Context – My father is a die hard conservative, born in 1952 and comes with all of said baggage. He and I have been back and forth regarding too many things to count. I'm trying to be genuine here, but at the same time honest, he is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and overall xenophobic… He is also extremely work obsessed, I chalk that up to him failing jr high in the 70's and going straight into the work force so that's literally the only thing he knows.
I am extremely fortunate to work for company I like. This being said the company provides time off. As of the time of this posting, Saturday, I have a three day weekend in observation of Juneteenth. I was texting my mother of this (that I'd be available to do dog-sitting on Monday) and received a separate text from my father of, “you're dead to me, you lazy piece of shit” —- He then went on to explain in horribly written text of how everyone today is entitled and wants days off and does not understand a, “hard day's work” as he puts it.
What bothers me more is that this type of behaviour is still prevalent and people still find the need to destroy themselves at their job, only to come home to sleep and recharge as the only reason you go back to work.