Can I be serious for a second?
Nothing has ever made me more environmentally conscious- or just conscious in general of the way that we live as a society then working in a fast food restaurant .ļæ¼
Iāve always felt bad about littering and never actively done it but Iāve never noticed when other people did it but now itās all I see.
Itās all I think about:
āI probably served that to someone and theyāve throw it out on the side of the road.ā
Iāve always been conscious about food waste in my own home, saving leftovers or avoiding buying large amounts of groceries at once so nothing goes to waste.
Iāve only been working in fast food for a few days a week for maybe 6 months, iāve been told to throw out more food and drinks and taking out so many rubbish bins full of food, than Iāve ever done in my entire 18 years of life.ļæ¼
I was stocking up cup trays and I had to grab a box of them from storage and all I could think of was:
āWow- a box of cardboard full of cardboard.ā
And sure it says itās recyclable and itās been recycled from pre-used paper or plastic but at the end of the day how much of that is actually getting recycled? and you canāt recycle food once itās already been in the garbage.
I feel incredibly bad serving any customers because not only is everything Iām gonna give them aside from the food going either on the side of a road or to land fill, The food is incredibly bad for you?! we have regulars that come in for breakfast, lunch and dinner and I honestly pity them- if itās the only thing that they can afford I feel bad for them in that respect but if they can afford other stuff and choose to eat fast food for every meal, I still feel like shit.
There is no upside to fast food other than convenience and the only thing that convenience brings is domestication.
It is scientifically proven that domesticated animals like sheep are dumber than their wild counterparts and thatās whatās happening to us, especially with all the AI being shoved down our throats. Itās not a coincidence the AI is suddenly blown up in popularity with big corporations.
Convenience is killing us and Itās killing this planet.
I will be quitting my job as soon as possible and finding alternative employment.ļæ¼
I donāt mean for this post to sound privileged because I know a lot of people canāt just leave their jobs, but for the people who do have a choice or just for the people who donāt think itās that bad- please just have a look next time you clock into work.
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