My First Job: The Lazybones Manifesto

[@TheSandurz20]

Why eat fast food when you can E A T T H E R I C H?

[@thoughtlesskills]

♫There's only one thing that they're good for.♫

[@nerothos]

Too high in cholesterol, to be fair.

[@AslanW]

BUT DON'T YOU KNOW THEY EAT RATS IN VENEZUELA???

[@houngrysdigest1525]

Yummm

[@6idangle]

Is it still vegan if I eat the rich

[@HWalla23]

yo it's so weird i'm beginning to think capitalism is like, not super great

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

But, uh, you know, it's like...the best system we have, oe something, man!

[@jebemtigolaz]

Imagine our shock when we actually got LESS worker's rights under capitalism than we had under the communist regime in Yugoslavia. Paid overtime? That's soo socialism and socialism killed bajillions.

[@Fireplayish]

It's okay comrade, it gets better.

[@vayne75]

Your just looking at it the wrong way...

[@ryno4ever433]

@@vayne75 Lol nooooo capitalism isn't baaaaad! You're just LOOKING AT IT THE WRONG WAY! Working yourself into health conditions isn't BAAAAAAAD. Being underpaid isn't BaÀaÃaD!!! Capitalism is so effective at fucking brainwashing people that it's disgusting.

[@kazaddum2448]

Almost as if this "wage slavery" term wasn't meant hyperbolic at all.

[@AHopelessSemantic]

After the American Civil War, wage slavery was considered slavery. The only difference is being rented or sold.

[@skybluskyblueify]

American chattel slavery in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries is not equivalent to wage slavery even if you include the abuse we get as employees or if you are required to do a free internship or get low or no pay like some disabled people experience. I hope this is very clear to this "woke" channel.

[@hayleygullett]

We can understand the horror of wages without the false equivalence to chattel slavery

[@rowanmcclantoc5418]

@@hayleygullett In America, Especially the Deep South, slavery often gets conflated with indentured servitude. Wages are a form of indentured servitude. Wages = indentured servitued = slavery.

[@MilknPopcorn]

Prior to the civil war, southern american states actually praised slavery by comparing it to the conditions of wage-laborers, claiming they were 'free in all but name', and that slaves were treated better than them. Abolitionists and the like mostly rejected this assertion, but Frederick Douglas (former slave and famed abolitionist) actually changed his mind and agreed that wage labor was at least mostly comparable: "experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other".

[@samanthahawkins5717]

"If you can't rise up, lie down and rest" had me cry. I'm a single mother with disabilities. I work myself until I can't move and still feel lazy and worthless. Thank, Mr. Slime

[@amberrichards2778]

Every time you rest it's a rebellion against people who think you don't deserve your own time. Every time you treat yourself with kindness is a rebellion against people who think you should be ashamed. Spend some time for yourself today and if you want to start guilting yourself just remember that Amber expects you to fight the good fight. With a hot, candle-lit bath and a glass of wine! Please hang in there. And thank you for all of your hard work.

[@adeelabbasi2811]

May God have mercy on you and may he ease your situation. I wish our generation had some power to help those in need . You are more stronger then I can ever be.

[@lyadmilo]

You have inherent worth. I am also disabled and struggle with this feeling as well. I feel like a burden on society. But if society cannot meet the needs of those who need them, then society has failed, not you. Your value is not measured in your productivity. Loving a disabled body is an act of radical rebellion. If you cannot do that yet, I get it. I'll do it for you today.

[@WitchPaper1]

Joshua Heap go away

[@nicole-ls4jb]

@@WitchPaper1 Seconded.

[@violetofthevoid]

"get another job" says a person who hasn't had to hunt for a job in years, works a well paying job, is well privileged, and doesn't stop to think for once that maybe they don't get another job because most of these jobs are almost equally crappy.

[@MattJames1958]

Having worked numerous shit jobs, the "just get another job" crowd really piss me off. Like gee why didn't I think of that!

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

It also callously glosses over the fact that even if you quit, that job isn't going anywhere. Some other poor sucker is going to get coerced into doing it, and if they complain, they'll get the exact same non-argument. "Get another job if you don't like it." Ad nauseam.

[@DamienMalfoy]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser "Ok well serve yourself you entitled a$$h0le" I replied.... "Oh what your too good to pump your own gas" guess what now you have to because all service stations (Big Oil that is) have all gone self serve to save on labour costs

[@michaelk.jensen1611]

And leave a place with shitty work conditions for the next in line, no don't improve working conditions, in general and not in specific places, i never understood this argument, i could also call it a quitting mentality, because you are not trying to improve the place where you work.

[@RedOphiuchus]

Even if "just get another job" is a hypothetically possible solution for one person to accomplish, this is not a one person problem. This is a millions of people problem. And if all of those millions of people tried to follow it we would see a collapse in the pay of the jobs they went to, and the complete destruction of multiple companies and key infrastructure, like food access, as we still need people to work the jobs they left.

[@ivymeadows1944]

That girl with the burn on her arm broke my heart...

[@Stray7]

I worked for a sub shop. One time, one of my co-workers got bleach in her eye. It was just me and her at the time, so I called 911 and had an ambulance come, then called my boss to let him know what was going on. I got shouted at for not calling him first so he could "take care of" the problem, and because he was charged for the ambulance showing up to save this girl's eyesight. I quit shortly after this.

[@Rettequetette]

@@Stray7 Wow... that's not how humans should treat eachother. Where I live, you could report a situation like that to the police. It would be all over the news, and the shop would have to close in no time. Fwiw: you did the right thing.

[@Stray7]

@@Rettequetette Thanks. I'm sure I did the right thing, too, and if the same thing happened again, I'd do it again. Thankfully, my current job (School Bus Driver) stresses safety above other concerns, so that's been much less of an issue for me since then.

[@bluewater454]

😩😩😩😩

[@MLBlue30]

I can't believe no one took her to the hospital...

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

It’s almost like wage labor is a scam, or something.

[@sompompir]

Or as if capitalism was a pyramid scheme!

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Sompompir Plemeniti Almost.

[@TeaParty1776]

Youre a mystic , imagining supernatural power to evade using your natural, human power of the independent mind. Look out at reality. Focus your mind. Imagination is not a guide to life. Reason is. A farmer grows wheat by using his mind, not by rain dances.

[@bleuwater9629]

Its almost like leftitsts dont understand history or economics. The average worker has prospered more under free market capitalism than under any economic system in history.

[@cultural_marxism_fan]

@Fireball Bastard kiddo you are subscribed to fucking alternative hypothesis don't start.

[@thelemonarts]

My work mantra is "minimum wage, minimum effort"

[@luxuryvagrant6496]

I was about to write that. I also understood that I don't need to be good at the job... only better than anothrt wage slave. I spent a month in a KFC this year and I would sing "fight the power" while mopping, greet people with my prescribed enthusiasm and only attempt upsells to receptive customers. First couple of weeks the manager keeps reminding me the exact company policies but after my "performance" came through as above average I was left to work as I liked for the most part. FIGHT THE POWER!!

[@Roao_yutubin]

Getting high to work is praxis

[@sevatarlives185]

Like the old soviet joke goes: They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work.

[@sevatarlives185]

@Joshua Heap It's not pal. A combination of Gorbachev's reforms (and resistance to them from military hardliners), the economic and social fallout (no pun intended) of the Afghan-Soviet war and the Chernobyl disaster, petty corruption at every level in society and the increasing visibility of life outside the USSR- through illegal radio, cross-border smuggling of goods and media and so on is the much greater part of why the USSR collapsed in the end.

[@sevatarlives185]

@Joshua Heap lol cool story bro. Away with you until you've actually studied it x

[@RumchugMusic]

When I worked at McDonalds my hero was this guy who would clock in and then take a nap in his car.

[@mrboerger1620]

Complete chas

[@ConanDuke]

Dude... "Store Razor" is an instant lawsuit.

[@eliasbischoff176]

I literally gagged at the thought

[@shihsntz5301]

Unless you're young enough and beaten down enough to not realize that and think there's no point. Almost like that's part of the shitty conditions.

