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The Flu is bad enough, going around a kitchen.
#COVID19 is substantially more easily transmitted than the flu.
And we& #39;ve created a situation where food service workers& #39; SURVIVAL depends on doing THE EXACT OPPOSITE of anything that could fight a pandemic.
#COVID19 is substantially more easily transmitted than the flu.
And we& #39;ve created a situation where food service workers& #39; SURVIVAL depends on doing THE EXACT OPPOSITE of anything that could fight a pandemic.
And these are the people making your food.
The average food service worker is a millenial. 62% of us live paycheck to paycheck.
And it doesn& #39;t have to be like this. In our parents& #39; lifetimes, it wasn& #39;t.
God Bless the Conservative movement and their deregulation, pro-business legislation, and "choice."
And it doesn& #39;t have to be like this. In our parents& #39; lifetimes, it wasn& #39;t.
God Bless the Conservative movement and their deregulation, pro-business legislation, and "choice."
Poverty is a public health crisis, y& #39;all. Wage Slavery kills.
And if you can& #39;t be bothered to care about that out of your basic human dignity, maybe the fact that the servile class you& #39;ve been supported by can& #39;t afford to not make you sick will fucking help.
Eat the rich. /end
And if you can& #39;t be bothered to care about that out of your basic human dignity, maybe the fact that the servile class you& #39;ve been supported by can& #39;t afford to not make you sick will fucking help.
Eat the rich. /end
I couldn& #39;t speak to this from my own experience, but I& #39;m utterly unsurprised to hear it. https://twitter.com/sweater_wesley/status/1232931084616134656">https://twitter.com/sweater_w...
We& #39;re on Euro posting hours, so let me explain this:
Almost nobody in the US service industry:
-Gets any maternity leave
-Gets any sick leave
-Gets any health insurance
-Is allowed to sit down at work. https://twitter.com/XianJaneway/status/1232935094639353858">https://twitter.com/XianJanew...
Almost nobody in the US service industry:
-Gets any maternity leave
-Gets any sick leave
-Gets any health insurance
-Is allowed to sit down at work. https://twitter.com/XianJaneway/status/1232935094639353858">https://twitter.com/XianJanew...
It should go without saying too, but better to make it explicit:
Service jobs are most of what& #39;s available to poor folks. Because of decades of specific descrimination and structural barriers, those poor folks are more likely to be black, queer, female, trans, and/or disabled.
Service jobs are most of what& #39;s available to poor folks. Because of decades of specific descrimination and structural barriers, those poor folks are more likely to be black, queer, female, trans, and/or disabled.
I worked in food service as a relatively safe and stable, relatively able-bodied, straight-passing white man with some solid support systems in place.
Anything I went through? Others had *way the fuck worse.*
And MY EXPERIENCE was that of an abusive soul-destroying horror show.
Anything I went through? Others had *way the fuck worse.*
And MY EXPERIENCE was that of an abusive soul-destroying horror show.
I worked way harder in a kitchen than I ever do in my paid-almost-twice-as-much-and-do-a-thing-that-fulfills-me-with great benefits office job.
Hard agree. There& #39;s no such thing as unskilled labor. https://twitter.com/vorodecky/status/1232936346362302464">https://twitter.com/vorodecky...
Hard agree. There& #39;s no such thing as unskilled labor. https://twitter.com/vorodecky/status/1232936346362302464">https://twitter.com/vorodecky...
Yeah, I brushed on that, but again for the audience:
These workers can be fired, at any time, for any reason. And there& #39;s always a stack of applications they could replace you with.
They make it clear from day 1. "We& #39;re a family! And you& #39;re expendable." https://twitter.com/Chowderskin/status/1232937317498679296">https://twitter.com/Chowdersk...
These workers can be fired, at any time, for any reason. And there& #39;s always a stack of applications they could replace you with.
They make it clear from day 1. "We& #39;re a family! And you& #39;re expendable." https://twitter.com/Chowderskin/status/1232937317498679296">https://twitter.com/Chowdersk...
To be clear:
The virus will mostly kill vulnerable folks. It& #39;s a more transmissibile bad flu, that we can& #39;t vaccinate against yet.
If this kills any poor Americans, it will be income inequality and our piss-poor health system that pulled the trigger.
Cheers.
The virus will mostly kill vulnerable folks. It& #39;s a more transmissibile bad flu, that we can& #39;t vaccinate against yet.
If this kills any poor Americans, it will be income inequality and our piss-poor health system that pulled the trigger.
Cheers.
I& #39;m exhausted talk to me about Star Trek or something. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1230708687234224130">https://twitter.com/NomeDaBar...
In my nine years at my pizza place, we hired two high schoolers.
Two. In a decade. https://twitter.com/q_aurelius/status/1233031361814048769">https://twitter.com/q_aureliu...
Two. In a decade. https://twitter.com/q_aurelius/status/1233031361814048769">https://twitter.com/q_aureliu...
If I& #39;ve made anyone nervous about the virus itself, I want to mitigate that - it really isn& #39;t the part that scares me.
There& #39;s an offer, here, from someone who would know, to answer questions or discuss concerns. https://twitter.com/Just_Eleanora/status/1233030130345246720">https://twitter.com/Just_Elea...
There& #39;s an offer, here, from someone who would know, to answer questions or discuss concerns. https://twitter.com/Just_Eleanora/status/1233030130345246720">https://twitter.com/Just_Elea...
If anyone thinks for a second this isn& #39;t the intentional creation of a management class trying to wring every cent of value out of disposable workers, then I& #39;ve got a bridge to sell you. https://twitter.com/4mogglesinacoat/status/1233048819023196167">https://twitter.com/4mogglesi...
So, over the weekend I posted this thread, many of y& #39;all have responded saying how your industry was just as bad.
A good chunk of those folks were people who work nursing homes.
We now have six cases and two deaths in one nursing home in Seattle. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/coronavirus-news.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/0...
A good chunk of those folks were people who work nursing homes.
We now have six cases and two deaths in one nursing home in Seattle. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/coronavirus-news.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/0...
I& #39;ve quoted those responses here: https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1234299158124613633">https://twitter.com/NomeDaBar...
Fuck that. I cant afford what that would cost with the insurance I finally do have. https://mobile.twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253">https://mobile.twitter.com/NickKrist...
Y& #39;all
When I posted this
It was just about the suffering that would happen if everything worked as intended, given that service workers wouldn& #39;t call out.
Turns out, this is being managed incompetently enough that it may not fucking matter.
Thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/into_the_brush/status/1234685467682979840">https://mobile.twitter.com/into_the_...
When I posted this
It was just about the suffering that would happen if everything worked as intended, given that service workers wouldn& #39;t call out.
Turns out, this is being managed incompetently enough that it may not fucking matter.
Thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/into_the_brush/status/1234685467682979840">https://mobile.twitter.com/into_the_...
