idk. yesterday was a slow day and at the end of it, I still stared into a cash drawer, one of three, that had more than my rent in it, even if you only count the 20s. I spent a lot of that day trying to calculate in my head how many hours of work equal one pair of pants, let alone how many hours of work equals the fun thing I want to do next month.
I feel a cough coming on, because I work in a drug store, and all of my customers are sick. I always feel a little bit sick, now. I canāt afford to eat well enough to keep my body healthy. Cough medicine is worth two hours and 20 minutes of work. Our store probably bought a case of cough medicine for they price weāre selling one box. If this cough gets worse, I might have to call out, which will cost me more than the medicine in the long run- but that doesnāt give me the money to buy the medicine right now. I stock a case onto the shelf. I donāt buy any.
A mom wrangling three crying, sick kids enters my line and sets two types of childrenās medicine down, says theyāre both on sale and thank god for that. I ring her up, and she gets very quiet, because she misread the sign, and her total is twice as high as she was expecting. Her youngest screams in the cart, because sheās burning up with fever. Her mother very quietly asks, please, sheās so sorry, if I could please take the more expensive one off her total.
I agree, I move the box below the counter, and when sheās not looking, I slip it into her bag. I pray as hard as I can that if she notices the āmistakeā she says nothing, because I so desperately want her to have that medicine. The store has lost profit at the cost of a childās health. I donāt bat an eye. This is a terminable offense. If Iām presented with the same situation tonight, Iāll do it in a heartbeat.
The myth of evil employees stealing from the company falls apart the second you realize the company would shoot you dead to make a profit. This isnāt two equal players, one of whom is stealing from the other. This is someone fighting for survival versus someone fighting to make an extra million. Itās not equal.
Employees should be able to steal, actually.
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