>>17874982I'm just still waiting for my union guy to call me back and hook me up. I'm trying to get work as a merchant mariner, working on ocean-faring vessels and what not, and joining the SIU was my best course of action for this with regards to entry-level work as an OS. Nevertheless, as each day passes by, and I have to rely more and more on my parents to help pay my rent until I actually have an income of my own, it just eats away at me and reinforces my old views (which never really went away, albeit) that young men like me who are willing to work are just absolutely fucked as just simply nobody wants to hire without a shit load of hoops to jump through. I HAD something lined up with the union, but because I so stupidly told the medical people when getting my physical done that I had a history of anxiety/depression, they used that as a demerit for me to not qualify for a fully cleared "MSC physical", which is what was necessary for me to get on the vessel he had lined up for me. It was that, and the whole "flu/covid vaccine" bullshit as well. So I'm cleared to work, but only on strictly commercial vessels only, for a company that still isn't requiring that vax bullshit. He said it's possible, but it may take time for him to locate one/one to pop up. He's understanding about it all, and is really trying to help me out, but there's only so much he can do, and only so fast. There are other, more senior members who gotta be taken care of too.
God, I fucking hate everything. I just WANT TO FUCKING WORK. WHY WON'T THEY JUST LET ME FUCKING WORK.
