Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for October 21, 2022
October 20, 2022
October 22, 2022
Transcript:
Moxie: You're so lucky you weren't raised in a cannery, like me! Hamhock: I was raised on a farm! Moxie: Oh, yeah? I worked 12-hour shifts for 4 years! Hamhock: I wasn't allowed to move much. Moxie: I was denied basic human necessities! Hamhock: I was force-fed all day long! Moxie: Come on, what could be worse than stuffing cans full of meat all day?? Hamhock: Being the meat...
At least she was in a union shop. I canned tomatoes long ago and was making about three times the minimum age. Good (seasonal) money, but a death march at fourteen hours per day.