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London’s Leicester Square 04.10.2018
Category: Community
A Message To Chains
For my people in the shops and on the streets, being loud and clear to say that we care for more than just peanuts and we deserve better than the disrespect we encounter for too long…
I miss my colleagues, working with them shoulder to shoulder, so I march with them shoulder to shoulder…. This is for them… more to come ………
A Message to Chains
One of those mornings
when I enter the shop
waiting for my colleagues to arrive
I am extremely down that day
but I keep going
Setting up the coffee machine
putting the frozen croissants into the oven
answering the phone to a colleague calling sick
putting down the phone
picking up my heart
I keep going
My team’s starting to trickle in
one by one, tired but Pret A Faire
I’m glad to see them
we all disperse to our jobs
and later the boss arrives
but I keep going
Noon-time
I want to press the snooze button
No! I want to smash it!
So exhausted!
but I keep going
Hours missing from my pay
getting told off for nothing
rota changed without notice
and I keep going
Made a mistake
nothing much
but a catastrophe for my boss
so I keep crawling
going to work without pay
without help, with no meaning…
being bullied…
I keep going
and I strike
I strike
I strike back!
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Fast-food Workers Strike, Leicester Square, London, nationwide and in other countries 4th October 2018.
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THE Song for Times Like These
Timeless as history keeps repeating itself.
Don’t you know
They’re talkin’ ’bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don’t you know
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they’re standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don’t you know
Talkin’ ’bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what’s theirs
Don’t you know
You better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
‘Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin’ bout a revolution
Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin’ bout a revolution, going on
Talkin’ bout a revolution, going on
While they’re standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
— Tracy Chapman
This is where the Internet is at its best
and where online “community” finds its true definition!
Photo from CarrotRanch.com
I don’t want to be cheesy, weepy, or too emotional here, but I get cheesy, weepy and emotional with this “little” blogger / writer community I am just now getting into. It may be that it will help somewhat to recover my sanity!
But to any writer, check out this wonderful writing place at the Carrot Ranch Literary Community.
Thank you again to Kate for nudging me and not letting go!
I wrote my first “Flash Fiction” 99 Word challenge encouraged by Kate and immediately got addicted! The Case and The Chase with a full list of all the entries of the Stranded Suitcase. And I’m hooked!
This little community of writers and stories I include in my “Hero” section because my writing brain found a wholesome outlet to, at least in a small way, regain my mental health after trauma.
Thank you Charli Mills for hosting and inviting the world of writers to your Ranch! What a huge work you are doing with passion. There are some writers and stories I have already come across in just 3 days where I can learn from, find inspiration and get my mind off the painful things of life and get into much needed fun as Kate gently reminded me!
Lovely! 🙂
P.S. Warning regarding Late Night Girl side effects: I go into moods swings at times as well as working on some “liquid issues”, if that happens where you read something irrational, harsh or confusing, let the horse kick my butt and please ignore and keep going. I am just recovering from 3 years of emotional hell and am working on getting back to normal again … TY
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Bullied during bereavement in Pret A Manger 
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