r/SipsTea 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! College scammed them

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago edited 2d ago

If they had to get 2 salaries they simply wouldn't get hired.

Aka, the fuck people with disability method of thinking.

1 persons worth of work

But they're not. They're 2 people. Who are... Conjoined. That's what it means.

It sucks but thats the way it goes.

... That's just how you think about it.

You're also just discovering the hardship people with disability face and how often they accept unfair conditions because of the lack of opportunity they face, the same happens for many vulnerable people. Have you ever wondered why illegal Mexicans do insanely hard labour for unfair pay?

Because they have no other choice in an exploitative system.

You're so close to experience an emancipation moment. I think that is fascinating.

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u/Initiatedspoon 2d ago

Yeah, no shit, they're 2 people, but they're teachers in the US

If they had to be paid 2 salaries, no district in the country would hire them. They can only teach 1 class. With all the will and accommodations in the world, they could only teach 1 class still.

They can still only really do 1 persons worth of work. They jointly control 1 body. Even if they did an office job, they could still only write 1 report at a time. Im sure there are some jobs that they could do 2 peoples.

I will never be able to work some jobs because I'm disabled, sad to say, but it's true. It would nice if they did get 2 salaries but in reality its unlikely unless they find a job that could do it.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

But that's wrong. They're doing two people's work. They're both working.

That's two people. Two jobs. Two pays.

Unless one is having a nap during work hours. Or playing gameboy.

Does the other person, have free time? No.

They're both working.

I will never be able to work some jobs because I'm disabled

And that goes for them, however,

If you're suggesting, that due to your ableness, you should be allowed to be paid half as much as someone else.

I don't agree. That's exploitative.

What you're arguing for, that if someone who is disabled is only half as capable, they should only get half the pay, is horrifying in any reasonable society.

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u/TheFloridaKraken 2d ago

What you're arguing for, that if someone who is disabled is only half as capable, they should only get half the pay,

I mean, if they're only half as capable (I'm not making that argument, you are) they probably shouldn't even be hired. The students deserve a quality education. I think they're 100% capable, but that doesn't mean they should get 200% pay for doing 100% of the job. The fact of the matter is they are doing the job of one person, so they get the pay of 1 person. They knew this going in. It wasn't a surprise to them after graduation to learn that they wouldn't be paid for two people to teach one class. There are jobs that they could have been hired that would earn them pay for 2 people, but they chose one that is only suited for the pay of one person.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

I mean, if they're only half as capable (I'm not making that argument, you are)

No, I'm not.

I'm saying they're fully capable. They're fully doing two jobs. They're two people, both working.

You're the one, saying they're doing one job. Two people, sharing one job, so they get paid half each.

Would you apply that logic to anyone else? I hope not. The hours aren't half and half are they?

They knew this going in

Ah, exploitation is ok if you opt in! I'll let the indentured servants in the middle east know!

It wasn't a surprise to them

Yeah I imagine there is a lot of shit they aren't surprised by. I wouldn't extend that to mean it's good.

There are jobs that they could have been hired that would earn them pay for 2 people, but they chose one that is only suited for the pay of one person.

... This is so dystopian. What other person do you apply that logic to?

Oh you shouldn't be a teacher, you're more suited to a supermarket role, so it's ok to pay half?

That's fucking evil mate.

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u/TheFloridaKraken 2d ago

They're fully doing two jobs.

Teaching one class is one job whether you have 1 teacher, 12 teachers, or 3 dogs in a trenchcoat.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

But they're, BOTH, teaching that class.

That's two people. Working hours.

If you have 12 teachers doing that, you need to pay, 12 times.

That's how pay works.

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u/TheFloridaKraken 2d ago

If you have 12 teachers doing that, you need to pay, 12 times.

Which is why we don't do that. Also, who tf taught you how to use commas? You just, pu,t them wherever, YOU, want apparently,,,

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

Which is why we don't do that.

Yeah, so your take, is "disabled? Fuck you then".

So....

You're wrong.

You just, pu,t them wherever, YOU, want apparently,,,

Yeah, you can use them to break up sentances to direct people how to read them.

You're the guy or did

2 teachers, or 3 dogs in a trenchcoat.

So don't @ me about comma use lol.

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u/Germisstuck 2d ago

That's literally a correct way to use commas.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

No, that's for when it's an independent clause.

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u/Germisstuck 2d ago

No, you use commas for both of them, where using them before "or" and "and" is optional, search up the Oxford comma.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

You're trolling. You have to know it's use is a "thing".

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u/Germisstuck 2d ago

Ok, so it's like...everything else in life? You said "your point about my comma usage is invalid because you used commas wrong" (paraphrased, of course) even though the person used commas in a valid way? Then I called you out on it, and you call me a troll? If anything, you're the troll here.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

So you're allowed to call them one worker and I'm not allowed to be on the no oxford commas side?

Jfc that's a bold set of priorities.

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