[@roccothegod8307]

I'm O Positive that someone should Hep C the inside of a jail cell for that.

[@beccak8166]

@@shihsntz5301 Tbh.. my mother is a lawyer and has advised me only to sue anyone if you have no other option. The least in the United States. The justice system and the almost certainly better paid lawyers on the other side will make sure that even if you win the suit, it won't be worth it, you'll lose money. It's a pretty heinous situation.

[@shihsntz5301]

@@beccak8166 Yup, another part of the problem is how no one individual really has the ability fight back legally.

[@KnowingBetter]

You accurately described every wage job I've ever had. Especially when I worked at Subway in college. I remember waking up and just hating the mere idea of going to work, trying to think of reasons I could call in sick. Not to do anything fun, but to just... not be there.

[@phillanderson434]

I somehow found one of my favorite KZbinrs in the comments section in a video from a year ago

[@user-if9ib2qj7c]

Same

[@ChaosRocket]

One time when I was working at Burger King I got food poisoning and was throwing up every 10 minutes and I was so happy because it meant I didn't have to go to work that day

[@DreamingGod05]

@@ChaosRocket Bruh, I had that same experience. Well, it was a call center but the overwhelming gratitude for being visibly sick enough to rest and recover was palpable.

[@BenjaminRodriguezReyes]

@@DreamingGod05 same experience, also a call center job. No fixed schedule, no life.

[@animalsarecomradestoo.8995]

I’ve had the most abysmal day at work. I’m where you were then. :/ Thanks, this content has given me a bit of catharsis.

[@animalsarecomradestoo.8995]

Our Führer quill18 if I could leave a gaping bullet wound in their forehead, I would. The revolution cannot come sooner. 😂

[@camelopardalis84]

+Animals are comrades too. Would going on reddit and venting there and then get told how you're not the asshole but your bosses are help? That's a serious suggestion.

[@chungusvlad8218]

[@raidermaxx2324]

@@chungusvlad8218 these pigs are the republican voters that put these assholes in office.

[@Zen-cv2eq]

Hey at least you don't have to work with an injured back just to pay "rent". Cuz somehow it's supposed to teach me to value hard work, and just keep on working no matter what.....cuz mom n pop keep on telling me I live in a free country.....So I can somehow get a better job, shut up, and obey? And pay for school at the time? And be able to pay for my surgery and recovery somehow?(Murica)

[@TheSurefireProject]

This is so relatable & it shouldn't be.

[@hubertblastinoff9001]

What's more "lazy" than being an "investor" than having "passive income"? Imagine this: If we eliminated the billionaire class, which function of theirs could not be taken up by who's left over? On the other hand, if we eliminated "lazy" minimum wage workers, what would the billionaire class do?

[@adeelabbasi2811]

Boy or Girl don't use your Greymatter too much . It might force us to reflect on things that we don't have the power to change or experiment with

[@somebody-xu4mz]

Rot.

[@Jack-ol8bb]

having actual leadership skills. Im not talking about investors etc. I am talking about CEOs and Innovators

[@Jack-ol8bb]

@James Allen McCune’s Butthole I know a shit ton that do, my own boss, and plenty of others.

[@cookiesnbubbles]

SARS CoV2 has really opened up the collective eyes of society. Especially that "minimum wage workers" and other low paid workers are so clearly what keeps society running and are most if not all the "essential workers"

[@Megatog615]

"I wasted my twenties." Damn, that's when the video hit me.

[@sarahwright7076]

Same. :(

[@h.j.froehlich326]

Every job I've ever had has been miserable and included me crying in the bathroom on my breaks and wanting to die. So, I can definitely relate.

[@ghubba]

At a factory job I would "pee" several times a day, which entailed crying in the stall for couple minutes and sometimes sneaking scissors in with me to see if I had the nerve to cut a chunk out of my arm

[@PS-dm1dq]

Been there. Would sometimes duck into the food storage pantry at La Madeline to have a quick cry before going back out to serve soup to people and get yelled at some more.

[@atropa6053]

Boy oh boy few more of those videos and comments and i will finally have the balls needed to commit suicide and finally leave this shitty dimension

[@oldboy9267]

@@atropa6053 don't do it. it's what They want.

[@existentialgamer9206]

OMG YES I have been trying to explain to people why I choose to work “lazy”. Like I’ll do my job well but will not go above and beyond, do extra, feel bad for asserting my work/life balance etc. you’d think based on people’s reactions I had said I was stealing from the job.

[@makeshiftaltruist7530]

Because the buisness world has a term for that.. Wage Theft... Or "Work Avoidance".

[@6idangle]

I’m a lawyer and I do the same, you want something extra beyond the normal confines from me? Sorry, im putting in the minimal amount needed to get my work done and going home to see my friends and my cat.

[@OneEyeShadow]

@Makeshift Altruist I though Wage Theft is your employer illegally withholding your pay?

[@tomechan5139]

@@makeshiftaltruist7530 Are they paying enough to afford my every waking hour and every bit of my energy? No. I'm not given a stipend to be on call at all times. I'm not paid extra to put in extra work, and there's no path to a better job by doing so Do you really think a low-rank manager position is easy? Most of the time, they are salary. Which MEANS. They have to work 90-100 hours a week. Less they and every single other person under them is terminated. You think that's a joke? I have seen entire stores, all fired. That's 20 people without jobs anymore, because the manager was worthless. And those people won't be working at Dollar General ever again. Then again, maybe that's a blessing in disguise

[@QuintessentialQs]

I have worked a LOT of jobs in my years on this earth. And I can tell you you there has been an inverse relationship between how much a job paid and how hard it was. I'm making more now than I ever have, and it's also the easiest job I've ever done by far.

[@LimeyLassen]

Truth.

[@6idangle]

Exactly it’s how we reinforce class disparity. The rich work cushy service jobs, the poor get crushed to work wage slavery.

[@QuikVidGuy]

Hey think you can make some recommendations to your boss? Wink wink?

[@donnylurch4207]

My fourth and current job is by far the best paying and least stressful. It did take more training and some technical skill, but any monkey can learn how to do it.

[@QuintessentialQs]

@@donnylurch4207 Seriously. If fast food or convenience store paid 20% more than my current job (which actually pays more than triple what I made at Circle K or Subway) I STILL wouldn't take it because those were some of the worst days of my life.

[@premiersportingkc3443]

Man, this reminds me of working at Little Caesar's at 16. I remember getting in trouble once for starting my shift 5 minutes early and clocking in. I remember getting burned by ovens. I remember throwing away all the pizzas in the dumpster every night that we didn't sell (we were allowed to eat one pizza per day, split between all the employees). I remember the manager doing all the easy work early in the day, so that by the time she went home the only work left was the hardest. I remember a guy coming in once, offering to work for pizza because his family was hungry, and we had to turn him away (several employees wanted to buy him some pizzas but the manager wouldn't let us). I remember one guy, who had worked there for ten years, getting fired because his brother--not an employee--helped him clean up dishes one night when no one else was working. Lastly, I remember 30 stores shutting down because the local franchise owner had an argument with the CEO and decided he was just going to sell the stores. Bam! Overnight, hundreds of people lost their jobs because of one man's ego....

[@HIDHIFDB]

Its fucked up how the american retails trow away all the food i worked in a mexican litle ceasars and in the end of the shift all the left over pizzas were splited between everybody at first was amazing but then i get tired of the pizzas.

[@zammmerjammer]

@@HIDHIFDB I worked at a vegetarian restaurant for years and barely had to buy groceries for myself that entire time because we were allowed to take home any food that was going to be thrown out. Then I worked at Starbucks (for like 3 months before I was fired/quit) and they said that anyone taking food that was GOING IN THE TRASH was "stealing." I couldn't believe it. That was such a terrible stupid job. I refuse to buy anything from Starbucks to this day.

[@EYTPS]

Man, talk about capitalists being "job creators", huh?

