Prompt 1
I don't think something like that has ever happened to me; but if it did, that would really suck, honestly. You show up every day at work and put in hours, but you're only paid for a small fraction of it. The employers only want to pay them when they're actually butchering, which isn't very good for the workers, because there might be days where they have to butcher a lot, or maybe close to none. So, this job isn't a very reliable one in terms of pay.
Also, I don't think that any one worker specifically was affected more than another, but it was very tough for all of them. Not knowing if you would bring home 35 cents or 1 dollar day would be really tough, especially if you have a family, like Jurgis does.
I definitely agree, that would be really hard for people, not to mention unreliable.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think that it would've been hard to be at work and not know if you are going to get paid or not even though you're their.
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