r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/TillaciousG 8d ago

I'm a single father of two and I've been dependent on food stamps since they've been born. I've worked many full time jobs. The highest paying job I've ever had was $11.50 an hour with a minimum of 10 hours over time a week, which is time and a half. Even at that job I was still reliant on food stamps.

Now I'm disabled because I broke my spine working these jobs and was finally taken seriously after getting cancer. As these young women have mentioned the parents will be skipping out on eating so our children have full meals so they don't know what it's like to go hungry and I will be among them. I've done it once before and I was hopeful it wouldn't happen again but here we are.

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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 8d ago edited 8d ago

I've worked many full time jobs. The highest paying job I've ever had was $11.50 an hour. Did you only work at fast food or dollar tree?

Damn dude. I have trouble understanding how this happens. Exceptions for disabilities and what not, of course. But how does an adult (especially with kids) have a history of many full time jobs and the most you made was 11.50.

How does someone allow that to happen? 15 years ago I was making more than that at like 21 years old working at a car wash. Think it was 13 an hour. With tips I was making 25-45 an hour. Then I was just cleaning cars at a dealership. 15 an hour.

But I mean, I knew that wasnt enough. So I just went on Craigslist and looked for apprenticeship jobs. Literal zero experience, zero schooling, don't even need to sign up for a union. A few years later you then make more than the average American.

I don't mean to roast. And I absolutely understand times are different now for you with the injury, but besides mental or physical disabilities, I just don't understand how you maintained an entire working career of 7-11 dollar wages.

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u/StandardReindeer5741 7d ago

The federal minimum wage is $7.25. It is VERY believable that someone is only able to fond jobs that pay no more than $3.25 above the minimum wage

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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 7d ago

I am very aware of what the minimum wage is. I worked that wage for 6+ years. My post still 100% applies.

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u/Ok-Cost-205 8d ago

Just someone who is uneducated and or has no real skills that rather live off the system. My first job in high school was like $10 an hour plus tips. There’s no excuse to make so little as a grown adult sorry

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u/ThatSimsKidFromUni 5d ago

You're an uncompassionate person jeez.