[@rickycastillo6831]

Working at a pizza shop intended for teenagers for ten years? Yeah I think that guy was fumbling his life like a basketball

[@DavidRamirez-se2yt]

​@@rickycastillo6831 it you tried looking for job, you'd know that's like looking for Atlantis

[@lilneopuppy]

hard work doesnt get you rich, a combination of connections, luck, and privilege gets you rich. Or having money to make money with.

[@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689]

You gotta spend money to make money baybee!! unless its public funding in which case something something [redacted] *mumbles* handouts.

[@MissEliza99]

I used to have a nice white collar job. I worked it for 10 years. Then my department got automated and outsourced. Now I work for a big box store and qualify for Medicaid. Yay capitalism. Your story made me tear up. Solidarity!

[@briankoontz1]

I'm sorry for your experience, but the solution is not to elevate an individual to higher status within capitalism, the solution is to destroy capitalism so that no human being has to suffer under it.

[@MissEliza99]

@@briankoontz1 I agree with you completely. Tell me where to start.

[@TeaParty1776]

@@briankoontz1 Your mind has been sacrificed to social approval by the Progressive education of Marxist John Dewey. Without mind ,man suffers. Capitalism or not.

[@alienswillcomeAWC]

TeaParty1776 Relating to someone’s video is “sacrificing the mind”? Chill out, my dude.

[@arkinyte13]

Anyone want to start a mass strike.

[@jeannetteangell7971]

I think that experience of heading into work and having the thought, "If I was in a terrible accident on my way in then I would have an excuse to not be at work today and I think that might be worth it." is a universal experience in these sorts of jobs. I've never met anyone who's worked one who hasn't had that thought at some point.

[@praetentious2925]

Jeannette Angell I drove recklessly to work once with this mindset and scared myself. I quit within weeks. Best decision I ever made. Almost.

[@lthayer6107]

I had to bike across a train track with no signal to get to my worst job. Most days I didn’t look before I went through, because being pulverized by a train seemed like a better alternative than the job.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

I had a boss that kept asking me to still come in after getting into car accidents on the way to work. Now that I think about it, I wonder if I was subconsciously driving poorly just to try to get out of having to deal with him at work. My accidents always just involved myself, thankfully. I never hit anyone else, just roughed my car up and had to deal with the consequences.

[@ShiroRyu927]

God, this is all so real. I've been driving to and from work and thought 'if I just swerved off this bridge, I wouldn't have to be here tomorrow'. I've worked with a coworker who LOVED cleaning and organizing, to the extent that our manager had to force her to leave the store for her break because she couldn't be trusted to do nothing in the back room. I've come home and said 'hey, I'm in crippling pain from the combination of endometriosis and standing all day' and my mom, as sympathetically and sweetly as she could, basically told me 'that's what being an adult is like'. This whole system is a waking nightmare.

[@skunkbert]

the worst part of all of this is that we've gotten used to it. we've gotten used to hating our sorry lives, slaving away at wage labor for the capitalist ruling class, and are expected to just suck it up and deal with it

[@wodidos]

Been working as a cook for about the last ten years. there is a real mindset with a lot of cooks that „if the long hours for low pay aren‘t something you accept you don‘t have enough passion for the job“ and it drives me friggin nuts!

[@praetentious2925]

wodidos I’ve seen the same in other jobs too. That guy who goes the extra mile to pe last the boss, but then you hear the boss say behind his back he’s not “promotion material”, but they let the guy lead himself on...

[@zammmerjammer]

I worked as a cook for years because I would die doing an office type job (also turns out I have narcolepsy but even before I was diagnosed I knew enough to get jobs that kept me on my feet all day). After a few years, I asked my boss in writing for a raise. He was nice about it but said he couldn't pay me what I asked for because even his 2nd in command didn't make that much. I remember thinking, "Holy hell. The guy who is here all the time every damn day and in charge of pretty much everything makes barely a decent salary...?" Had a few other (crappier) food service jobs after that but that was pretty much the end.

[@wodidos]

@@zammmerjammer Yeah I‘m similar i guess. I always said that a need the stress to even get me going cause I‘m a lazy bum. Meanwhile I just had surgery on my left hip joint cause the cartilage was all fucked up. Gonna see what level of fitness and pain free -ness I can reach, but I feel like that was it for me in this damn industry.

[@emmanuelmayoral9779]

In my experience, the most loyal cooks are functioning addicts that are essentially bought and paid for by the management. A man my mom dated was like that. Great guy, great cook, but had a serious alcohol addiction. He ran a kitchen at an upscale sushi place, but didn’t get to be a full on kitchen manager because he didn’t speak English very well. The restaurant he worked at made sure to give him a 12 pack of beer or the hard liquor of his choosing while he worked. It was their way of showing “gratitude” for his hard work.

[@wodidos]

@@emmanuelmayoral9779 sounds about right. I remember being out with a cook I knew who now has Gault Millau points. He was a big guy, he kinda looked like the lawyer in fear and loathing in las vegas. He bought some coke and after a short moment proceeded to take his shirt off and taking his belt out and wanted to attack the dealer because he felt he had been ripped off. Security broke up the fight.

[@IamMissPronounced]

I worked at a fancy new concert venue in Canada for a few months. They had the employees take the stairs, 8 to 10 flights every single time we went on a 15-minute break. The guests were allowed to use the elevators, but not us. I ended up leaving because I had panic attacks every single shift. On my last shift, I was helped to the nurses in the building and nearly passed out from the stress. I also wanna mention that they conveniently rotated shifts so often that you never got to know or build friendships with any of your fellow employees. Like, I never worked more than 2 shifts with the same person.

[@quetzalzotz]

Literally almost purposefully drove into a barrier to try to kill myself on my way to one of my jobs. Quit the very same moment, didn't even bother with two weeks notice. I didn't care. My life was more important to me. This is too relatable and it really shouldn't be.

[@herefortheshrimp1469]

Genuinely thought about jumping off an aircraft carrier while in the Navy

[@vikbys]

I had thought about jumping in front of busses when I worked my first job in retail at a grocery store. Why are these business like this, that makes us all able to relate in the worst way possible

[@amberrichards2778]

I gave myself a concussion in the parking lot before a shift once so I could go to a mental hospital instead of work that day.

[@adeelabbasi2811]

@@amberrichards2778 how are you now? hopefully good hang in there . These times can be unbearable but you won't be sending your time like this forever.

[@praetentious2925]

Lea Wright same. Omg same. These comments like this help make me feel solidarity with all workers, and sad for them.

[@andrewraby8008]

That part about wasting your 20s in dead end jobs hit so close to home. Great job as always

[@Arashi441]

As someone in their mid 20s who has never been able to go above call center, I feel this in my soul and it makes me so sad.

[@andrewraby8008]

@@Arashi441 I'm 36 and have worked in kitchens off and on since I was 18. In a month I graduate with a software engineering degree. I only just now feel like a real person

[@nacho1950]

@@andrewraby8008 Congratulations man, I hope you can start your own company and not having to serve anyone, or at least find a job where you are treated as a person.

[@yabbadabbindude]

Yeah now I'm 30 and wish I would've never wasted a second trying to be a good shit shoveler.

[@raidermaxx2324]

Imagine 20 years going by, and still working those jobs in your 40's. ...

[@retrofuture1989]

First rule of any min wage job, be as lazy as possibly can be and work the bare minimum. They don't pay you enough to put in effort, honestly.

[@briankoontz1]

I used to be against this, but with enough education I now agree with you. At least at the current minimum wage. If the fight for $15 is successful labor should be more respectful.

[@luxuryvagrant6496]

I also feel for shift managers, in Europe they often have a fixed monthly wage but work so much longer and harder than cashiers.

[@Zen-cv2eq]

Huh I wish, working low wages in healthcare sucks, because you have to put a little more effort or else the patient might sue. Yet again it's hard to leave because the interview process is demeaning, and harassment and ostracization is everywhere

[@luxuryvagrant6496]

@@Zen-cv2eq if you're gonna be paid shit you might as well avoid responsibility, wtf is wrong is wrong with you. And don't give me that "my job means something", too easy.

