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Best job i ever had was maintenance guy at a nursing home. Loved it. Rewarding. Fulfilling. Paid only $10.75/hr so i left it and ‘developed my career’ and now im ‘successful’ but at least once a week i have dreams where im back in the home hanging pictures, flirtin with the ol gals, being useful.

So when people ask ‘who fixes toilets under communism?’ my answer is a resounding ‘me. I will fix the toilets.’

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    7 months ago

    Reminds me from my own history: the most satisfying job I ever had was cleaning floors and bathrooms at grocery stores at nights.

    It didn’t even pay minimum wage, so it was under the table. If I didn’t have to earn 6 figures just to survive I would for sure be in cleaning: I love tidying up dirty areas and then fussing over them, keeping them spic and span.

    If I had a job that was cleaning a circuit of 5 grocery stores in my area, and I could survive on that, I would be so happy.

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
        5·
        7 months ago

        Then I’d be competing against the other cleaning companies, and no grocery stores would hire us if I insisted on paying me and the other workers a fair wage.

        And given how grocery store owners have been caught profiteering and price fixing, I doubt the leadership would make the right choice for the good of the some workers that they don’t even control.

        Capitalism make the good choice the wrong one.