Update on TTW and Yoshi

[daredtowork]

231. Well it's doubtful she could hold down a job in the first place

But while begging for money people are asking her why she isn't looking for work, so she has to put in a try. There is tremendous cultural pressure to keep hurling people at "get a job" whether they can psychologically cope or not. Each time they get canned just makes the traumatic cycle worse.

Arg, now I'm speculating. I don't want to judge TTW's case. Just putting it out there that we shouldn't make a negative assessment, and we should look at the kinds of pressures we add. How many people here say, "Why aren't you looking for a job? Why don't you have a job yet? You could have had a job within this time. You look capable of doing this." We prefer TTW work instead of donating to her (or apparently letting other people donate to her). It seems better if there was someone on the spot who could assess TTW's ability to hold down a job.

By the way, isn't TTW around 50? Her age, and the negative feedback that comes with that, may be playing a role as well.