[@SgtLion]

This is at least in option in Europe, in America you'll get fired/paycut because other people also need a pittance to afford basic dignity.

[@Marxism_Today]

Jesus. I had almost the exact same experience you described of Tim Horton's in Domino's Pizza. In Ireland. This shit's everywhere

[@acidroofproductions9378]

Yep. I worked for 6 hours at a chicken place in Newfoundland. I knew better than to come back the next day. I took the reputation hit, the town thought I was a loser already so fuck 'em.

[@ScherrHrenner]

I used to work at a post office in Germany, and found enough parallels.

[@argonnas01]

I was lucky my boss was cool when I worked in a burger joint in Quebec, Canada but i had the same crappy experience in a factory though. This manager onve told me " we walk faster please" while she was taking me to my new assignment for the day, which was probably another hellhole like stuffing plates with overcooked rice or some shit

[@Summer_Tea]

Yeah, my Domino's was like this story, except we weren't allowed to take a 15 minute break.

[@DrXmas]

Something I had pointed out to me recently: When you're given some kind of customer service survey, always give people 5 stars or "extremely satisfied" or whatever the best score is, because the greedy suits in charge most likely consider a 4 to be a failing grade.

[@tryfanevans7047]

This mentality is why four is a failing grade, you have devalued 5 to the point of being a passing grade. That and executives being endlessly demanding assholes.

[@Ninjat126]

@@tryfanevans7047 Retail workers can't convince management to stop illegally underpaying them, but sure.

[@tryfanevans7047]

@@Ninjat126 what? I never said that?

[@kkounal974]

@@tryfanevans7047 Sure but the thing is it is already devalued. If you didn't take away from the video that these "jobs" are the definition of exploitative and abuse of the financial situation of less privileged people i can see your point. But when you factor that in do you honestly expect any type of ethics from the owner of set businesses? No. They don't care about human beings, that's the problem, the see people as means to fulfilling their empty desires not an end.

[@clairemckinley691]

I am watching this video at 5am as I am getting ready to go to work at McDonalds and it feels so good to hear you describe all the things I’m about to go through for the next 6 hours

[@lucifermorningstar181]

So what happened?

[@sasak369]

Thanks for the warning abt suicidality, I'll sit this one out, but still love you .

[@HunterLyonIsAPerson]

Having worked coffee for 8 years, I think some people base entire personalities on "their" coffee orders.

[@Otto-Webb]

Funny thing if you think about it. quit college, came back after 6 years. inbetween worked in labor for years and years. When i started corporate later, the people looked like cut from paper. There was a guy that collected colorful socks and this was his thing, people had hobbies entirely focused around spending money. Like diving, horse riding. Almost nobody had any interest in any specific kind of music, film, any particular philosophy or political standpoint. Just expensive hobbies and bland personalities. like having a friendly chat is considerered treachery, you need to be endlessly focused on the work. No thinking. FOCUS. you got too much work and you dare to chit chat? its your fault then! And every signle day for years and years not socialising.. In fact the only socialisation ig ot was being shouted at Also gaslighting and peer pressure is just awful. We have a lady at work that always does the exact double amount of work, but half its free since she deliberately doesn't register Overhours. imagine working 320 hours and get paid for 160. last week she was on a sick leave because she collapsed surprisingly. But then she came back and shouted at me for not filling in for her support. Just with my own work, i stay over hours for 2 hours every single day anyway, last week i stayed 4 summings for 60 hours instead of 40. I still got shouted. The amount of work is so much, its snowballing escalations and then you need to focus on de-escalation so you get less and less work done because of the control mechanisms. You would never go below 2 hours of over hours every single day. Nobody dares to ask for them. I asked publicly but nobody got my back. Everyone is drinking, they are meeting 2 times a week just to drink 2-3 beers and although this is kind of a support group, they are also filling their addictions and i am not gonna do that.

[@matthewpascoe7552]

I was once one of THOSE people, I apologize

[@_aworldthatspoke950]

The death of Luke is here

[@ari_anon]

“starbucks-but worse, and cheaper, and more donuts” so... dunkin’ donuts?

[@acidroofproductions9378]

Yeah. Pretty much.

[@Aranneas]

imagine if dunkin donuts were treated as a cultural institution

[@josephpietropaolo2767]

@@Aranneas It is where I'm from

[@williamcasey1079]

@@Aranneas I take it you've never been to New England then?

[@911watchthis]

Yeah it’s only in the northeast I think, haven’t seen any in the Midwest since moving there

[@WereScrib]

Ah man you had to sign in EARLY? At WalMart we had to sign in late, period. And it had to be within 5 minutes of the 'start time.' If our sign in speed averaged too late, we got yelled at. If we averaged more than 7.9 hours a day, we'd get yelled at and marked up. Usually at least half of us would be yelled at and marked, because there was a line to the sign in machine. Many of us started not showing up to meetings (which were mandatory) at all, and signing in in the machines meant for non-backroom staff, like the grocer room, or the bakery. Because we could avoid the time-threat. We had to sign out to breaks which was a long process that took 2-3 minutes, cutting into our (mandatory unpaid) lunchbreaks. Which also had to be between 10 seconds and 2 minutes longer than one hour. Or it'd be a markup. However, to show our dedication 'to the store' we had to sign out 5 minutes late to leave work. Because it made us look harder working, or something. But the desire to jump into a truck? Same here. I remember it was one of the happier days at WalMart, it was a birthday party for an old Filipino lady I helped out a lot. This is after my first neurotic breakdown. But this was worse. But there was a huge thing of hot food being brought in by a manager on a propane stove. Someone bumped me from behind. I was so close to falling into the propane stove and currently boiling spaghetti. Feeling like severe burns would be better than working there any longer. I didn't do it. I thought about way worse things, I was eventually fired for getting sick and due to lacking healthcare options, I couldn't go back to the hospital a second time, because WalMart required you to go to your doctor, then go back to your doctor to get a 'out statement' if you were ill more than 2 days, they won't tell you this, it's in fine print. And they always have so much shit on you. (Every person has a long folder. They build one to fire you if need be for any offense) that they will pretend they fired you for all sorts of crazed trumped up charges. The sad part? I was literally considered a star-employee by all managers but one. I was supposed to move to management. I wasn't a 'lazy' employee, even. I was someone who tried to burn my soul for a job I hated because of a feeling like I had to or I was physically garbage. It's hard to describe how much I hate WalMart, I feel bitter and hateful towards it. I worked at a call center notorious for poor conditions by call center standards, and that was a more humane job. Because at least there? People protected you. We all suffered together, and we all lifted together. It wasn't a forced isolation to stock a lonely shelf for hours on end, cleaning a floor that was constantly filthy. Being forced to do busywork the rare times we ran out of shit to do, with a constantly lacking employee force as a rich fuck got a bonus, every year, bigger than the entire night shift's entire paycheck.

[@praetentious2925]

Madrona Shchurika thank you for your testimonial, it’s powerful. I hope you’ve found some peace in your life. Your experience sounds similar to my experience at several jobs. I think a lot of people can find comfort in these experiences we share. Can’t blame yourself for the overwork the bosses force us to do. Hang in there friend,

[@skunkbert]

I work at Walmart as well, and the sign in thing is a *little* better. If you sign in or out more than 10 minutes within your assigned time, you get half an "occurrence." If you get 5 occurrences, you're done for. If you're absent, you get one occurrence. If you don't call your absence in, it's two occurrences. You get punished for clocking in too early. As I write this, I'm sitting in the Walmart break room waiting for my designated start time, because I got here too early.

