Antiwork

Just wanted to post this here to rant about it somewhere. I’m 17, as of about a month ago, and i just drove around with my girlfriend looking for jobs until my parents thought my shift was over. I think they might be pissed at me but i have to tell them i think. I didn’t say a word to anyone and just left. I got so fed up with doing multiple peoples jobs for 8.50 an hour and constantly being cscolded for taking long bathroom breaks. Like the cashier had to take a break and because were understaffed im expected to cashier, which isn’t my job, and i’m the only cashier until they get back. Some people just go fuck off in the warehouse for hours, and most managers just sit at the desk on their phone and complain about me taking my first bathroom break in hours. “it…

Have you ever been bad rumors about you at work and then you changed shifts. When I went to day shift my image was already bad. Basically the incident with me and this women I use to hang around with she basically spread lies about me in the day. A few workers came around and making off hand comments. Bringing her up all the time. The organic manager was telling me she was causing trouble still and bad mouthing me. I tried to ignore it but somebody would always bring it up. Her friends on days all disliked me. I addressed it to people telling my side of the story without going into too much detail. How did you deal with this?

I have been working in the restaurant industry in Nanaimo BC Canada for a couple years now. Every job I have had either much more or much less hours than I bargained for in often unsafe conditions. I think the city could use a union for restaurant workers but I am not sure if city wise unions are a thing or how to organize one.