Welp, when I'm not on days off like now, I'm working the hourly equivalent of two fullytime jobs a week, sometimes in weather so shitty, it's torturous. I'm also taxed like a bastard, and with other deductions, it's common to see 60% of my gross pay find its way to my bank account.

I'm not for a second going to blame that on some dude here working foodservice, or someone here because staying there meant being bombed, or shot at, or worse. I'm well-compensated for my hard work, taxes or not. I'd feel no better about things if life was harder for someone else who doesn't work the same hours in the same conditions. I think that mentality is fucked.