working class person: I’m forced to beg for money and am at the mercy of other people’s goodwill as I’m facing serious suffering and/or death because my wages don’t cover the expenses I need to literally stay alive
friends of working class person: we will scrape together some of our own funds at the possible detriment of our own families because we have no other choice if we don’t want our friend to, and we can’t believe we have to say this out loud, die
media: This Uplifting Story of Friendship Will Brighten Your Day :)) Look As These Brave People Go On Happy With Their Lives Despite Hardship :)) This Story Proves That Poor People Who Complain About Their Standards Of Living Are Just Not Trying Hard Enough :)))
this post was sandwiched on my dash between two people’s medical gofundmes and i want to cry
Here’s a question that no one ever has a good answer for: why are cashiers forced to stand? Who decided people need to stand for 4 hours straight between breaks when they don’t MOVE?
Would it really hurt if they had, at least, a stool?
According to the owner of the drugstore I worked at for two summers in college, cashiers sitting on a stool doesn’t look professional.
I mean, you know, we were college students and high school seniors and middle-aged adults who were wearing clean T-shirts or polo shirts and shorts or jeans, but standing up for four+ hours made us look professional somehow.
… pardon me while I fume
Yup.
Customers threw the biggest shit fit when one of the cashiers was sitting on a chair behind the register (because she just had knee surgery, and wanted to get out of the house/make money), BECAUSE IT DIDN’T LOOK PROFESSIONAL