Thursday, August 24, 2006

Hello
I've never been on in so long. I've been working at least 10 hours every single day at a clothing store since last Monday. I took today off.

It's at the CNE(Canadian National Exhibition.) But, these people are so ridiculus! I don't even know where to start.

Ok, it's like an underground job, my cousin and I call it a sweatshop. They (the people at the clothing store) told us that we weren't allowed to take any days off, or leave early because we cannot work there if we do. Then, last week, they started taking people off. They were all like, we have too much people, so they fired the old ladies. Then on Saturday, we thought we were getting off at 8pm. We always start at 9am though... Anyways, they then told us that we have to leave at 9 or 10. Some girls got so angry that they left at 9 and never came back. I could understand why they left. After they heard that we can't take any days off, or leave early. Anyways, one woman wanted to take Sunday off to spend time with her son, and that's how I found out all about this thing.

So, I went home one day, and told my mom about it, and she got all angry. So, while I was at work, she called the labour ministry, and it ended up that the clothing store isn't even who we really work for! We work for a temporary job agency, and we are allowed to take days off, and leave early if we want to. So, I took today off (just to spite the clothing store people and I think they know I know too much) and I'm quitting on Saturday.

But, my idiotic mom (I should feel like a horrible daughter to be saying this, but I really don't care) she was all like how I should stay until Monday even though SHE was the one who was talking about how sleazy these people were and how she didn't come to Canada for her children to get jobs like this. Then she went on to say how I should work some more days to buy her something (if she wants more stuff then she should go back to work,) even though this isn't a real job! This morning she told me how I shouldn't be complaining about the job and yelling at me because of how many Caribbean and other immigrants have to do the lower jobs and how us Canadians complain how they get all the jobs yet we won't take them ourselves. I really wanted to smack her after this. First of all, I already know this, but I DON'T complain about jobs that I wouldn't do! First of all, she even told me in the past that I have to get an education so I could get a good job. And now she's complaining that I am to prissy to do lower jobs and that I complain about immigrants taking those jobs even though I don't! Why would I complain about jobs that my own relatives took in order to get into Canada!

She makes me so angry. She's such hypocrite. I would have considered to work a few more days, but now I won't just to spite her.

I can’t wait till next year! I better get into university so I can leave! My sister’s are moving out next September too, to live in Toronto. I don’t think this is a good environment for me to be growing up in. She said something about how she was forced to do nursing and wake up early when she worked late to take care of my siblings and I. I didn’t ask to be born. If she didn’t want kids, she should have got her tubes tied.

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