How we Treat the poor

hedonist said:

Is Chipotle even considered fast food?

(with or without the side of e coli )

It's sort of fast food- no drive through but it's still fast.

Yeah, that outbreak sucked. I read they solved the problem. Eating out is always a risk. I've had food poisoning twice, once from a deli (I got so sick and puked so much I hyperventilated until my arms went numb until I got to the hospital) and once from ice cream that put me unconscious in another hospital. I remember waking up and the guy next to me said, "Man, it's good to see you awake!" I said, "Oh, how long was I out?" He said, "Three days!" So yeah, food poisoning put me under- unconscious for three days!

So the deal is, if you eat fast food you either eat at McD's or Burger King or what ever and ingest crap every time that will slowly kill you or you go to Chapotle or a deli or out for ice cream you might get sick (but not likely- I was just unlucky yet lucky to survive) and all the rest of the time eat healthier food.

So why risk any of that. Make eating out a treat at a good local restaurant and eat healthy at home. That's what we do.

And back to the subject. Just imagine how much likelier to get sick from bad food and water poor people are. There used to be a book that listed all the counties in the U.S. with measurements of pollution in the air and water etc. Great book. Showed how toxic poor regions are. Way bad that it is so out of print and out dated.

PJ_Soul said:

tempo_n_groove said:

PJ_Soul said:

I feel like the working poor, along with all people with lower paying jobs, are extremely undervalued in our society, and it pisses me off. I feel like someone who is working minimum wage actually very often works harder than most of us who earn decent salaries. Someone who has spent the day working at some fast food joint has worked harder than I worked at my desk. Sure, it's unskilled work, and I'm not suggesting they should be making $60K a year. But they have value and so does their effort. Their sweat. People look down so much on low wage earners when I think we should all be appreciating them MUCH more for their roles in society and for their efforts. They deserve much more respect for their contributions than they are given. They have true worth just like those with high paying, skilled jobs. If people realized that instead of just acting like elitist fucking snobs looking down their noses at low wage workers, everything else would likely fall into place.

Of course they should be treated with respect.

Shouldn't these jobs be a stepping stone though and not a career?

I don't see it as being elitist as trying to better yourself and wanting more for ones self. I always thought that's how life was... You try to better yourself.

Just because someone works in those types of jobs doesn't mean they aren't bettering themselves. They might better themselves in all kinds of ways. Growing what I suppose most consider a "real career" isn't the end all and be all of personal success. Also, some low paying jobs are incredibly rewarding. How much money a person earns does not define how successful they are.

Wonderful post.