re: #295 NetworkKed

I hate to harp on these things, but I passed that point months ago when it was decided that hotels are considered “essential” and thus my pasty white ass was informed that we’d be braving the storm unless corporate said different. I’ve watched as the few good weeks of sanity were totally undone by the very industry I work for using their lobbyist dollars to pressure our governor into “reopening” the state only weeks after it had (reluctantly) shut down. So that now I’m working in the epicenter of the state’s resurgence of CV-19 cases, because nobody with two functioning neurons asked “Is it a good idea in the midst of a pandemic to open up the tourism industry, knowing that idiots from areas that haven’t tackled their own outbreaks will flood our beaches?”

The idea of “hazard pay” has never even passed the lips of my employers. Instead, the full totality of their acknowledgment that employees may not want to work in an industry where they are constantly in contact with total morons…is to offer us a one-time payment and a few months of health insurance if we chose to voluntarily quit. And by waving away the offer, you (in the eyes of the company) waived any liability in the eyes of the company’s lawyers if you should be infected.

Combine all this with my planned vacation going into the shredder because they first cut down the staff to the bone, and then only started rehiring once the summer crowds began to come back, and I must admit that I’m saltier than a bag of fast food french fries.