I hope that no one here on c99 tried serving you any such crap as you described!

I clearly remember when I could physically work most minimum wage employments no longer.

These fuckers are simply being fuckers. I will now employ my good friends at ALESTORM to convey my opinion to them (DANGER:NSFW!!)

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Standing is physical work!

The Eastern Christian Churches liken it to the sufferings of the crucified Jesus!

What drugs was that sadistomaniacal SOB on, anyway?

affluent community. SHE HATES IT. The only reason she is still there is that she makes good money, HAD good benefits, is now only 4 years away from being able to retire and access a pension, and Michigan screws over their teachers to make damn sure there isn't a competitive market for them to work in. There is no merit pay. A teacher is placed on a 10 step schedule (usually 10) based on credential held: BA, Masters, PhD. Each step up the schedule is equal to one year of employment. Each year you automatically take a step until you reach the top, step 10. Reaching the top = dead end. IF the District has money and the union can arm wrestle a percentage raise, it goes to the schedule. If they award a percentage increase, everyone gets what is negotiated. If you haven't been there long enough to reach step 10, you get the step and the percentage increase. If you've been there 20 years and have no steps left, all you get for a raise is the percentage negotiated if any. If you have been employed with a District for 25 years and want to quit to work for the district next door, Michigan requires you to take a pay cut and start on Step 1 - 3 of the relevant schedule. Needless to say, a teacher with experience is trapped unless they want to lose as much as 60% of their salary.

My daughter actually was written up in an employee evaluation because she uses her hands when she talks. My daughter had previously been in a meeting with this evaluator, during which my daughter waved her hands and arms. The evaluator said it might have caused a passer by to think my daughter was yelling at her. My daughter explained she was Italian, and the evaluator was discriminating against her ethnicity. Too bad, so sad, she wrote it up anyway. My daughter is one of three long time teachers in the building, all of which the principal is trying to make unhappy enough to leave. Young teachers are cheaper. She teaches 8th-grade language arts - not by choice. She is K-8 certified with an endorsement in early childhood. This year he gave her five classes or 180 kids, none of which are advanced students. 180 papers to grade each and every assignment. 180 parents to meet with every 3-hour session of parent teacher conferences. Cut a parent short and when they complain, the candy ass principal she works for throws them to the wolves. They busted the union, and they are circling to find any reason to fire anyone who makes too much money. She has a medical condition that requires her to eat at certain times. She asked for an accommodation with the assignment of her prep time. It was denied. She was told to go part-time if she wasn't physically able to handle a full-time job. Fck her and her retirement credits.

I share this because you are not alone. My point is that it many if not most jobs suck for a whole variety of reasons 99% of the time. Lots of people hate their jobs and put up with shit from employers because they have to. If we weren't working for money, we'd be volunteers. Some have wages so low they practically are. I am sorry you are one of them.