Nah, nothing will change. This will be seen as just another "lone wolf" style incident.

It's not about hard work. If hard work equated to more money I would have made a shit ton when I was in AmeriCorps. It's about the fact that the average wage hasn't gone up in almost 30 years while the prices for essential items like housing, food, and health care have skyrocketed. The fact of the matter is effort will only get you so far, and bootstraps mentality is a fallacy.

Sure? I would love to get paid more and I will advocate and agitate for higher pay for most people. This isn't some sort of "gotcha" thing.

I was in hospitality, my job was furloughed, then eliminated. Now I do online teaching for my local school district.

Look, ideologically, I want everybody, even you, to earn more at their jobs. I truly hope you succeed, and I truly hope you do not want others to not succeed. I don't really have the energy or will to fight a stupid battle of wills against two people who fundamentally disagree with me.

Yeah, weird that scientists want money for vaccine research. What a world we live in.

Of course there are everyday risks. This one is new (one might say novel) that we still have a tenuous grasp of. But, that being said, I do believe that trying to convince you of the seriousness of this is pissing in the wind, so that'll be the last I say on this.

Yes, 100%. But I want to get this straight, you wouldn't take extra money if it was offered to you for doing the same job?

Dealing with shitty customers is part of the job, potentially contracting a rapidly spreading fatal virus isn't. The decision was made that these people are the ones who have to stay behind to serve us. And why wouldn't you want more pay if it was offered? Honestly, why do you personally care if that happens? Like you said, you'd love the extra money.

What the hell are you talking about?

The point is is that these people are the ones who have to stay behind and serve us because their job is essential to the function of our society, and we, as a society, will still treat them like shit long after this over because it's considered low skill or low importance.

Try to be unbiased is a fools errand. Heck, trying to be unbiased is a bias in and of itself. The best you can do is use your bias in a constructive and positive way.

It's a very religious and traditional family. I was seen as this big rebel because I have tattoos and liberal politics. Her parents, needless to say, do not care for me.