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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 child) Office workers are off so service industry jobs are fully staffed. I've never seen a gas station closed for labor day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) let alone Christmas, gas stations only close in the event of large scale riots in my experience. I've been forced to work overnight in a blizzard that dropped three feet of snow. I had one customer all night, he was a plow driver coming in for a few energy drinks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 10 months ago And you are a hero to that plow driver. And others like you are heroes to the people that also had to be out on terrible weather days and holidays. I assume a gas station could run without anyone present, leaving the convenience store part closed, but having someone on-hand to hit an e-stop if needed is pretty important. My goal is not to devalue your work, but rather to support it. "Essential workers" are called that for a reason. We should work to ensure that they are paid their worth. Just because it's not necessarily a "skilled" job doesn't mean it's not important. The bro running the local hedge fund is providing way less actual value than anyone in a service job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) let alone Christmas, gas stations only close in the event of large scale riots in my experience. I've been forced to work overnight in a blizzard that dropped three feet of snow. I had one customer all night, he was a plow driver coming in for a few energy drinks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 10 months ago And you are a hero to that plow driver. And others like you are heroes to the people that also had to be out on terrible weather days and holidays. I assume a gas station could run without anyone present, leaving the convenience store part closed, but having someone on-hand to hit an e-stop if needed is pretty important. My goal is not to devalue your work, but rather to support it. "Essential workers" are called that for a reason. We should work to ensure that they are paid their worth. Just because it's not necessarily a "skilled" job doesn't mean it's not important. The bro running the local hedge fund is providing way less actual value than anyone in a service job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 10 months ago And you are a hero to that plow driver. And others like you are heroes to the people that also had to be out on terrible weather days and holidays. I assume a gas station could run without anyone present, leaving the convenience store part closed, but having someone on-hand to hit an e-stop if needed is pretty important. My goal is not to devalue your work, but rather to support it. "Essential workers" are called that for a reason. We should work to ensure that they are paid their worth. Just because it's not necessarily a "skilled" job doesn't mean it's not important. The bro running the local hedge fund is providing way less actual value than anyone in a service job. permalink fedilink source parent
