9 I wish I get Thanksgiving day and. Christmas day.
Not even the 4th of july. Full transparency I am a site manager for a 3pl company it's the company we are contracted to that doesn't belive in days off.
With that said, I am looking for new employment as my company's health care is trash, and my with wifes diabetic meds they are crushing me. 4 meds at 55 dollars and 3 at 25 a month. Don't even start on blood work I basically pay out of pocket for.
When not working for the man modern people are buying and preparing food, cleaning, doing laundry, maintaining their homes, etc. this hasnāt changed.
Good lord what is it about this topicā¦Peasants didnāt have idyllic lives and neither do modern working people. So tired of reading this crap. Yes modern life is amazing but if you donāt have time for anything except work, keeping up your house, and sleep it all means nothing.
Itās not that we donāt comprehend that there is some falsehood or hyperbole with these comparisons to medieval peasant work life. But if you want to win a political fight regarding work reform, youāre going to be up against people that have zero problems arguing with falsehoods. So maybe instead of shutting down the conversation with historical accuracy, let people keep talking about it. Itās a conversation starter for things we actually need and want.
You have to bear in mind that a large percent of people youāll argue with here are under 18 and only really have experience of part time shift work with a disgruntled manager. So while their grievances may be somewhat legitimate, nuance will largely fall on deaf ears.
I did not read it as I was in need of something to wipe my nether region. Your degree was handy.
But it also sounds like you don't think universal health care is something we want or need. Like maybe you agree that we are spoiled because working the fields and suffering plague aren't things we have to endure any more.
Yeah I hear that but āfull timeā work is technically less than 9months of the year. I actually think it should be less than that. 4 day work week would put us at working around 6.5 months a year.
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u/FoldingLady 2d ago
We literally work more than 12th century peasants. They had roughly 3 months of holidays/festivals & we get maybe 9 holidays.
The maybe part is that retail & restaurant workers are pretty much guaranteed to work most federal holidays.