Comment by underlipton
Comment by underlipton 4 days ago
People burn out and have nervous breakdowns dealing with the stress of working retail (violent customers, sick customers, terrible hours, short breaks, coffin-like break rooms, benefits like "50 cents off a bag of pistachios") for $15 an hour. I wager most would go back in a heartbeat for $400k/yr.
Perspective.
Relative hardship comparisons generally suck.
"hah you think retail is hard, imagine working for a drug gang in Africa! You'd go back to retail in a snap!"
Stress is stress. It makes you unwell. The remuneration isn't the point.