Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)May 30, 2023
The next time you feel imposter syndrome and are convinced that everyone is better than you, just remember that someone got paid for this hospital design.
Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 30, 2023
@ovid
Ooh, that would be a good design for the slaughterhouse where I worked (just holidays and long weekends) when I was 15. Sometimes that was the kind of trail I was commandeered to clean.
"Hey you temp clean that now."
Show threadWGAvanDijk

@ovid
I did that work until I was 20. In total for some 25 weeks. It's the main reason I am a vegetarian since I am 20.

My single mom with 3 children could very well use the money I earned. Double minimum wage, and in the weekends and holidays it was triple. I earned more money that my mom did whenever she had a job (senior citizen care worker).

May 30, 2023 at 7:58pmWeb
Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk @ovid

How sad! An economic system that treats workers like your mom like that is a gross scandal. We have to find something new, more just.

Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 31, 2023

@Simone21
Eh, that was 44 years ago. My mom had several physical disabilities (mainly: cracked skull from a youth incident, always a splitting headache since) and could not work fulltime.

She divorced by violent mean evil father when I was 11, and he did all he could to prevent paying alimony.

When my mom was on sick leave or unemployed, the welfare system was OK, but they rightfully calculated the alimony into the amount she would get.

So, the economic system was ok, my father was not.

Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk

Okay, I see.
The story is even sader than I assumed, but it was not the system's fault. 🥺

Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 31, 2023
@Simone21
Yeah, my father was an asshole. My only regret is that he lived longer than my mom. I was not at his funeral, and I have not seen him since I was 15.
Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk

I'm very sorry. Sounds really hurtful.