices. And I also got interrogated about why I left when I was just trying to pick up my check.

I've had my fair share of jobs to include warehouse work, corrections and building palletizers but I always find myself back in a restaurant because for some odd reason, besides being an officer of course, it pays the best. Now I'm at a more upscale restaurant instead of a typical chain thinking it was gonna be cool, wash dishes and work my way up but no. They completely ignored all of my experience on the line, somehow says I'm slow with Oreo even though I'm done on record time everyday but two others who were hired after me got promoted before me… Because they had experience too. Just less than I. Idk what to do or where to go this is my 4th job in a year and I'm miserable, I can't find the will to make the situation better not can I find the strength. I'm falling into depression…

I tried organizing something a decade ago and tried to connect with a journalist about this widespread issue of customers getting away with spitting on, slapping, punching, throwing hot coffee, and threatening to rape and kill retail workers. Nobody in the “lower class” with me wanted to organize and unite. ​ Luckily, now, I work a different type of job. Is there anyone who can carry this torch and try to connect with journalists about this? Or unite for procedures that lay out what management should do in this situation?

Quick Google search will show that the recommended income to take a mortgage on the average US home is just north of 107k/year. Median US income is hovering around 33k and mean is just north of 70k. Only 18% of US citizens make over 100k a year. Less than 1/5 US citizens can even afford to go into debt for a home.