Monday, June 16, 2008

This Summer in San Fran...

Has been pretty amazing actually. I am loving being able to live with my amazing girlfriend.

The job is ok. I do get to do interesting work and i definitely feel as though my work has purpose. The downside is that the clerks really aren't treated as equals. There is a pervasive attitude in the office that the clerks are only going to be there for a summer, so why bother getting invested? This coming from an office in which half of the staff were former clerks. It is pretty ridiculous. Other than that it is totally awesome. I get to drink lots of free sodas and I get all kinds of free food all the time. i love free stuff.

Another downside that I just thought of... the homeless. They are everywhere. And I'm not saying let's put 'em in a van and ship them to D.C. like Atlanta did. I'm saying, there are programs to help these people in other cities that actually work. Why doesn't SF do what the other cities do?

more later...

1 comment:

linda said...

San Francisco is a really small city (geographic area-wise) and has a mild year-round climate. It almost makes sense that we see more homeless there. But there are services for homeless there, too. What programs from other cities do you think San Fran should adopt? I'm always really interested in this issue.