• QTpi@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I work in a hospital. I continued to commute to work and do my job through all of the shortages and all of the uncertainty. I died a little each day I had to stop my then 3.5yo twins from rushing to hug me at the door so I could change, drop my clothes in the wash, and wash my hands before they touched me. Then they stopped trying. It was a year before I was greeted at the door with a hug. I knelt there crying the first time they did it again.

    I saw all my friends doing all the lock down things and knew that society and employers would never make it up to those of us who worked through it all. We didn’t even get pizza parties because my hospital had a no shared food policy for infection prevention.

    I walked past maskless protestors outside my hospital accusing of us every ludicrous talking point there was. For the first time in my career I questioned why I did it. Why was I risking my family’s health and my own to take care of THEM.

    Yes… #blessed

    • BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      i worked more than i ever did during pandemic and made less than the people who didnt work :/

      • Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        As long as you recognize that the thing to be mad at is exploitative labor laws that allow for “bare minimum to support yourself during these trying times” to be MORE than what you normally make.

        • BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          it just sucks i could have been at home for 2 years instead of going to a shitty job lol

    • Sanyanov@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That hits hard. Honestly, from all my heart, thanks for keeping up and doing the thing you did and do. You’re a hero!