No, I am NOT a drug user. First day of my internship, my supervisor and I had to confiscate this drug paraphernalia and dismiss this women from a really good housing/ life skills program before 8am this morning. Talk about a rude awakening (in a couple senses).
I don't particularly like yelling, especially at me, I simply aim to please all people. However, working as a service desk associate I often get yelled at for things that I had no involvement in or are out of my control. This also happened to me today... it seems like with these people nothing settles them.
Yup got pulled over. Nope, didn't do anything illegal. Simply a tail light which I don't have the time to fix since places aren't open before 8am and after 10pm. Did I get a ticket? you bet, but I will disappear for my record since I will be sure to get it fixed within 24 hours and turn in the ticket.
Basically, this exercise is all about judging people by the cover. I'm working at an internship this academic year in the field of social work. If there is one complaint I hate the most, is the misconception that it is so easy to get off the system and that people are abusing their food stamps. You don't know if they have mental health, substance abuse issues. You don't know if this person is being battered or is homeless. You're just judging the person based on the food in their shopping cart.
Oops, didn't follow my own rules limiting the picture description word length. All in all, life happens, and it just so happens it kicked my butt today, while at the same time makes me thankful for what I do have.
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