Comment on Walmart actually teaches their employees how to get food stamps

• kestrel7_7@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If she has a partner without an income, then the story is still sus af because no landlord would rent to someone for that far over 1/3rd of their income.

  I uhhh… you don’t know very many poor people, do you?

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    i know a person that was literally tyring to pay for 4k rent with multiple jobs. she luckily was able to move out at some point to a reasonable city. landlords dont care, unless its a high demand area, where they get too many applicants.

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• FluorideMind@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bro who cares if the story is a little exaggerated. It’s still true that we are over charged and under payed.

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  • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I personally care if the story is presented as true

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      All of the essential, general information is true: Walmart, et al, deliberately short worker hours to avoid having to pay benefits. The end result of that is workers forced to try to live on the income from one or more part-time jobs, without employer-provided benefits like health or dental insurance. Without such benefits, they either have to pay those costs out of their regular pay, or we have to pay those costs on their behalf.

      The exact amount of rent is not relevant, nor are any of the particular circumstances of this or any individual worker. The general condition is more than sufficient to garner outrage.

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    • FluorideMind@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      At the end of the day it’s a Twitter post about a second hand person. You’ll never know if it’s true.

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