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darkersolstice:mossiestpiglet:actualaster:purplesaline:deadpoolsbottombitch:dancinbutterfly:tsarinajissa:thefortysecond:great-tweets:Sigh.Important update! His story went viral enough that other paint companies reached out to him and he got a job with a new paint company!!https://www.tiktok.com/@tonesterpaints/video/6898720259675540742Athens TikToker Tony Piloseno accepts job and partnership with Florida paint company following rush of public supportListen. This is what people are talking about when they say that if you gave people a fucking UBI, folks would still work. Even “menial” work is beloved by various people if it’s given the respect it deserves and folks dont need to worry about - um - starving to death and dying of illness?I legitimately love delivering pizzas! If it were sustainable i wouldn’t mind at all doing it for the rest of my life! One of my best friends absolutely loves cleaning, and the only reason she quit cleaning professionally is that she was sick of the ways she was treated. My stepfather has been a carpenter and construction worker for 30 years, despite being a highly qualified graphic designer and architect, bc the man just fuckin loves construction work. For every “menial/undesireable” job available, there is someone who is happy to work it, if not for the stigma and need to survive. And for the truly awful ones? Like slaughterhouse cleanup, sewer maintenance, roadkill pickup, etc? With UBI they could almost all be mechanized, saving people from having to do grueling and dangerous jobs they really don’t have to do. There are even people who will do those jobs because they recognize that they need to get done. Those people may not love the job itself but they take great pride in doing something that needs to be done.People don’t just work for free doing jobs they love. If there’s a niche there will always be someone willing to fill it.I talk shit but I actually don’t genuinely truly HATE retail, what I hate is how people (customers and employers) use, abuse, overwork, and generally treat the employees like shitIf I could have reasonable hours and accommodations for my limitations and be paid enough to survive without being asked to do 25 jobs advertised as 1 job and had UBI to ensure I could leave if it was too much/I was being mistreated/taken advantage of by employers looking to overwork employees to make more money I’d be totally happy to work retail as long as I physically couldThere’s people like me out there who would absolutely love to do things like cleaning up roadkill or what have you because I’m very comfortable with dead beings and I would love to do that job to ensure it was done respectfully and so that people who aren’t comfortable with it don’t have to. But because capitalism has set up just absurd bullshit barriers to getting things done, I can’t go do a necessary service because I won’t be able to support myself. If we had UBI and universal medical coverage I would be free to do so much to help people, and that’s genuinely all I want to do with my life. I want to pick up roadkill and clean peoples houses and grow food and teach kids how to make things and who different animals and plants are and make food for those who need it and do laundry at animal shelters and just so many things that I’m not able to do now because I have to afford to stay alive myself, and I live in a society which decided to make that as hard as possible.With UBI and universal medical coverage, I would absolutely go back to working customer service. One of the things I hate about my current office job is that I don‘t get to see and interact with people–I love people and want to take care of them so much! -- source link