Category: Antiwork

I am off tuesdays and Wednesdays meaning I’m off work today. I get a call from my boss and I wasn’t going to answer but I thought ehh I have a minute so I answered. It’s 3pm. He told me I have to come to training tomorrow at 10am. I reminded him that Wednesday is my day off so I can’t. He said why and I said I have plans but regardless it’s my day off. He said “well if you want to still work here you’ll come in” I am struggling to pay rent as it is I have $50 in my bank account so I said I would be there. I know y’all on this sub would have told him to fuck off and quit on the spot or something like that. And I wanted to do that. This is the end of a long list of how…

I'm nearly 40 and the hardest working person I've ever known is my dad. Born in the 50s, he got an Associates in engineering and wound up working in the trucking industry. Ma had healthy problems, him, the sole provider. He would work constantly because it was the only way to make ends meet. He was also a union steward, served on greivance boards and fought tooth and nail to protect his colleagues from corporate bullshizz. He worked tirelessly, to support his family and to protect his people. He didn't really take vacations, didn't spend frivolously and work was the way he viewed his value in the world. By the time he turned 60 in 2015, he was still putting in 70ish hours a week on the road. One week after that milestone, he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He fought 10 long months before he just couldn't keep…