I think it’s just very ironic that the automated voice that precedes every government service call warns us about being rude, hostile or using abusive language.
I am really sorry that it’s been weeks now and I haven’t been able to find sustained employment, please understand that I’ve been trying my hardest to find one, I really wouldn’t be seeking your assistance if the opposite were the case, the money left after rent is $110 barely enough to survive the month on, but guess who just received a $100 rent increase from his landlord the other day. I’m not a fraud or a lazy man who wants to just sit on the government dole.
I’m really sorry that when I got a mall security position, i updated you guys later in the month rather than immediately - I’m really sorry about that. It was five consecutive twelve hour shifts and the owners of the store wrote me up the one time I tried to sit down for 2 minutes.
I still say thank you and have a nice day when you’re done but you tend to drop the call before I’m done., I used to assume before maybe the person I was speaking to had a very bad day and I used to be understanding and try not to reciprocate the hostility they like to take owt on me. I don’t think that was worth the $28 for groceries you finally approved me for but … who am I to complain I guess.
I think how we treat the less fortunate is truly the reflection of our society, it rankles a lot when I remember that, for a lot of immigrants like me, the only opinion we had of this country beforehand was the one where they say you’re the nicest people on earth.
I know it’s not your duty to provide emotional labour, but you too would hate your life if someone spoke to you the way you speak to me regularly.
I try my best to keep my head up and just keep pushing forward… I have to, I have to make something of myself
But sometimes I’m really scared a really bad day will come and well because of y’all I’ll finally look to end it all.