Young Robert Colville on Bluesky, me neither but he seems to have a column in the Sunday Times, appears to think that low-paid workers don’t ‘genuinely contribute’ to our society.
So true. Started my Nurse training in 1976 for I think around £180 per month and the way you describe your experience is very much how I would mine. After 25 years I finally decided to find a less stressful job, 11 years working in ICU was enough but still have a great deal of pride in the time I spent caring for adults and children. When or if Mr Colville finds himself in the unfortunate position of being bed bound and being looked after by low paid workers, may well be the only time he finally shows respect for those not so fortunate to be on the end of a bulging monthly pay packet.
Journos like Colville and many others who went to Oxbridge but never ever entered the real world from their cosseted environs are clearly experts on those many levels down from their ivory tower . There will ,however,be a reckoning one day in our society as more of us despair at the cynical manipulation of the truth by our media and the morally defunct , clueless and cowardly leadership across all political parties . Keep going , Henry .
The hardest work I ever did was as an 18 year old nurses aide in a nursing home along side many hard working immigrants at minimum wage. Every job requires skill and dedication to be performed correctly. Robert may someday find himself dependent on some of those “low paid workers” to feed, bathe and comfort him.
So eloquently written it’s sat with me for some hours in a space of not sure what to do with the emotions it stirred huge anger & sadness
This is Heartbreaking truth
& this pathetic excuse for a human may one day find a family member or himself requiring assistance & support from one of these hardworking caring souls he condemns
To actually think the way this sad excuse of a human thinks is beyond anyone with a modicum of empathy or emotional intelligence can comprehend
So true. Started my Nurse training in 1976 for I think around £180 per month and the way you describe your experience is very much how I would mine. After 25 years I finally decided to find a less stressful job, 11 years working in ICU was enough but still have a great deal of pride in the time I spent caring for adults and children. When or if Mr Colville finds himself in the unfortunate position of being bed bound and being looked after by low paid workers, may well be the only time he finally shows respect for those not so fortunate to be on the end of a bulging monthly pay packet.
More power to your writing hand Henry.
As brilliant as your satire is, this is so powerful Henry! But Kemi once worked at McDonald's so, y' know...
Well I'm cross, because I had other things to do this morning and I ended up having to write this instead!
The problem with people who live and work in the all too real world is that we don’t seem to know our place in the U.K.
Eloquent and powerful as ever.
That's kind mate, thank you. Just recollections really. I don't think my experience was unique.
So true. Care worker at eighteen was hardest paid job of my life
Preach. It's really helped with everything I've done subsequently: sitting at a keyboard is a doddle.
Thank you 🙏🏻 beautifully written (as ever) and so heartbreakingly true in every sense.
Thank you for reading.
Well bloody said 👏🏼👏🏼
I suppose this is why Musk thinks Bill Gates has not genuinely contributed
But none of that is work they consider worth doing.
They begrudge even the cost of corpse disposal - just as the Victorian parish ratepayer did.
So powerful. Big ups, Henry! ❤️
Journos like Colville and many others who went to Oxbridge but never ever entered the real world from their cosseted environs are clearly experts on those many levels down from their ivory tower . There will ,however,be a reckoning one day in our society as more of us despair at the cynical manipulation of the truth by our media and the morally defunct , clueless and cowardly leadership across all political parties . Keep going , Henry .
When will being a good person cease to be an excuse for low pay?
The hardest work I ever did was as an 18 year old nurses aide in a nursing home along side many hard working immigrants at minimum wage. Every job requires skill and dedication to be performed correctly. Robert may someday find himself dependent on some of those “low paid workers” to feed, bathe and comfort him.
So eloquently written it’s sat with me for some hours in a space of not sure what to do with the emotions it stirred huge anger & sadness
This is Heartbreaking truth
& this pathetic excuse for a human may one day find a family member or himself requiring assistance & support from one of these hardworking caring souls he condemns
To actually think the way this sad excuse of a human thinks is beyond anyone with a modicum of empathy or emotional intelligence can comprehend