u/Berryteasalad

It’s tough being poor. It’s tough not having access to things you want or need.
My partner’s job only pays him at the end of the month, so we’re always relying on my paychecks to make it to the end of the month. I make minimum wage. Bills, rent, food, gas…all my money goes away. I’ve skipped meals, my partner eats very little. It’s a tough place to be in, but I think the worst part of it is that my partner is too embarrassed about it. I tried to complain about it to some of our friends and he was so upset about it.
And when I try to vent, it just stresses him out more. I get it. I do. But I feel like I have nowhere to go and all this emotion is suffocating me. He says it not his fault. I know that. But somehow I feel like all my animosity is starting to aim at him. I don’t want that but there’s such a huge strain due to the financial difficulties we’ve faced. I just wish everyone could be ok. I wish life was easier on everyone.

Been working a lot. I haven’t had a vacation in years. My job is at a low income store. Lately, the customers are getting more and more aggressive and hostile. In this week alone I’ve been called every name under the sun. Have had things thrown at me. And just the other day I had to file a report as a witness because a creepy guy assaulted a female customer and I had to intervene.
These situations & interactions are taking everything out of me.
My mum died in October and I couldn’t even take time off for the funeral because I couldn’t afford it.
It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and even though we had been estranged, I’m still sad she didn’t get to be happy and live her life as best she could.
I’ve been asking my partner about a break and I’ve been nagging more and more about it lately and he got mad at me. I know we’re poor…car died and had to buy a different car, paying off expenses from my mums death, vet bills, ect
I get it but at the same time I feel like…dying every day. And at the same time I feel all the weight, I also feel hollow. I feel less and less like a person, less like me every day. I don’t know what to do anymore.

A creepy guy that has recently been coming into our store has been lurking around female employees. It’s been little things like winking and or heavy and incessant compliments. He gets into your personal space….just super creepy overall!
He’s been really creepy with me as well. Today he just groped a female customer. I was the only one on the floor and you could hear the sound like a big bang because he hit her so hard. I was so upset and shaken that I ran up and screamed at him to leave while getting in between them. How are people this brazen!??! I feel so bad for the customer because she was so upset as well. Something like that should never happen.

Anyone so burnt out and abused from work that you just loathe everything and everyone ?
I’m so tired of being paid chump change to work for as$holes. Customers and boss are rude, they literally stink…it’s vile how no one showers anymore, manners, etiquette out the window. Parents aren’t supervising their awful kids in the store.
Customers expect you to do everything including telepathy and other super human powers.
I was supposed to quit this job this month, but some financial stuff (car broke down) came up so I’m stuck here until September (and then I’m finally quitting) but seriously…why are humans like this? How did we get so bad ….and not care.