I am glad this hard worker will have wheels.
Donations pour in for man who walks 34 km a day to work and back | World | News
Donations pour in for man who walks 34 km a day to work and back | World | News
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Good luck getting enough for a damage deposit and rent this day in that area on what he is making. Here in Canada, that is not enough wage for a roof over your head. He is probably staying where he is because he does not want a rent increase. He stays at his job because he has a work ethic.I'm going to go against the grain here and say he's a pillock.
34km (still unsure if that's both ways or one way) each day is too far. He's probably grimacing away because his arches are finally collapsing.
It's also totally unnecessary.
1) He could work closer to home;
2) He could live closer to work;
3) He could save for a car, surely, on $10.55 an hour (or does no one in America drive if they earn that amount or less?).
Even if none of those three options are open to him - or maybe 1) is but he just really, really loves his job at that particular place (which I find strange because it's outside my own experience) - and assuming he couldn't cadge a lift from somewhere along his route, in his position surely to Christ you'd buy yourself a bike (pedal/push, not motor)?
Try Alberta where most apartments cost a least a thousand a month. I rent a house for 1750 a month. Changing living spaces in big cities is challenging in Canada and the States. This man did not ask for help. I have worked with the homeless in two cities here in Alberta...and I can salute someone like this man in Detroit for sticking with his job. It is fine sometimes to try to help folks who are really trying to work and do right.He has a work ethic. Hm-m. Implying what, pray tell? Because I could choose to make an inference.
As I said originally, though, if there really was no other alternative (i.e. he can't find alternative employment that pays the same or more than his current employer), surely he'd buy a bike and cycle to work?
It'd be quicker and better for his overall health.
As for salaries...if $10.55 an hour is based on a flat 40-hour working week, that works out to a salary of $21,944 per annum. Not enough for rented accommodation in Canada? That's insane. Not so much a case of a struggling economy facing a long haul as one that is completely and irretrievably FUBAR.
As to having a work ethic, I meant that it does not seem that he would just quit this job and try to find another closer. He is probably a very dependable worker. He may have hopes in continuing here and getting a higher position with more money.He has a work ethic. Hm-m. Implying what, pray tell? Because I could choose to make an inference.
As I said originally, though, if there really was no other alternative (i.e. he can't find alternative employment that pays the same or more than his current employer), surely he'd buy a bike and cycle to work?
It'd be quicker and better for his overall health.
As for salaries...if $10.55 an hour is based on a flat 40-hour working week, that works out to a salary of $21,944 per annum. Not enough for rented accommodation in Canada? That's insane. Not so much a case of a struggling economy facing a long haul as one that is completely and irretrievably FUBAR.
Try Alberta where most apartments cost a least a thousand a month. I rent a house for 1750 a month. Changing living spaces in big cities is challenging in Canada and the States. This man did not ask for help. I have worked with the homeless in two cities here in Alberta...and I can salute someone like this man in Detroit for sticking with his job. It is fine sometimes to try to help folks who are really trying to work and do right.
I've just merged your double-ness (it's a good word! ) with another thread about this man.I know that there was a thread for such posts but I can not find it . . .if it pops up again . . .then this one can be one of them damn drive-by threads.
The story below made me feel real good and it's possible it's posted elsewhere on the Board. If so, then please forgive the double-ness (it is a word now)!
This man is so dedicated in making a living. Nothing stops him. I must say if someone can be that dedicated then I will support them 100%.
You see, dedication is something that I admire and will stand by. I think it's a strength that many lack. I guess it's easier to makes excuses.
There is very little that will stop me and I see that in this man.
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I've just merged your double-ness (it's a good word! ) with another thread about this man.
Yeah, it was a very mixed reception...Thank you and looks like I won't be coming back to this thread again . . .
. . .but, thanks.
Thank you and looks like I won't be coming back to this thread again . . .
. . .but, thanks.
It doesn't take some people long to p*ss all over something, eh?
God bless this man.