And they're short handed because they pay shitty wages (Reply #28)

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Sun Jan 16, 2022, 03:39 PM

TexasBushwhacker (18,687 posts)

28. And they're short handed because they pay shitty wages

for work that is often unpleasant. No one wants to change diapers, whether they are baby's or adults'.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
My sis caught Covid from an unmasked worker at the retirement community where she works. [View all]	nolabear	Jan 2022	OP
Small claims court ? make him show up	Tetrachloride	Jan 2022	#1
Would this fall under health care worker	cilla4progress	Jan 2022	#2
Possibly.	GB_RN	Jan 2022	#24
why the hell does a nursing home allowed unmasked employees?	Takket	Jan 2022	#3
My dad was living in a very upscale assisted living residence	vanlassie	Jan 2022	#5
You should look at the crowd of owners	DENVERPOPS	Jan 2022	#17
This one apparently is Catholic Church owned.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#40
One would think that the catholics	DENVERPOPS	Jan 2022	#43
Who knows who's making the rules. The place doesn't seem neglectful.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#45
Our local diocese hosts vaccination clinics.	shrike3	Jan 2022	#60
Only in that bishops in red areas tend to be red.	shrike3	Jan 2022	#61
John Oliver's episode on this is one for the ages	mdelaguna	Jan 2022	#31
I know many people with elderly in nursing homes.	shrike3	Jan 2022	#62
I don't know the details of MS, but some areas are allowing positive vaccinated to work	cadoman	Jan 2022	#6
I don't know either but it's a nightmare. And it hit them.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#15
And they're short handed because they pay shitty wages	TexasBushwhacker	Jan 2022	#28
Because management doesn't	wnylib	Jan 2022	#23
I am so sorry	mdelaguna	Jan 2022	#32
That kind of work is done largely by women without a college degree. It does not	Maru Kitteh	Jan 2022	#63
A lot depends on the atmosphere	wnylib	Jan 2022	#64
The combo of ignorance and arrogance	yorkster	Jan 2022	#4
Why are workers sitting "for hours"?	BlackSkimmer	Jan 2022	#7
Security. Checking people in and out of the facility.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#11
Your statement below weighs heavy on me too.	onecaliberal	Jan 2022	#8
No kidding, my friend.	calimary	Jan 2022	#20
Part of it is the work culture in the US for mixing "sick days" and "personal days".	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#9
It's true. We shame the sick, and don't provide for them at all.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#13
Yes, there is a work culture that punishes people for taking sick days.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#19
Very true. In some people's minds all possible absents are rolled up and used for vacation	captain queeg	Jan 2022	#30
And there are employers who ACTIVELY discourage taking sick days, which imo, is an outrage.	ShazzieB	Jan 2022	#47
And the root of the problem comes from the policies and stance of republicans.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#50
Absolutely correct.	ShazzieB	Jan 2022	#55
Same way this culture views/treats the poor	misanthrope	Jan 2022	#66
I would have refused to let her in.	wnylib	Jan 2022	#25
I was at my parents house and our culture (I am an immigrant) don't let me to talk or make decisions	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#29
I can understand that kind of pressure.	wnylib	Jan 2022	#36
Thank you for sharing your story.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#39
Glad that it had a good outcome for your dad.	wnylib	Jan 2022	#41
I wouldn't call it culture.	multigraincracker	Jan 2022	#33
I don't know. I don't see the same phenomena in other countries who also has free market capitalism.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#34
That would be Somalia.	multigraincracker	Jan 2022	#38
It has less to do with capitalism but that I would be a gem/virus spreader that I am.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#42
Sue him for what? And how do you prove he made anyone else sick? My MIL was in a senior	Doodley	Jan 2022	#10
Not him. The place. For letting him stay there	nolabear	Jan 2022	#12
You might get some satisfaction	wnylib	Jan 2022	#26
Honestly, anonymity is the only reason I posted it here.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#44
I hadn't thought about repercussions	wnylib	Jan 2022	#48
Disappointing how it got through mask and vaccine and she got very sick	IronLionZion	Jan 2022	#14
To avoid being infected by a maskhole, one needs to wear an N95 and the mask has to fit well,	LisaL	Jan 2022	#16
Exactly. All we can do is protect ourselves.	radius777	Jan 2022	#67
We have to start telling people around us to put on masks.	LisaL	Jan 2022	#18
Damn! The facility should fire the culprit... a danger to their clients and staff.	Karadeniz	Jan 2022	#21
It's not that business owners are stupid...	Chicago1980	Jan 2022	#22
Last paragraph...spot on. Sad. eom	LittleGirl	Jan 2022	#27
There have been plenty of clues that professional people are stupid	soldierant	Jan 2022	#35
Arrogance especially. No truer words.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#46
You are right that business do well under democratic leadership.	Claustrum	Jan 2022	#56
Unfortunately there's a half thread saying we are all going to get it and some will die	progree	Jan 2022	#37
Ugh.	Pinback	Jan 2022	#54
In California this would be illegal. It should be everywhere.	Liberty Belle	Jan 2022	#49
I think the rules are that, officially. Clearly they didn't enforce them.	nolabear	Jan 2022	#51
There should be liability here - these companies need to protect their workers and residents	FakeNoose	Jan 2022	#53
Right to work (sick)?	IzzaNuDay	Jan 2022	#52
That's what boggles my mind!	nolabear	Jan 2022	#58
More patients are getting COVID-19 during hospital stays. ... because infected healthcare workers	progree	Jan 2022	#57
As someone who gets help from a Catholic agency...	electric_blue68	Jan 2022	#59
I am glad that your sister got monoclonal antibodies	LetMyPeopleVote	Jan 2022	#65
I thought it was the law that healthcare workers have to be vaccinated?	Emile	Jan 2022	#68

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