(21-03-2024, 06:18 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I have a friend who lives in a trailer in California. She is disabled, very low income, and has a tragic family background, but manages surprisingly well considering. Her last job was as a greeter at a Walmart, some of the stories she told me about the things that happened at work made me really glad I live here. The pay was really low, but as she said every worker except the supervisors was on really low pay. But they were desperate for work, and the competition for picking up shifts was quite intense.
We don't know how lucky we are.
Indeed - but sometimes lately, I have a horrible feeling that we may yet find that out.
What exactly is so dreadful about paying workers a living wage & taking a bit less profit is something I simply don't understand & I'm fairly sure I don't want to..
(21-03-2024, 08:54 PM)harm_less Wrote:(21-03-2024, 06:18 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I have a friend who lives in a trailer in California. She is disabled, very low income, and has a tragic family background, but manages surprisingly well considering. Her last job was as a greeter at a Walmart, some of the stories she told me about the things that happened at work made me really glad I live here. The pay was really low, but as she said every worker except the supervisors was on really low pay. But they were desperate for work, and the competition for picking up shifts was quite intense.Your post brings to mind a semi documentary movie I saw a while back about the people who live nomadic lives following job opportunities at the likes of Amazon dispatch centres called Nomadland.
We don't know how lucky we are.
I really enoyed it but then I've yet to see a movie with Frances McDormand in it that I didn't like.
I saw that too, a really interesting way of life & she's always good value.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)