[@chocchipcookiegirl]

Getting flashbacks to 14 yr old me's first job at Mcdonalds.. I was put on the fries station for 9 hours with a 30 minute break (which was still better than the counter I guess bc at least I didn't have to deal with customers treating me like trash) but I was still getting yelled constantly for not shoveling fries fast enough and got so many burns from oil splashing on my arms, big thick brown burns which I wasn't allowed to go and treat until my shift was done. 11 years later I would still say that was the hardest job I've ever had, it's such an annoyance when I see other people treat retail/fast food workers poorly

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

S S What country do you live in that working at 14 is legal? 😮

[@slaterrox23]

@@zacnieprawisz9171 Not sure about OP but I'm in Australia and started working at 14, is that not normal? :s

[@slaterrox23]

​@A weird mutt Huh alright fair enough. How is small labour defined over there? I've never worked at McDonalds but the cafe from my 14 year old days was a independent small business - most of it was off the books or suss in other ways, but never to the point of abuse or real mistreatment. Total speculation but it's not impossible for a similar kind of legal exception to be in use here.

[@murfkensebben]

I worked with Slime at said Tim Hortons. I waited with every ounce of me to see if he would mention one of the two old men with the ridiculous order from hell. Then, sure enough, at 4:45, it happened. I can verify this ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND REALLY HAPPENED. Then, I waited to see if the cherry on top would be mentioned. The Roll Up the Rim promotion, and how this guy would tell you to give him the medium cup, even though, he paid for a small. Why? (in my personal experience). Something along the lines of "because the amount of toilet water I am about to swallow would fill a medium cup, that's why!". Thank you for the Friday Night gasp. Good times.

[@verbulent_flow6229]

Holy sh!t.

[@JSpradley123]

Gawd what a twunt

[@firebadnofire9768]

Bro thought he was the Ratatouille guy 💀💀💀

[@alexbertrand8468]

Is it weird that I legitimately want to give you a big hug after watching this? I'm not a veteran of fast food but years of working in retail have left me with similar feelings. Stay strong man

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

We should all have a big group hug. This resonates so strongly.

[@MaxMiller94]

Nothing radicalized me faster than my first few jobs out of college, and I continue to be further radicalized by each subsequent one. My one salvation is that I will quit with no hesitation if there's nothing in it for me to stay.

[@habeashumor9814]

I’ve watched this video multiple times. It’s like one of my favorite horror movies. Each time I see something new in it. Today it made me acutely aware that the real reason why the worst jobs are so bad is that they serve as fear-motivators for the rest of the workforce. You see, the rest of the workforce has it shitty too, but the ghouls in charge know how to manipulate us, and they do it very effectively. They train us like Pavlov’s dogs to suppress feelings of outrage over abuse and to instead feel shame that we would dare complain when we have it so much better than others.

[@moth.monster]

"If you can't rise up; then lie down and rest"

[@chantellem6457]

This story makes me so sad. This was so close to my experience at my first job. It was zero hours so you couldn't budget for anything, shifts were given out on Sundays so you could never plan anything in advance properly. I also nearly killed myself because of that job and that was the thing that made me seek help. I was in pain at the end of every shift because you weren't allowed to sit and there weren't enough chairs for all staff members in the back room. I worked minimum wage and it was SO FRUSTRATING because the customers would pay my wages by buying like 2 drinks. There was no reasonable justification to pay everyone except the managers so badly. Luckily I was fired pretty soon after. They said basically I wasn't selling enough drinks. Bear in mind they kept scheduling me for Sunday opens. Who is partying at 1pm on a Sunday? No one. But I got the blame for it and was fired. I appreciate this video and I'm glad you got out. Companies like this need to be held accountable.

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Chantelle Reed I am an computer engineer and I work with robotics. If we would make robots troll and sabotage these assholes we would not be liable and they would get ultra-fucked... I am working on a "troll drone" with legs... and I think I just got an idea for how to use it 😈 *aaahahahaha* *AAAAAAHAHA* *_insanity ensures_*

[@ryanexists]

8:54 I was there too once man. driving home from work I just kept going straight as the road curved away in front of me - it didn't seem worth the effort to turn the wheel and I knew as my car careened off the side of the road, that If I died in this crash I wouldn't have to go to work tomorrow and that seemed worth it to me. I'm glad we are still here. Thanks for posting.

[@boochie37]

I've been there too. I didn't do it out of free of accidentally hurting someone else in the crash.

[@suzbone]

We're all badasses for surviving it. Wishing y'all all the best.

[@shanethefox]

I used to be like Jason. I was excited to work at one of my crappy jobs and for years and years too. But performance review after performance review, I'd always score the same as the laziest person in the department, the guys who'd spend all day on their phones and disappear when customers came around. Despite all of the work I'd put in and all of the effort I'd exert, I'd be told that I was just as good as those guys. I wasn't paid anymore than them and I didn't get any more hours, in fact a lot of times I had less hours than them. Soon enough I became disillusioned and eventually just flat out quit that shitty job. Then suddenly I wasn't so damn depressed anymore, it's amazing how that works out lol.

[@oolacilesbotnet6564]

I don't understand the "Jason mindset", let's call it. What made you feel like adopting it? I work a pretty comfortable job at present and I'm still not inclined to go hard and I do a ton of complaining. At the end of the day, I'm only doing it for the money and it's robbing me of my time. I can't imagine giving it your all at one of the many shit jobs out there.

[@shanethefox]

@@oolacilesbotnet6564 to be perfectly honest. I have no idea. Maybe it was my own coping mechanism because of all of the time i was losing working for that shitty job, so I had to convince myself i loved it and i mattered in order not to get depressed. That all soon ran out, as you saw in first comment.

[@phi-blue]

@@oolacilesbotnet6564 I can't say I've been the Jason, but I've been Jason-alike. I kind of grew out of the phase before adulthood, but a lot of times these people grow up being told their value is in how well they apply to work and they really sincerely believe that they're not like other people, the fact they work hard and care makes them better. And surely someday soon their hard work will be rewarded. That's the promise, after all. Over time its just more and more hollow. For me I used to go above and beyond in every school assignment and I would actively try to appease my teachers. It didn't work a lot of the time. But I still Needed to do it, because I wasn't like other students. I was a good one. I respected the institution. I did the work. I was better, I was special. and thats crapitalism!

[@iexist1300]

@@oolacilesbotnet6564 I think maby it's because they are constantly told that not giving your soul to the buisness owners is laziness by so many people.

[@oolacilesbotnet6564]

@@iexist1300 I mean sure, but, like, you can think for yourself can't you?

[@Raggles22]

This video made me want to cry. I only worked at kfc for 1 year but even in that amount of time it made me depressed and feel worthless. My heart goes out to all of you still in these kinds of jobs

[@DBG-fh7io]

This is was a bad idea to watch before my 8 hour shift. Love you Thought Slime!

[@FirstmaninRome]

Yeah, I'm heading off to the salt mines myself to make world safe for cheap chinese flooring. And they failed to give me my vacation pay in loo of vacation, and I have no health insurance. I have asperger's syndrome, undiagnosed until 42, I feel like got here just in time to catch the worst of late stage capitalism in amerika 1973. But we're subverting them from inside, think punk rock, bad religion we are helping put it to sleep. Keep Left people. What's sad is the deluded steven crowder listener I work with.

[@DeliciousDogMeat]

Fuck off nazi

[@joshualocicero6799]

@@DeliciousDogMeat whos a nazi?

[@spadeykins9114]

@@joshualocicero6799 he's making an assumption based on the pepe meme in his profile

[@joshualocicero6799]

@@spadeykins9114 well that's silly Pepe is an amazing meme frog that has no inherent political affiliation

[@EpicVideoMaster11]

Your story-telling ability keeps getting better and the way you tie everything into one cohesive, clear, and punctual narrative it truly is powerful. You really have a way with words, keep up the good fight

[@ThoughtSlime]

You're gonna give me a big head

[@MyChevySonic]

I used to work at a Charley's Grilled Subs. My boss/owner of the chain found out he could save money (and thus our customers, or at least give me a much deserved raise) by buying our sodas at Costco and veggies at local farms. Then he got in trouble with the corporate manager for not buying enough product from Pepsi and some conglomerate big farm. Capitalism saves money? YEAH RIGHT.

