Let's share the worst things we've had to endure as employees. I'll go first:
Teenage, food service, pizza. The AC breaks in the middle of a California summer, easily 110°f outside, 115°f inside the store (verified), with 500°f open-ended ovens running nonstop. Then the makeline which holds ingredients breaks. The cheese melts into clumps. We stay open, business as usual. Also, no breaks, ever. Pay: $8.50/hr.
Adult, teaching, high school. No in-class heat for four years. School provides one basic 11" fan heater used to warm small bedrooms. My class ceilings are at least 12ft with tons of windows. I developed a routine of showing up an hour early, turning on the collection of heaters I'd acquired (including several from home), and get the room up to a sweltering 62°f by first period. I also figured out which electrical items can be plugged into which outlets and how to reset the fuse panel on a moments notice. I have photos of my students huddled around an oil-radiator with their hands out, eager for even a semblance of heat.
Your turn:
I got paid minimum wage to wipe dementia patients' asses, get beaten, clawed, punched, grabbed, and screamed at the whole time. Also had to make beds, stock supplies, take out garbage and dirty laundry. Came home covered in shit piss blood and who knows wtf else each day. The only benefits were a health plan that had a $1200 deductible and a premium that was literally almost half your paycheck. Endured constant abuse from residents, management, and other staff. No covid protections or PPE either, while the facility was undergoing a covid outbreak that killed approximately 70% of the residents. Oh yeah I had to help out with the bagging up the corpses when someone died too. I have fucking trauma from working there and have frequent nightmares.
Goodamn that is some incredibly fucked up shit right there fuckkkkk
God bless and protect CNAs. God knows they need it.