Because I didn't have rich parents and had to work during school to afford rent and food. Getting my car towed meant I couldn't get to work.

You enjoy watching the suffering of others? Fuck you're gonna make a great politician some day.

Oh so your story is the example of what everyone should do.

Hell I bet you think your shit doesn't stink either.

Debt trap of owning a car? You must be very young. The walking score of richmond is dog shit. You need a car if you want to have a job or do literally anything here. The alternative is wait for the bus which is only frequent in vcu area.

You need to understand that siding with a company over the people is never a smart move.

That whole area is some of the worst parking I have ever seen and it's all so vcu can force students to buy their parking pass. It's a grift.

You clearly are not low income or a struggling college student.

I sold everything I owned to go to college. If my car was towed I would have been fucked for a very long time.

But you don't care do you. Shit I bet you are the type of person that enjoys watching others suffer.

I thought Bloom Boxes were already using living material to turn air into electricity?

Thank you a million times!!!! I greatly appreciate you!

Do I have to be with the job for a certain period to be able to apply? are there any limitations? I will absolutely look into this! Thank you.

Yep, everything was written up to be full-time, but in state government, you have to go through a whole year of probation where they can fire you for literally anything. They stated I was fired because I was too nice to individuals, and creating an equitable creative process took too much decision-making power away from leadership. It's 100% trumped-up charges so that they could get HR on their side. Even then, the Head of HR apologized and said I did nothing wrong in her eyes as she walked me out of the building. And this was after I helped them run the best Convention they have ever put on and helped raise the most money they ever raised for the state charity program by me creating an extremely well-received gameshow for the fundraiser event. I met and exceeded every expectation and was still fired.

I didn't know until after I was fired that the leadership has been having issues with work processes for a long time with the various programs and teams. My trying to create a creative process that shared power and leaned on multiple perspectives was seen as a threat to their control.

I was fired from my job because they lied about it being a full-time position. They said they tried posting the job as part-time but couldn't find good candidates, so they decided to pull a bait and switch and lie that it was full-time. And they said it to me like they did absolutely nothing wrong. The worst part it was the State government, and they have a one year probation period, so they had the right to fire me for any reason since I was still on probation.

I honestly don't think I will be able to recover from this. I have already started skipping my medication so that it will last longer.

It does, though. More pay means better support and more incentive to be a teacher knowing that the staff will more supportive. You really want this to fail don't you?

Oh you're anti-union, I get it now.

You know you can stop being an armchair judge and actually look into the stuff yourself. people who get paid more have higher job satisfaction and higher job satisfaction means they will volunteer their time more and systems will run more smoothly because of less animosity. higher pay means better teachers, and better teachers mean little johnny gets a better education.

Do you get it now?

You are concern trolling and implying that this whole step towards progress is going to be only used for monetary gain. Your whole argument is that these people only want more money, and they will do nothing else. You see them in bad faith based on personal beliefs and not those people's actions.

Having pessimistic viewpoints on future events is a type of delusion. it's best to either be optimistic or say I don't know. Because the more negative beliefs of the future we hold the more it will affect our outlook on the world and our actions.

I'm not sure why you are so against people getting paid more. It seems like you are getting all ruffled up over a possibility, not whats happening.

Some people would rather their pessimism come true to feel right and in control. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. The fact they are unionizing means they know what they are doing.

Also, Richmond is a very anti-union area. I can't tell you how many people I have met here believe unions are good for nothing and take your money. I see a union like a bulletproof vest. Even a shitty vest is better than nothing.

Have some faith. This is in the right direction. Higher pay helps retain teachers and attract more teacher.

Your argument is biased and assumes a lot.

This is what happens when top leadership gets to choose their level of accountability.

Capitalism baby! The more challenging times get, the more you see homeless to scare you into working to death. Lived in Seattle for 8 years, and 3rd street was insane!

It's insane how many of those scooters will be left in the dead middle of a path. fuck people in wheelchairs or that need walkers, cant you see the scooter takes precedence!

I go to DC from Richmond a few times a year for work or fun, and it used to be you could sit by yourself the whole trip. Now it's common to be on a packed train and have to sit next to somebody. I understand, though. It's so lovely being able to read a book on the train to DC instead of being stuck in traffic.

I ride my bike to work from Bellevue to Downtown every day, and there honestly hasn't been a day where a person doesn't walk into the bike lane without looking, and I have to slam on my breaks, or some idiot thinks the bike lane also works as a parking spot. I wish cops ticketed people for parking in the bike lane, but I have seen cops even do it, so I don't think they give a shit.

This whole city is just a giant game of "what are you gonna do about it" with the people in power breaking whatever fundamental human law they want. And every perpetrator will also use some bigoted perspective for why they get to break the law and inconvenience everyone around them.

I remember right in front of penny lane, a bunch of drunk idiots filling up the bike lane, and when I asked them to move, the group all told me to fuck off and started calling me a bike bitch. They were in the wrong 100000,% but they couldn't give a fuck because this is Richmond and who gives a shit about doing the right thing.

This shit gets me boiled. The idea of dying while on the way to work because of some idiot being selfish makes me want to pull the moon from the sky and punt it into the sun.

My rant is over. I will rest.

Don't have a down, man.

Or they park in the bike lane and look away when they see a bike coming.

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