This week we read  Ehrenreich, It was very eye opening to me. She speaks on the working poor. The treatment of these people is bad. The people who own these restaurants, stores, and little businesses know these people need these jobs and money so little pay is offered. Within these jobs Ehrenreich worked  especially the maid job. That one surprised me the most. She was suppose to be invisible and when seen it was usually because she was in trouble. Which just reminded of women in society this is typically a women’s job and most times in personal life this is rules for them, especially during earlier times. I could only imagine going to work and dealing with the same thing you go through at home. This can cause major psychological problems. She speaks on how she felt herself changing and she was becoming meaner.

We also read an article on a women who was actually lived in the working poor class. She explained how hard it was for her to get a job the basics to get a home, phone, etc, things necessary. It was described as you need one for the other. You must look a certain way, very approachable and nice, especially for jobs where you communicate with customers. Addiction was a big theme throughout the articles. Almost each person had something they did that helped take the load off.   Also how dependent everyone had to be on some else. No one could do it by themselves.