[@bluecat1462]

And (in addition to being cheaper) the local farm probably would have been more ethical in terms of animal rights and agricultural practices. Goes to show that, not only does capitalism encourage corruption and the more abusive chain of production, but that the “free market” itself is a fantasy.

[@eveastardust3747]

I've noticed Safeway and Walgreens sell only corporate brands for high prices. It's weird how everybody keeps buying from them. It's like a bad habit. (Some areas there's no choice, I live in a big city). Also if you look at reviews for these chains on Yelp or Google they get like 2.5 Stars. Small businesses get much better reviews.

[@ikeekieeki]

"Workers of the world rise up. And if you can't rise up, lie down and rest."

[@ThePurbleKing]

I had a similar experience to your truck story. Replace "truck" with "overpass with a railroad beneath it", and I had the same thoughts of just... jumping. My vehicle hadn't been working, and I couldn't afford to get it fixed, so I walked to work for a bit. And I would walk across that overpass, every day looking over the side longer and longer. I was going to therapy at the time, I talked to her about it, and she asked me if I wanted to quit. I did. But, I definitely didn't learn my lesson. I'm working for the same corporation again, but in a different store. And I'm miserable and depressed and stressed. But I like parts of my job. I like helping people learn about games, I like talking with individuals so I can help them fulfill their gaming wants and needs. I'm knowledgeable, I'm passionate, and I want to use that for the benefit of others. But there's no other job I can have that does the same thing. And so I'll quit, again. For my health. But I'll lose that piece of me that *wants* the one good thing I've had at one of the worst jobs I've ever had.

[@cosmiclsd833]

Also yes had a friend work at tim hortons too~ miniature fascism occurs in the place Ur safe nao! ❤️

[@alepta8476]

What an articulate and accurate description of corporate culture!

[@alepta8476]

@JohnnyTheWolf Blessing!! you did dodge!

[@nathanventura548]

Automatic flashbacks. Been through food service, aweful, doesn't have to be, but it is nonetheless, just how the capitalists want it for us. Not a single goddamn restaurant job, fast food or otherwise was ever rewarding let alone worth the measly wage they make us beg for. Thoughtslime baby, your personal stories make me want to exact proletarian vengeance. Most satisfaction I've had was when I would eventually just rage quit walk off those jobs in a scene. Gah. When you're an atheist, suicidal ideation is the opiate of our time.

[@chuck1prillaman]

When the bankruptcy of Tim Horton's is reported on the business channels, this video will be cited as the beginning of the end. 31,000 views in one day = a lot of coffees and doughnuts not sold. Great job!!

[@Boalmighty]

Worked at a McD's in Canada, and this was basically an identical experience. I was fired because I posted on a city forum warning people against working there after I caught the managers illegally redacting pay from people by changing the hours they worked after the fact

[@bzenga5981]

Might explain why, in the basest (both morally and in simplification) sense, fascism is essentially the natural path from capitalism. Though that is just me using a broad stroke... Good video anyways!

[@bzenga5981]

@Harkon Takala Fair enough: the workplace does allow those privileged enough to enter at a higher position to take power of those far less privileged, with little to no experience working at that lower rung of the hierarchy.

[@ComradeLavender]

That part about the girl getting the chemical burn on her arm and then forced to keep working was...wow. Crying a bit. It's like I could see it happen. I feel you so much on this. I spent most of my 20s in crappy retail jobs too, like JCPenney, a drug store, a movie theater, etc. I hated my life and couldn't sleep at night because I was so nervous and filled with dread knowing I had to go to work the next day and deal with domineering managers and angry customers. So, I was always tired, which just made things worse. This was all while trying to balance college with work, with bosses who would bully me into staying late when I'd have exams the next morning. I felt so isolated too. That workaholic co-worker you had who "loved long lines?" I was surrounded by hyperactive lunatics who seemed to get a thrill from being a slave, which made me look lazy by comparison. That, and my boomer parents constantly told me that the only reason I dreaded these kinds of jobs was because I was lazy and needed to "humble myself." Even though I was honest about all my horrible conditions, they could only say, "I had to works jobs I didn't like at your age, but that's just the way things are, don't complain." We have to band together and do something to stop this.

[@INF1NI73]

When H1N1 was going around they were using a chemical called VIROX, it caused chemical burns, and I watched my supervisor pour an entire jug or two down a stormdrain with some young employees. I wouldn't be suprised if this is the exact chemical he's talking about. One of the girls and guys both got burns on their hands. Nice dumping it down the drain too.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

I waited tables on and off for about 10 years. Bosses yelling at me. Customers telling me that they wouldn't tip me if I made one little mistake. Co workers telling me that I would wait tables for the rest of my life as a way of putting me down and making me feel hopeless. Spent a lot of days being a combination of depressed and angry. Sometimes only pulling 200-300 bucks a week. Could barely afford a joint and a video game to fuck off with lol. Never did fast food type work but that was bad enough... I think I can feel your pain TS. Those days are behind me thankfully. I got lucky and now life is much better. But that's just me. SOOO many others are stuck in jobs like that being treated like shit and they never get out of it because they don't have much of a choice. Big fuckin problem. Even though those days were almost a decade ago I still have trouble letting go of the rage it festered inside of me. Thanks for talking about how awful it is and how we shouldn't have to put up with that extremely high level of horse shit. You're awesome!

[@itskruncho]

This is super old, but it aligns almost exactly with my experience at tim hortons. (cw, suicide). I would also walk to work, leaving at 5 am every morning. This had the added bonus of isolating me from my friends as I had to go to bed super early, and they were all still in school. I had to cross a bridge to get to work, and one morning I sat on the edge of it, fully convinced that jumping would be better than going to work. I didn't jump (obvi) and by the time I got to work, I was 15 minutes late and got yelled at because of it. I had a basket of coffee spill all over me while it was brewing, and was told to stand by the toaster in order to dry off. The day I quit, I told them I had to talk with one of the managers, and then they offered me a 5 cent raise as to not quit. Thankfully, I had 2 weeks off coming up, so I just told them that I wouldn't be coming back. It was one of the worst times in my life. anyways, Great Video!

[@Goblin4Coin]

Meaningful and heartbreaking monologue about having a lack of meaning in life that brings a tear to every eye Cat: *nom nom nom*

[@TheDuke07]

I wouldn't wish work on my worst enemy

[@ConsciousnessisRough]

Nothing wrong with work. Being exploited and treated like you're subhuman is unfortunately how most workers are treated under capitalism though, and that's the problem here.

[@bleuwater9629]

Spoken like a truly spoiled, entitled western leftist. With an attitude like that, you are likely to get your wish.

[@titosanpablo4610]

@@bleuwater9629 So do CEOs deserve to have billions of dollars when what they mostly do is play golf? Does factory owner deserve anything from a factory when he does jack shit except to check on the commodities that his workers produced?

[@ttlovepie101]

@@bleuwater9629 who are you? What job do you have? Have you experienced poverty in the west? Let's have an open conversation about this rather than throw insults around, maybe we can learn from each other.

[@ivymeadows1944]

I mean I would. I don't think it's a good system but am I the only one with really shitty enemies or something? What's with everyone saying they wouldn't wish shit on their worst enemy? I want to see my worst enemy set on FIRE, I'm pretty sure I'd be fine with him working a minimum wage job

[@ViolentOrchid]

I worked at geek squad and best buy had this 5 point scale that decided your percentage of raise each review. When my first review came around, the manager meant to review me had literally just been hired a week before and I had seen him maybe three times in passing. He was otherwise constantly being pulled to other parts of the store by the general manager to do things that weren't his job. So the review happens and he gives me a four out of five. I ask him, as the only person filling my position in the store-- as a part-time employee, while going to college, holding a second part-time job, and still completing the work of one full-time and two part-time employees-- what would I have to do to receive a five. He could not tell me. My coworkers said no one ever gets fives. I clearly documented my work, what my position required and I completed regularly, what every employee told me about the reviews, and sent it in my employee survey as well as an email to my manager, the assistant manager, general manager, and geek squad district manager. They changed the system and began to gather employee satisfaction scores for each superior an employee reported to the next quarter. Didn't fix the system but scared them enough to make it a little better.

