Antiwork

Not as fresh as some of the other posts but I quit my job on Sunday night. Been there for 9 months. Got called in for an extra shift because it was projected to be busy. And as I’m doing my job, my boss asks me couple questions to get set up as well. When I didn’t have the answer for one of the questions, he slammed the table and yelled furiously why should I pay you. (His usual behavior). Now normally I would take it, say sorry boss what can I improve on but I have had enough of this bs. I responded with you pay me because I make more money for you than you pay me. Argument ensues. After the shift ended I went home, analyzed the situation and then told said boss I quit. Hard call to walk away from the promised money but when the…

How is it with all the exploitative, emotional fight-to-the-death reality TV there is no show on where they take a 250k a year person, cut them off from everything in their life and film them living for 12 weeks on a $15 an hour job? (quick cut of exasperated diatribes, throwing phones and slow zoom to a crying face ensues).

My dad's wife used to talk with derision about her sister who worked as a teacher's aide “for ten dollars an hour”. And how unambitious her sister was even calling her “lazy” because she worked as a teacher's aide and didn't try to pursue something with higher pay. My dad's wife earned more than double what her sister did, working in dental and had a nice job for twenty years. Then she quit her job and couldn't find another one at the same level of pay! She learned that during the recession, the pay for the work she did (dental assistant) had dropped down everywhere. She's broke now and went on SS and complains about her “fixed income” and how hard it is. I have no sympathy for people like this who talk with derision of others earning low pay, then wind up poor themselves.

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