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Arizona is loaded with the coronavirus right now for many reasons, and one of them is the work culture.
Arizona is loaded with the coronavirus right now for many reasons, and one of them is the work culture.
Right before I moved away from Phoenix, I was the sickest I’ve probably ever been. I had a wild sinus infection that was extremely painful. Maybe the worst pain that I’ve ever experienced.
I let it get like that. I didn’t have insurance, and I didn’t want to pay to see a doctor, so like every other time I got sick, I fought it with natural remedies. This time none of that worked.
I ain’t a lil bitch so I work through it all. Had two jobs: one on the radio and another in a restaurant. Boss at the restaurant had absolutely no compassion.
I was showing up to work, sicker than a dog, asking him if he wanted me to go home because I was pale, had a stuffy, runny nose and my voice was coarse. I wasn’t sure people would be comfortable having their food handled by someone that sick. He said continue to work.
So I did. I wanted to get paid and I had the “work through the pain” mentality instilled in me by my father. But one day it was just too much.
I called in and told him that I couldn’t make it because I was sick and he sounded pissed off about it. I got someone to cover but he still wasn’t happy. The next day I couldn’t find someone to cover so he told me that I had to come in.
So I came in, and all my coworkers were worried. They could clearly see that I was messed up and they couldn’t belive I was working. I felt like absolute dog shit. My whole face and head felt like it was being pressed with a vice.
I had fluid coming out of my ears, so I plugged them with cotton. I could hardly talk. Customers felt really bad for me. I was absolutely miserable.
My boss clearly didn’t care because he said not a word to me that day, and he put me on the next weeks schedule.
My boss clearly didn’t care because he said not a word to me that day, and he put me on the next weeks schedule.
At the same time I was interviewing for a job in San Antonio. After that nightmare of a serving shift, I got offered the job. Same day I went to the cvs clinic and got antibiotics.
Next day I was supposed to be at work, but I called in 5 mins before I was supposed to be there and I told him to fuck himself.
I say all this to say that this story is still happening with COVID-19 in AZ. These business owners there don’t care about shit but $$$.
I say all this to say that this story is still happening with COVID-19 in AZ. These business owners there don’t care about shit but $$$.
I’ve seen numerous stories of business owners in AZ lying about employees having covid, or telling them to continue to come to work. Their short sighted greed isnt just making a 20-something dude’s life a nightmare anymore, it’s costing lives.