[@Emileigggggh]

GOD the fear of ruining your "business reputation" is a fear I've always had and it means a lot to know I'm not alone. As A Disabled (TM) who went to film school, I absolutely hate the idea of "if you aren't constantly hustling and putting in way too much effort for your outcome then you are LAZY and BAD." I mention film school because it was so intense there to the point where, for it to be "worth it" you need to do a whole bunch of extracurriculars that I didn't have the energy to do- I barely had the energy for my classes which I was paying obscene amounts of money for. And I'm now realizing that it's probably to prepare everyone for the labor exploitation that's so rampant in Hollywood. It's so fucked up- I find myself wishing I was able-bodied enough to have my labor exploited so that maybe I could follow my life-long dreams just to make a certain kind of art. Sorry this comment got away from me and is probably not relevant but this was very relatable and important and I appreciate the crap out of your videos, also happy early birthday!!!

[@impermanence4300]

This video is so meaningful to me. I first watched it 3 years ago on my dinner break at the worst job I'vehad in my life. I'd suffered workplace abuse and bullying for years, across different jobs. I internalised it and thought I was uniquely terrible and worthless. I watched this video and realised that, maybe I'm not? Maybe actually, a lot of jobs are shit. Maybe I can reach out to others and tell them about my experiences? This long chain lead me to realising that, a good chunk of my mental health problems, came down to these jobs. That'd just completely wiped me out. I still have problems, just yesterday I had to take diazepam to avoid a breaidown after watching someone scream at their apprentice. But I'm getting better, thanks Thoughtslime.

[@criminalsen2441]

Dude you can get hep C from sharing razors wtf Also I relate to this video so hard, I've also had jobs where I thought about throwing myself in front of a vehicle just to get a day off. Years upon years of getting yelled at, talked down to, all for a measly pittance of a paycheck. My 20s were wasted to drugs and alcohol but also to these shitty jobs, which were a huge reason why I got all fucked up off the clock in the first place. And I too asked myself 'is this all there is??' Nowadays I'm a baker at a slightly less shitty business and while things arent great, they are somewhat tolerable. I quit the booze and drugs too. Just sucks I'm close to forty years old and barely acquiring a quality of life that I should've had from the start. So yah i feel ya

[@ravielthefallen]

I think a more apt comparison for Tim Hortons than Starbucks is Dunkin Donuts. Half the people in New England seem to have worked there and your description of Horton's seems very similar. Love your work by the way.

[@NotHPotter]

Definitely Dunkin.

[@lexort4204]

Yeah Dunkin Donuts is more fitting for sure

[@TheEnoEtile]

From what I understand Starbucks actually makes a minimum effort to make the job not suck as much as it could.

[@NotHPotter]

@@TheEnoEtile Emphasis on "minimum", but yes.

[@rileye9599]

My partner worked there for years including two when I was in college. I've had some miserable and dangerous food service jobs but from her stories alone, Dunkin Donuts is synonymous with hell.

[@Michirin9801]

We really do live in a dictatorship...

[@tarquiniussuperbus21]

Yeah right, but when you say it people think you are crazy. Idiots all of them.

[@DCNRS90YT]

Some workplaces feel like dictatorships, that's chilling.

[@ListlessLion]

Thanks for reminding me customers really weren't the worst part of working fast food.

[@ChimerFox]

I appreciate the warning about talking about suicide. It actually is a trigger for me, and I'm glad you brought it up to start the video with

[@shaharipudding9453]

My first job at target contributed to a mental breakdown that saw me in a psych ward for a few days back in 2015, and the day after I got out of the hospital, I went back to work…because that’s what I was taught was right. That’s what a good worker does and I wanted to be a good worker so badly! Now, at 26, I look bad and am furious of society and my managers taking advantage of my anxiety, my newness in the job force, and my fear of being fired to turn work into a hellscape.

[@yaya_papayas]

Man, I did not need to watch this on my lunch break.

[@phaedrus4931]

Watched it before work, only to spend my shift being dead named left and right. I feel you.

[@amphioxusanniversary]

Send it to all your coworkers (I mean, I have no idea if you're still at the same job. A lot can happen in 11 months)

[@stevek5787]

When I was younger I worked retail and factory floors - retail was by far the worst, and I say that after seeing a man die at one factory job.

[@Blkloligamer]

I have to close the store I work at today and this is cathartic as hell. I've had trouble explaining to people what my issues are with all this bullshit precisely because they've all accepted it as normal, so I just can't get through to them. It feels lonely.

[@KarlosMorale]

I know it's late but man, this was a great video. I felt your old struggles in my soul. Glad you've found a fulfilling way to live.

[@rizskoch4391]

"if you can't rise up, lie down and rest." best ending to a video on this topic, hands down. i love you.

[@PostPropertarian]

I'm so glad you spoke about this. I had a fast food job for three months and pretty much everything you mentioned happened there from injuries to threats from managers to being yelled at by customers.

[@cornbreadcommie4791]

Thought Slime I've never related to something so much in my entire life. everything, the suicidal ideation, the depression, the sinking into borrowing because of the depression, the authoritarian fast food position causing all of it, everything. nobody ever deserves to live this experience

[@twistysunshine]

I stopped using lazy as a term a while back. Before I had really sat down and thought about capitalism and it's evils It was cuz I am multiply disabled, and my dad would yell at me and call me lazy for not trying to get a job, while I was gasping for air and had literal rivers of goop pouring from my eyes bc of an infection The anticap came after that, but not long after

[@marcusjones7082]

You, a Canadian: It's a trademarked Tim Horton's thing. Me, from California: *In&Out intensifies*

[@mrboerger1620]

You're not wrong but in and out french fries ugh.

[@Vexlulz]

I've literally had that same "If I jump in front of a car I won't have to work" thought hundreds of times and apparently it's frighteningly common

[@commorevpenguin9602]

This is the single greatest video outlining why one NEEDS socialism!

[@TeaParty1776]

In socialism, you will be the same mindless fool.

[@phoenixb.c.2079]

Literally the exact same experience when i was 16 at dunkin donuts but also they asked me a bunch of unnecessary questions about my genitals and made me drive them around. the lgbt experience

[@camelopardalis84]

"Unnecessary questions about my genitals." At age 21 and in almost desperate need of a job that pays the bills I was asked by a prospective employer what my childhood was like probably due to some things on my CV that didn't look like everything had been all fine and dandy in the five years prior to applying for that job. I was pretty perplexed at this question and was sure that no-one twice my age with several gaps in their CV would be asked that question. I think both you and I should have got up and left when asked these questions and I totally get why we both didn't.

[@lucifermorningstar181]

>Unnecessary questions about my gentiles Explain in details please

[@MadHeart-rw9xh]

Good job making it through that, hopefully we can all get out of this nightmare someday.

[@briankoontz1]

If we individually escape the nightmare then someone else will be brought in to live it. The solution is to end the nightmare for everyone.

[@MadHeart-rw9xh]

@@briankoontz1 Correct

[@shirohiyabushi]

i thought things are better in canada... this story sounds like a working environment story in japan.

[@77Night77Shade77]

Things _are_ better in Canada, but "better" is a very relative term. Better than what? Well, if you're born and raised in a country that literally has no working infrastructure, no clean drinking water, no electricity, widespread poverty, high crime rates and possibly a corrupt government, then yeah, as shitty as it might be, living in America and working a minimum wage job is probably "better" than that. Similarly, living in Canada might be slightly better than living in America, considering they at least have some form of public healthcare. But just because, in one case, I get raped in the ass with a cheese grater and in the other case, I get raped in the ass with a baseball bat, doesn't particularly mean either option is good.

[@Summer-birds]

Yeah, I had a part time job in Japan and this video reminded me a lot of about that.

