Bob_The_Cat
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Let's get something straight right now. The majority of people saying they can't just miss a day of work for rest are flat out lying. They earn sick time and paid vacation, and they fucking use it. Get real.
Second of all, if you're struggling so much that you actually can't miss a single day of work ever just so you can feed your kids......maybe you shouldn't be buying a 100$ ticket to a basketball game?
Or maybe you want to be able to escape your shit job for a couple hours with your family? Damn. Not everyone has jobs where they accumulate sick time. Everyone definitely doesn't have jobs that give them paid vacation.
If you're an hourly employee and you don't get paid vacation or paid sick days, you're losing 8 hours (or more) for everyday you miss. When I first moved to Chicago in 2012, I was working a full-time job at $13/hr with no PTO. When you consider the cost of living in Chicago, I legitimately couldn't afford to take days off. It still blows my mind that people manage to support kids and a family on less.