Afternoon Must-Read: Joseph Williams: My Life as a Retail Worker: Nasty, Brutish, and Cheap

The problem with stories like this is that the author reveals himself to be either a clueless dork or an unreliable narrator by virtue of assuming the authorial persona of someone who did not realize what life was really like for typical Americans until he fell out of the bubble and it affected him personally.

But if you can look past that… very good:

My Life as a Retail Worker: Nasty, Brutish, and Cheap – Joseph Williams: “After veteran reporter Joseph Williams lost his job,

he could only find employment in a sporting-goods store. In a personal essay, he recalls his struggles with challenges millions of Americans return to day after day.