Category: Antiwork

Hi everyone. I had a heated debate with my dad tonight about the financial problems in the US and wanted to get some feedback. Backstory: my dad is very liberal as am I and we’ve always agreed pretty much on everything. He’s almost 70. But tonight we had a massive argument about wages and lifestyle and work ethic. He started pulling the whole bullshit avocado toast, star bucks thing. When I said fine but ok let’s say that saves $2000 a year, that 2K ain’t making any difference with the cost of mortgage and college. Here were his points: -the young generation spends too much on products—nail salon Netflix Starbucks etc and if they lived on a sandwich everyday they would save enough over time to eventually afford a house. I went over the housing and rental costs with him. He pulled up housing and rental costs in undesirable or…

https://marshallbrain.com/manna1 I cannot stress how important it is for everyone to read this short story. Discussion in the comments!

I recently got into it a little bit with a friend of mine. I’ve known him for years and he grew up extremely poor I saw him work hard to get to where he’s at. TBH if this is what we become once we start making real money I might just opt out bro. He switched careers and went from making 200k to just over 100k and has been living extremely comfortable for way too long. He got a job as a regional manager for a fire suppression company. He was telling me about his new job and how much work these guys do and how they make such great money, $18 – $25 an hour. Then I had to tell him that it wasn’t great money and everyone should be making a livable wage. His reply was just “they just do manual labor like it’s not that hard”. Like…

This is a short story but it was so satisfying so I have to share. I used to work part-time in a small restaurant for some extra money while I study. When I started we had a pretty good manager that cared about the employees. If we needed a day off during exam period, she would make it happen even if she has to take the shift herself. The place was running flawlessly, and the owner was happy. About a year ago she left for a better job, not in a restaurant. Owner decided he didn't have to hire a new manager, and instead he would take care of everything. It was a clown fest, schedules were late, people got way more hours than they expected/wanted, others didn't get enough, often we found expired food in the fridges or improperly stored food, and cleaning was also lacking. When I raised…