Graduates and school leavers already have an extremely hard time finding work in todays economy, most of which are forced to do jobs that had nothing to do with their fields because companies are too lazy to train and too cheap to offer training, they always want some other company to train them. Also if you require 3-5 years experience then the salary of those jobs should be considerably higher and NOT the basic entry level salary, they just want more for less. So long as your qualifications meet the required job they should be considered.
Today I walked into a Best Buy to take a peek at what they had in stock. Recently I’ve been going there a lot with the intention of buying things that I would find both useful and entertaining.
Today was different. I was looking for some accessories for my PS5 before witnessing the newest Oculus Rift on the shelf.
I grew curious and walked over to it and noticed the price wasn’t nearly as bad as I anticipated. After all, VR headsets used to be far more expensive compared to now. Within a minute and no prior knowledge about VR I immediately wanted it.
The employee told me that they won’t have the 64 GB version in stock until Monday. All that was available was the 256 GB version which was $100 more expensive
“That’s fine,” I said without hesitation.
As we reached the register and I got prepared to hand over the cash, another employee walked up to me mentioning how he’s been saving up for a VR headset for awhile now. He even asked questions about it that I had no idea how to answer because I just now found out about it yet here I am buying it.
This was the same employee who I’ve seen many times before who helped me transport large and heavy items into my vehicle.
After I paid, I felt guilty. I bought something that took less than a minute of contemplating buying it. All while there are people who save over a period of time to buy this.
“You can have it.” I told him without hesitation.
I handed the VR headset over to him and told him that he would have better use of it than me. He was in shock at first before his face lit up and thanked me a million times.
It felt good. If I were to buy the headset for myself I would have felt the same as before. No incentive for hard work that paid off or something I wanted for a long time. The feeling I got from handing him the headset was the same feeling I longed for when buying things I didn’t even need and never felt any different afterwards.
Homelessness was a constant battle of a lack of feeling like a member of the human race.
My mom pulled me out of school, so I didn’t have to worry about that, at the time. (I finished school shortly after I left her). Young girls, are especially high risk people to be homeless/runaways.
First time around, I was alone and 16 . It was brief, and I had no shelter. At the time, was in and out of the system. Neighbors would call the cops, hearing a commotion , and my mom would be arrested. I ended up running away from the group home I was placed in. It was just too much for me.
Second time around, I was 17, and slept in the car with my mother, who worked at a strip club in a bad area. This lasted for about 6-7 months.
She was addicted to cocaine, was alcoholic and struggled with psychosis and narcissistic personality disorder for years. When she was working, I’d stay in the car mostly, but had to use the bathroom in the nearby building.
I also had a dog. I still have the dog. When I was in foster care, my social worker was this super nice Polish lady who let him stay with her colleague. I’ll always remember her. She also got me into a foster home within a week.
I remember I was placed in a group home briefly before she found a foster home for me, and I took like an hour long hot shower (I hadn’t had a hot shower in ages) and ate my weight in pancakes and fried eggs the morning after I got there.
When you’re homeless, there’s so many people who want to take advantage of you, if they see you in an area they start to prey on you because they know that you’re vulnerable and weak. I carried a knife on me and came close to using it multiple times.
Rape and sexual assault is no joke. I’ll guarantee that if you’re a girl and you’re on the streets you’ll either be raped or almost raped. I’m somehow in the latter category.
Johns will try to target you, and get you to prostitute for them. They’ll lure you in with promises of shelter, or giving you food or niceties. A one of these johns owned the building I used the bathroom in, across from where I slept, and wouldn’t leave me alone. I remember the strip club owner trying to recruit me as well. Strip clubs can be shady business.
I had to bathe/keep clean in dirty McDonald’s bathrooms, 7/11s, campgrounds, beaches etc. You constantly feel like you’re something below society, you pass houses with families in them and look longingly inside.
At night, it’s cold. You’re exposed to the elements. If you’re lucky
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