My apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile.
I'm old enough to have been fed the “good work ethic equals a good life” bullshit but young enough to smell it for the bullshit it is after working over half my life.
After 20+ years of working non stop, do you know what my first thought is when I have an ailment? How much trouble or stress it will cause at my job and panic whenever I have to use sick time.
I have a couple chronic conditions that have taught me how to work a job while feeling like I have the flu, so as a result I only take off work if one of my kids is sick or if my migraine is so bad I can't see.
I think this way of thinking contributes to my stress and symptoms. I wonder how much less pain I'd have if I didn't feel guilty every time I start to feel rough, like it's a moral failing on my part.
I've been yelled at by customers while feeling like my whole face is about to explode from pain and I just… took it? Like the good little worker bee bitch I am apparently.
Sorry for the rant, just disgusted with U.S. work culture.