[@kingofthemoon3063]

Wherever capitalism exists it will work to put people into this hellish life. The US, Canada, Japan, Britain, Brazil, Kenya, it doesn’t fucking matter. It is a fallacy to think that just because the man in the city has clean drinking water and the man in the village must boil water from a well that the man in the city is simply better off. He may have these simple comforts and conveniences but ultimately both are slaving away at dehumanizing jobs that enrich some asshole and leave them questioning their will to live. Both feel that they have no future and live in constant fear of losing what little they have. And believe me, capital would strongly prefer that the man in the city end up living like the man in the village anyway.

[@Scrombo2]

This is an old ass video, so I'll be surprised if anyone see this, but thank you.......I've been trying to find employment that won't significantly affect my mental health for YEARS and you really summed up my expenses, I just about started bawling my eyes out when you said "lay down and rest" because it's the first time, in a long time, that I've felt understood by anyone

[@255ad]

that guy you worked with reminds me of Parsons from 1984

[@SpeedOfTheEarth]

255ad Exactly, shudder...

[@Nersius]

@JohnnyTheWolf Boxer was the horse, aye? Praise your masters, break your back, once it is literal, you're gone w/o a second thought.

[@jdprettynails]

@JohnnyTheWolf "Poor Boxer" what are you talking about? He got an all expenses paid trip to Sugar Candy Mountain, didn't he? DIDN'T HE???

[@bluecat1462]

jdprettynails yes...

[@jdprettynails]

@@bluecat1462 Oh good!

[@9313James]

This was all too relatable and most of my dead end jobs have been less oppressive than your experience.

[@AleksoLaĈevalo999]

Yes, my experiences of grocery store are also far better. Looks like fast food is simply worst of the worst.

[@mlovecraftr]

This is definitely different to the "Canadians love Tim Horton's" memes out there

[@ThoughtSlime]

The coffee also sucks

[@mangycat221]

@@ThoughtSlime Can confirm

[@SuperEggsNBacon]

The savory food is terrible too. Awful sandwiches

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@SuperEggsNBacon so it really IS Dunkin Donuts

[@MothmansLoveChild]

I've literally thought "Man if would just become paralyzed or lose my leg or something, I could get disability and not have to work anymore." No one should have to work like this. We deserve better.

[@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689]

So I worked in Wal-Mart (its called ASDA in the UK but it IS Wal-Mart) and TESCO. The two most miserable and soul crushing periods of my life. Everything slime describes here, scripted what to say, scrutinised, permission to use a toilet, utterly dehumanising while at the same time being told, being TOLD, to be happy by bosses. I now work as a Nurse in an Emergency Department. Most people would look at the job of working in a store like wal-mart compared to what an ED nurse does and think its pretty obvious who has the easier job. Its the Nurse. You can laugh and joke with your colleagues, you're encouraged to think and act using your own mind, theres no 'if you got time to lean you got time to clean' mentality the mentality is 'if things arn't utterly horrendous for five minutes get yourself a coffee'. I work a 12 hour night shift and I feel invigorated, tired yeh, but invigorated.

[@Longcatcloud]

Crikey, that explains the hollow faces of tim hortons employees. Definitely workers meet after work and unite. That is some serious nonsense. Also thanks so much for your videos! Like I appreciate how straightforward and relatable you are as a presenter. It's very cool. Its like you're a friend of mine, despite not having met you. Parasociality intensifies.

[@camelopardalis84]

You two are just pixels to each other.

[@QuikVidGuy]

I think thats why people are almost never scheduled to end shifts at the same time

[@Very_Okay]

slacking at work as revolutionary praxis

[@kazmark_gl8652]

always do praxis. minimum wage minimum effort!

[@heitorguerra4584]

@@kazmark_gl8652 im going to use that frase

[@justcallmecaligula]

hahahahha jesus i still remember my job at tim hortons. i got really badly burned on my left hand and they still wouldnt send me home. one of the worst jobs ive ever had. i remember driving around the drive through multiple times at night to bring our time down. once our franchise owner came in and got me to scrub the mold off of the water tank in the back and pick weeds out of the gardens. just awful.

[@QuikVidGuy]

Will that work if you dont order anything? Will people check the cameras for the plates or anything? Like holy hell would that work as something adjacent to a strike? Thousands of people around the country circling drive thrus for a couple of hours to improve store numbers and deny the company business?

[@nittygritty7034]

@@QuikVidGuy i like it

[@Deber614_]

But Destiny told me managers and supervisors are the master race.

[@mynamehappy]

I've been there before. Dropped out of college first semester out of high school, spent the first half of my 20's grinding my life away at a chicken restaurant called PDQ and waiting tables at a Village Inn to be able to afford my shitty apartment. Both jobs were total dead ends and pretty much just as demeaning as your experience at Tim Horton's. I LOATHED the secret shoppers at Village Inn, there was a specific way you had to do everything. I failed almost every one of them because I never mentioned our pie to the customer 3 times. I can't even count the number of nights I spent sitting in my room drunk, with my hand gun trying to summon the courage to just pull the trigger. Luckily, I've gotten past it. I'm back in school working on my bachelor degree, and I have the most cake job I've ever held, working for a local independent liquor store. They pay me $5 over minimum for the easiest job ever. I can watch movies, play video games, or work on things for my classes. The best part though is that they don't care if I abuse the customers. If someone is being an asshole, I can cuss at them and tell them to get the fuck out. We even have a baseball bat we keep behind the counter to threaten people with. It THE BEST. My favorite part of the job is kicking people out of the store. You wanna be a dick? Go ahead bitch, make my day. I have about a year and a half until I get my degree and move out of state for graduate school, and I intend to keep this job right up until I leave.

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

In the U.S., you get to do the same thing AFTER university.....except you make even less due to student loan payments.

[@RumchugMusic]

I was required to do an internship for my final semester. All of the internships offered were unpaid. I had to pay tuition to do 12 weeks of unpaid work.

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

@@RumchugMusic I shot myself in the foot by not taking unpaid internships. I had a couple of opportunities in the legal profession, and turned them down saying something like, "I don't like capitalism, but in a capitalist society, my time is worth money, and I expect to be paid." I was laughed out of the room..........how dare one of the wormpeople demand to be paid for their work!

[@MalrexMontresor]

@@RumchugMusic Ugh, same thing happened to me. And after I completed the internship, the company offered to hire me... as an unpaid intern for another 12 weeks. "Hey, you did a good job, can you work another 12 weeks?" "For pay?" "Haha, no, but we'll pay you in experience!" I'd like to point out I learned nothing at all during the internship, they basically gave me tasks to complete with no guidance or mentoring.

[@IMarx]

I’ve been spreading this idea for a while now (while plotting unionization) but now I can put a name to it. Thanks fam

[@myrandarose2883]

I've had a job like that... was a warehouse job. Work from 6am in a uniform (we were a warehouse where *controlled* drugs could be shipped from so pretty much no one was allowed to go there, so why were we in uniform? Because conformity) ... new manager told us not to worry about coats or gloves for working in the -20C freezer units - even though it had a sign saying "no longer than 30 minutes WITH coats and gloves" on the door to that fridge ... someone *might* have stolen something, so the entire shift was barred from leaving work until they'd searched everyones lockers ... Torn rotator cuff - boss orders me to go home, so when pay rises happen I don't get one because I chose to not be there - I even said "I have all sorts of duties that don't require lifting or even using that arm" but was still sent home One year I was denied a pay rise because I didn't do any extra training, even though it was my boss who could authorise that training and I'd asked every week (knowing that if I didn't I'd not get a pay rise!) ... when I told her "but that's your fault" she just shrugged. f*** corporations. But now I finished my degree I'll probably end up working for one so I can have food and rent money.

[@shady8045]

the girl boiling her arm story was one of the most abominable examples of employee abuse I have ever heard holy fuck, that manager had to be a literal sociopath.

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

I know the exact feeling comrade. I was driving to a shit job I had once. A job where management bullied me for being disabled. I was driving along and I looked at the side of the road and weighed up if I could afford to be on SSP for a few months and what the right way to drive into the ditch would be so I'm decently injured but don't die. Jobs can make you feel truly terrible.