So I buy a lot of beer from local stores. I get to know the vendors.
One of them was named A. He worked at a convenience store in Sterling Heights, MI. He had a semicolon tattoo that I never asked about.
He was cute and always really friendly and easy to talk to. I never wanted to scare him off by propositioning him, though.
I hope the semicolon tatt means he LEFT his bad job and got a better job, cuz honestly? His store owner is a really good guy, at heart. But A had the disadvantage of being POC, and probably a progressive, who internalizes mental health diagnoses.
A, if you're out there, DM me sin demora. I can help you GET a better job and a better life, because I'm white and I have money.
You helped save my life, dude. It's the least I can do in return.