#is enraging

[schnorlap]

I am so obscenely angry today but apparently you can't call out of work for being "too mad"

[warrenworthington3]

Can we acknowledge that since American universities are doing such a shit job of dealing with the coronavirus that while administrators get to work from home, the international and low income students have to stay in close-quarter dorms, the college workers (me) like cafeteria workers, custodians, librarians, health officials, etc. have to go into work like normal to help these kids have access to necessities, and we're all gonna get the fucking coronavirus because there is no system in place to deal with this. I work at an expensive university and my pay does not show it and neither does my employer's response to the pandemic. We were basically told by administration "figure it out yourself how you plan to maintain service but we will not give you any guidance" I'm young and not scared of getting sick but there are people I work with taking care of aging parents or little kids and any one of us could be a carrier. It is not lost on me that college administration is telling us to stay open and maintain normal service and morale while not having to even step foot on campus and risk their own health to do so. Fuckers

[oldcoyote]

when someone you love has had a bad day or a series of misfortunes so long that the smallest thing has them melting down, please try to remember that the worst thing you can do is explain to them why they shouldn’t be upset, or minimise the thing - it doesn’t help, it makes it worse, without fail

sympathise or empathise but please don’t try, no matter how well intentioned, to tell someone how they should feel or the correct way to respond to the inconvenience or aggravation that broke them. you have not experienced their day. what looks like a single drop to you is to them the one that finally broke the dam