Society is divided into three major categories of people; poor, middle class, and wealthy or rich. These categories asses the population of the United States based on their income. Many benefits, such as food or heat assistance, taxes, loans, etc. are based on these categories. These categories also allow for criticism from others around us, whom may or may not be categorized similarly. In the book Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, the author, Linda Tirado discusses her experiences as a part of the poor America and also her thoughts and opinions on the rich, upper class. Linda Tirado begins her book with a post to a social media site as a response to a question posted on a forum. The poster on the forum asked, “Why do poor
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She explains how she begs for as many hours as she can get from one job, but routinely finds herself with two jobs to maintain livable hours. With two jobs, there are always conflicting schedules and attempting to have either of your bosses accommodate your schedules can be almost impossible. I can personally relate to this scenario, with working as a cashier and a medical assistant. There have been times where I was scheduled to work at one place, but was asked to fill in at another, which evidently paid a higher hourly wage. As Tirado states, “Every time I’ve had more than one job, I’ve missed out on as much cash as I’ve made because of scheduling issues” (Tirado, …show more content…
She talks about the uncooperative bosses, how her personal life has impacted her jobs, how a lack of money can prevent her from arriving to work on time and therefore can prevent her from making more money. Tirado is not lazy by any means, which is a stereotype that many people place on the poor. Working low-wage jobs such as a cashier, bar tender, or waitress, are high demanding jobs which require you to work long hours on your feet, with minimal to no breaks, and working with the demands of the public. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love working as a cashier and medical assistant, but there are times where I feel as if I have reached me breaking point. Tirado makes the reader aware of the struggle she experiences on a daily basis through work as she tries to pull herself out of poverty. She feels as if she is on a never ending up-hill
She explains how she begs for as many hours as she can get from one job, but routinely finds herself with two jobs to maintain livable hours. With two jobs, there are always conflicting schedules and attempting to have either of your bosses accommodate your schedules can be almost impossible. I can personally relate to this scenario, with working as a cashier and a medical assistant. There have been times where I was scheduled to work at one place, but was asked to fill in at another, which evidently paid a higher hourly wage. As Tirado states, “Every time I’ve had more than one job, I’ve missed out on as much cash as I’ve made because of scheduling issues” (Tirado, …show more content…
She talks about the uncooperative bosses, how her personal life has impacted her jobs, how a lack of money can prevent her from arriving to work on time and therefore can prevent her from making more money. Tirado is not lazy by any means, which is a stereotype that many people place on the poor. Working low-wage jobs such as a cashier, bar tender, or waitress, are high demanding jobs which require you to work long hours on your feet, with minimal to no breaks, and working with the demands of the public. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love working as a cashier and medical assistant, but there are times where I feel as if I have reached me breaking point. Tirado makes the reader aware of the struggle she experiences on a daily basis through work as she tries to pull herself out of poverty. She feels as if she is on a never ending up-hill