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The 1st two paragraphs of the article are brutal. A surreal way to start a narrative. Is that even real ? Sounds like it belongs in a movie script.
by IG_Semmelweiss 2y ago
The 1st two paragraphs of the article are brutal. A surreal way to start a narrative. Is that even real ? Sounds like it belongs in a movie script.
- alephnerd 2y agoIt's an excerpt from a book. A lot of Guardian "articles" are just excerpts like this or op-eds. They know their market.
- j45 2y agoIt's real. Maybe it's surreal in part because it's so far removed from the end users receiving the benefits.
- Lerc 2y agoIt certainly doesn't portray a typical or common occurrence. It's depicting a traumatic situation akin to an emergency worker having to deal with a loved one as a patient. This does happen. It is also rare, but mostly unavoidable because it can't be predicted. The best that can be offered is support for traumatized people. The support the article says was offered was clearly insufficient, but after a sensationalized opening such as that, I end up doubting the credibility of the article as a whole. Worker welfare is an important issue, world-wide. I feel like books like the one this article comes from are just finding a new way to exploit these people.
- foobarbecue 2y agoYeah, I don't understand how this would happen. These moderators are viewing stuff from all over the world, right? So how would this one person be assigned stuff from her own neighborhood -- not just one item, but many? It seems almost impossible, unless for some reason they're assigning people stuff from their areas.