Antiwork

I work with a bunch of boomers. Nobody has time for me or takes me very seriously. This is incredibly frusturating and sveryday I feel like I am fighting a loosing battle.

So fellow fed up workers I'm on the brink of a mental health collapse due to a client that treats me like shit that I've always been nice to and management attempting to cover it up. How to approach this for a lawsuit?

At the first interview 8 months ago, it was never mentioned that I'd need a drivers licence. My job description does not require it one bit, since I work with patients and their samples in a laboratory. Now, all of a sudden, even alongside 2 drivers we have hired AND all other staff members having pre obtained drivers licences, I need to get one aswell. In my country it's 100€ per month, for 12 months in a row of payments. My paycheck is 1000€ a month. Meaning a whole 10% of my paycheck would be allocated to a drivers licence I don't need at all. Neither my partner, parents nor I have a car. Nor do we need one… And now I'd have to get the license because “I'll use it anyway in the future for personal reasons”. No I won't. And I'm not paying for shit.

I'm suggesting a “Pauper's Civil Rights Act.” This could create an avenue for suing any city that blocks low income housing, by having the courts treat them no different than they would treat a city that tries to stop black people from moving in. It would cause city counselors to shit bricks over the potential bankruptcy, and force them into making space for low income housing wherever it's needed. It could also put states in a position where they have to make college both affordable and accessible for the working poor – which means a lot more online and self-paced options just to avoid the weight of losing another civil rights lawsuit. Pharmaceutical companies that jack up the price of insulin or epi-pens without good cause could also be sued under a “Pauper's Civil Rights Act,” effectively blocking attempts at price-gouging in anything that people need to live. Basically any…

So I called in sick today after going through my morning routine of digesting covid news and global news and to my horror I saw that Russia has indeed started invading Ukraine.. I (21M, living in England) called my manager and said due to the conflict I cannot come in. I get anxious easily and world affairs always trouble me. My managers response when I told him? That if i'm not sick or don't need parental or dependant leave, it's not a valid reason, and he was kind of laughing alittle i'm sure I heard it, as he said it? He said russia has nothing to do with the UK and then asked if I had family or friends living over there, I said no, so he said what's the problem then can you come in, that I can take it easy today or something. I was mortified and didn't…

San Diego could work out well… I’ll just need a sharpie and some cardboard for some cash on occasion. Other than that I’ll chill at the library and read some books I’ve been meaning to indulge in.