I just wanted to vent about an online interaction I had with people in my local community.

I lost my pharmacy technician job last month because the company is going bankrupt, and I had an eviction hearing this week because I haven't found a new job yet and have no income to pay rent. Somebody in a local FB group today made a post about how they're happy that place went out of business because she found a new pharmacy that treats her better, and it kind of made me mad. I was salty and commented, "I'm glad you're happy hundreds of people lost their jobs (including me)."

Then I got bombarded with comments that included this gem from some white boomer lady: "Maybe if you had any discernible skills, you wouldn't have lost your job." That really pissed me off. Not only did the business going under have nothing to do with me or my alleged lack of skills, but I had just started training to become a certified pharmacy tech. I felt like I finally found a job that I was good at and enjoyed. It was one of the most tough and thankless jobs I've ever had, but I was genuinely good at it and received a lot of positive feedback from my manager and customers. It was such a good fit, that I want to try to continue doing this type of work.

I've been applying at a bunch of pharmacies hoping that I can find another opportunity to receive on-the-job training, but nothing has panned out yet. Now I'm staring down the barrel of eviction, and something about seeing a bunch of people ridicule my situation because I challenged the OP's post just makes me kind of upset.

  • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    That white boomer lady probably never had to work for anything in her entire life. She just had it handed to her on a silver platter by the postwar Fordist economy.

    • Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]
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      4 months ago

      A recent observation I made of the boomer genus is that they rarely use the logic portion of their brain instead relying heavily on the emotion region of the brain. Fascinating.

      • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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        4 months ago

        God is this ever true. When you tell them and show them with receipts none of this shit is working their first response is anger. Like, look, we get it - you're doing fine. Most aren't. That's a problem and shouldn't be cause for you to start throwing your feces around. Stop being assholes and have a conversation.