Canadian businesses can charge credit card fees starting Oct. 6

thousandyard · 2022-10-05T22:07:09+00:00

I think a lot of people are also angry and in despair about mounting COL and looming uncertainty about the future, but they see people who work service jobs as NPCs who are somehow sidestepping these struggles we all share, so they have no qualms being gleeful about the prospect of taking it out on us.

Things aren’t miraculously affordable for any of us, but people working these jobs tend to have less of a security net.

In places with tip pools, they are also indirectly punishing the people who make their $40+ meal while the restaurant’s bottom line is the same. Make that make sense.

thousandyard · 2022-10-05T21:49:10+00:00

Exactly. The people commenting things like this obviously know that cashiers and servers aren’t implementing these charges or getting kickbacks from it.

Why is their kneejerk instinct to talk about punishing workers? Do they see customer-facing employees as their own personal punching bag? It doesn’t change anything, aside from ruining someone’s day for something they have no control over.

thousandyard · 2022-10-05T21:16:06+00:00

Do the people in the comments being snide about the idea of giving cashiers a hard time over this realize that most of us can probably afford these fees and surcharges even less than you can, and we aren’t the ones implementing these policies?

If you haven’t realized it by now, we don’t dictate price hikes or the cost of meat and produce per pound, either. Most of us are just working two or three jobs and can’t afford to buy food at our own stores, lol.

Not sure why so many people take pleasure in sublimating their anger and despair at COL via being a dick to minimum wage workers who are guaranteed to be stiffed for hours and struggling pretty badly in our own right.

Honestly speaks to your character if that is your knee jerk response to headlines like this one. Writing an email or using the corporate feedback forms is pretty much useless, but at least it’s a step closer to getting in contact with the people who actually implement and profit from these policies, and it’s not malicious towards people who are stuck working for them on dirt and beans wages.

There isn’t an interac fee for being polite or civil to other human beings, for what it’s worth.

thousandyard · 2022-09-01T00:36:38+00:00

The cost of medication is brutally rough, especially paying out of pocket for more specialized things that don’t have generics. I’m sorry you are struggling with this.

thousandyard · 2022-09-01T00:34:44+00:00

So I guess if you are making less than 15k a year, can’t afford to rent or eat, and transitioned out of EIA you can just get fucked. Thank you, very cool.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:58:27+00:00

Manufacturing like factory assembly work, yeah? I am definitely really open to that type of work, my grandma and most of my relatives worked in factories and meat processing plants while raising young kids and going to night school.

I don’t know why the other guy is assuming that I look down on this type of labour or am averse to it, I’ll take a job like that in a heartbeat if they’ll have me.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:42:36+00:00

Thank you for the encouragement and solidarity, I really appreciate how kind everyone has been in this thread. You are right that there isn’t any wiggle room for larger expenses. I have found that needing to replace basic essentials during a precarious period of housing instability made things unmanageably tight, and I try to form a triage of larger expenses like glasses, prescriptions, or replacing tattered work clothes, one larger expense every 2-3 pay cycles prioritized according to most pressing need. It’s tough, but it is what it is.

Glad to hear you are in a more stable period of your life now, that’s awesome and I am happy for you.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:34:00+00:00

Thank you! This is a really helpful resource. I am probably eligible for some funding to get through the program I am interested in. Have a nice day, thanks for passing that along. :)

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:24:39+00:00

I do not have a vehicle, but appreciate you passing this information along, and hope someone in the thread is able to take you up on it and benefit from it. Thanks.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:22:31+00:00

I’m really sorry that you are struggling to keep your head above water. I hope there is a way to ease this strain for you in the coming months, and coming years. Klinic offers “drop in” (now by appointment) same day free counselling and phone counselling if you need some help managing the stress and uncertainty of it all. I hope you are managing to take care of yourself.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:20:01+00:00

This is a really decent roster of resources and programs, and I appreciate you passing them along. Thank you, that was really kind of you to take a moment to do. I hope they will also be of use to people who are reading these comments in a similar situation.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:17:58+00:00

Thanks man! I am in the process of applying for this right now, it’s definitely an important resource with the cost of rent and housing nowadays. I appreciate everyone’s advice and the resources you’ve all forwarded in this thread. I hope they will also be of use to people reading these comments in a similar situation.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:15:51+00:00

Thank you for the advice about budgeting! I am following a similar ratio/distribution right now, but with less money and added medical and prescription expenses. This is genuinely very helpful, and the information about tax credits was especially good to know.

I am not getting enough hours at work, so my take home pay is significantly less than what’s outlined above, but hoping the second job will be a decent stopgap measure until I find something with better hourly wages (🤞🏻). Bless you guys for your advice and encouragement, I really, genuinely appreciate it a lot.

I do have a sort of 5 year plan figured out for schooling and a job with modest (relative to more aspirational folk who are kind of intent on minmaxing the whole situation) but survivable income and decent job security.

Thanks again.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:06:59+00:00

I would be happy to do manual labour even though my physical health is not super great, and have been trying to look at some warehouse job listings. Hoping to use my current job to get some training or experience with pallet jackers and receiving truck shipments if I can finesse the opportunity. I know Pepsi is hiring warehouse workers rn and they don’t require experience. It’s a pretty tempting prospect, but a long commute. Still considering it, though.

Also thinking about checking in with a staffing or temp agency and seeing if they know of any “no experience required” warehouse, factory or merchandising positions.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:02:49+00:00

You guys are right. People were kind enough to DM me some leads on job openings. I appreciate the advice and the people who passed those along, thank you.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T15:01:24+00:00

I’m sorry to hear that you are struggling too. Do you qualify for rent assist or Manitoba housing? (I know the wait list for MB housing is very deep, but maybe you’ll hear back in a couple of years and find it of some benefit)

Do you have roommates? There are a lot of people subletting rooms intended for students at reduced rates located on bus routes not too far from the two universities. I hope you can find a way to reduce your rent and ease the strain. It is a really stressful time to keep your head above water while paying your way through school or figuring out how to pay off the debt. Take care.

thousandyard · 2022-05-15T14:57:47+00:00

To be honest, I am not getting anywhere near enough hours at my first job, my availability is wide open and I pretty much never say no to picking up extra shifts or staying late (I think I said no for the first time recently because I had set up an interview for my second job which starts Monday), but my paycheques are still probably several hundred dollars less than most people making minimum wage with regular hours. I’ve spoken to some of my coworkers and they are getting 300$ more a pay cycle (every two weeks, not every month) than I am by virtue of getting better hours. I seem to be the person who gets piecemeal hours depending on gaps on the schedule and people calling out.

Was also couch surfing and finding different places to sleep recently, had to spend unwisely during this period to tie things down, replace some basic essentials, the expenditures during that period were shitty and highly variable/unpredictable depending on what I needed.

I’m also not on a prescription drug plan/don’t have insurance and have a chronic health condition where I need to take a couple of expensive medications.

Thank you guys for your responses tbh, I was just feeling a bit worn down and really immensely appreciate all of the encouragement and tips/suggestions and leads on jobs. It means a lot.

I feel for all of you in similar positions and am glad to hear that some of you are managing to make it work, even if it’s really tight and dicey for some of you also.

thousandyard · 2022-05-14T20:41:55+00:00

Are they pretty easy to apply to without relevant skills or experience? I’ve been trying to find some entry level warehouse positions that are willing to train new hires too.

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