A bit of weepy-creepy. The guy is not a man, in any masculine sense of the word. I don't understand why he is actually crying. When the tough comes, you have to (wait for it) "man up." A "full beard"? Full of what? My cat has more facial hair.
Now, I can understand the stress of carrying a full load at college and working half time. Frankly, I could never have managed that (I was in an engineering curriculum). I had a partial scholarship and worked summers, in park service and harvesting. I can understand the ire and resentment toward faithless management. But what were/are the other options? If he's putting himself through school without loans, that is commendable. But if the situation is crossing his grain too much (and they can), he should resolve to work long enough to find another job and just clench his teeth and grow a thicker skin against the customer abuse. (I once sat in a training class for vacuum cleaner sales, in a hot back room with no ventilation. At the end of that, I was nearly prepared to sell my kidney rather than be in sales. I still feel that way. I managed to find work driving haulage truck for the local pea harvest season. I have fond memories of that job.)
I mean, this guy is obviously a pussy. On the other side, the economy is in tatters and people are being worked to death. Starbucks isn't real work.
But younger generations do have an argument about how hard it is to work in this messed up economy. Boomers really did ruin it all for everyone. Either way, hopefully we can fix this mess or Jesus comes soon. I want #2.
His age is important. How young can a Starbucks employee be? I think I remember working as a box boy at age 16. A bright, conscientious, introverted, pubescent kid in a tense situation with high social demands may find the experience overwhelming---added to the schedule anxiety, workload, and academic demands of attending college. Starbucks was probably convenient to also attending classes. Chances are good that he only has foot transportation and has to find jobs within, adjacent, or near to the campus. Probably there is a shortage of jobs fitting those requirements.
Boomers didn't ruin anything for anyone (excepting, of course, the creation of the contemporary Democratic Party). The economy was messed up due to (1) tenfold inflation from Boomer times, and (2) the death blow to small businesses dealt by the Covid shutdowns.
A bit of weepy-creepy. The guy is not a man, in any masculine sense of the word. I don't understand why he is actually crying. When the tough comes, you have to (wait for it) "man up." A "full beard"? Full of what? My cat has more facial hair.
Now, I can understand the stress of carrying a full load at college and working half time. Frankly, I could never have managed that (I was in an engineering curriculum). I had a partial scholarship and worked summers, in park service and harvesting. I can understand the ire and resentment toward faithless management. But what were/are the other options? If he's putting himself through school without loans, that is commendable. But if the situation is crossing his grain too much (and they can), he should resolve to work long enough to find another job and just clench his teeth and grow a thicker skin against the customer abuse. (I once sat in a training class for vacuum cleaner sales, in a hot back room with no ventilation. At the end of that, I was nearly prepared to sell my kidney rather than be in sales. I still feel that way. I managed to find work driving haulage truck for the local pea harvest season. I have fond memories of that job.)
His cat would lick that beard off.
I mean, this guy is obviously a pussy. On the other side, the economy is in tatters and people are being worked to death. Starbucks isn't real work.
But younger generations do have an argument about how hard it is to work in this messed up economy. Boomers really did ruin it all for everyone. Either way, hopefully we can fix this mess or Jesus comes soon. I want #2.
His age is important. How young can a Starbucks employee be? I think I remember working as a box boy at age 16. A bright, conscientious, introverted, pubescent kid in a tense situation with high social demands may find the experience overwhelming---added to the schedule anxiety, workload, and academic demands of attending college. Starbucks was probably convenient to also attending classes. Chances are good that he only has foot transportation and has to find jobs within, adjacent, or near to the campus. Probably there is a shortage of jobs fitting those requirements.
Boomers didn't ruin anything for anyone (excepting, of course, the creation of the contemporary Democratic Party). The economy was messed up due to (1) tenfold inflation from Boomer times, and (2) the death blow to small businesses dealt by the Covid shutdowns.
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