My little town is making progress. Organizations are gathering information, using it, and making changes. The most recent big change was to relocate a resource to a one-floor space so that clients, volunteers, and staff will have easier access to all the functions. Previously, the functions were spread out across several floors. Stairs and an old, iffy elevator were problematic and probably a deterrent or hindrance to adequate service. Tptb are now addressing food insecurity in various ways. A community group has been addressing local food needs for several years and will continue to do so. A family sheltering program is in place. I do not know what is happening for homeless individuals beyond the fact that they have access to the food and to social services. The little town has a free/low-cost health clinic which is well used. While this is far from everything for everyone, it is something for some people. It is infinitely better than my early days here, when homeless persons were given bus tickets and sent to another city.
I chuckled when I re-read the opening post. I often look like a bedraggled, sodden mass of something. For the early job, I wear whatever will withstand whatever comes along that day. Some days, the weather and the job make me a mess! I never mind it when people see me in the morning and express that
a) It's early in the morning which really means late at night and therefore I am just another drunk. It is not my fault that they did not take the good logic courses.
b) The clothing is wretched! Look at that! Eeeeew!!!!! Well, if you did this job, your clothing would be wretched, too.
c) That is not a job. That can;t be a job. I never heard of that. They're lying. I know they're lying. That is not work. That is not a job. Again. It is not my fault that they did not take the good logic courses.
Until now, I had not really connected the fact that I, at early work, can look like a person who has no work and no home. Hmm.....
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/24/2019 12:18AM by Shop-et-al.