"Gabriel," the Labor Ready supervisor calls five minutes later. I get up from my chair and learn that there’s work for me, if I want it, unloading auto parts in Staten Island. Pay is .25 an hour. Forgotten is the safety quiz. He hands me gloves, I’m given directions to the site — take the R train to 86th street, and then the S79 bus over the Verrazano Bridge — and walk out the door. It’s 8:45 a.m.

It takes over an hour to get to the store. I walk inside and identify myself as a Labor Ready employee. Two men behind the counter look up. "You’re late, Labor Ready," one of them tells me in an obnoxious voice. "The other guys are already downstairs. Better hope they don’t just send you home."

I walk through the store and down a set of wooden stairs, where five other men are taking auto parts off the shelves and stacking them in grocery carts. "You Labor Ready?" one of them asks, who appears Middle Eastern.

"Yep."

He explains something about taking red boxes down, and I join in.

There are four other men in my work crew, the friendliest being a skinny 18-year-old from East New York that graduated from high school earlier this year. He’s been working with Labor Ready for two months, and while we load up a cart he explains a few things that he feels I should know. "You work at Labor Ready, you’re at the very bottom — you know that right? No way you can work your way up here. See, this place here paying you seven bucks an hour, but they payin’ Labor Ready maybe twice that. We at the bottom."

"So why are you here?" I ask.

He shrugs. "It keeps me awake. Nothing else does that. And why should I go to college? You get out, owe a bunch of money, and you’ll still be working at McDonalds, just like everyone else."

We spend the next six hours moving engine starters among shelves, unloading a truck, and taking inventory. We’re all sweating a bit, but make sure to take numerous impromptu breaks when the supervisor leaves, which he does every hour or so. By the end of the day we meet with our boss, a friendly white man, who tells us he appreciates our work and grants us a few extra hours on our time sheets. For my six hours of work, he writes nine. A nice guy.

By the time we get back to Labor Ready’s office it’s dark outside. My gross pay is .25, but is cut to .40 after taxes. I walk with the teenager from East New York and another worker to a nearby check-cashing place, and am charged one dollar for the transaction. Now I’ve got .40 cash in my wallet.

On the train home I take an inventory of my finances. It cost me two dollars in subway fare to get here, and another four dollars to get to Staten Island and back, then a final two dollars to get home (I could have saved a dollar by purchasing an unlimited card, but I couldn’t have known this at the time that I boarded my first train). So after a 12-hour period spent waiting, traveling and working, my net income for the day is .40 (I don’t blame Labor Ready for the check cashing fee) — and that’s with a boss that tacked on three extra hours. Plus, I was lucky enough to get work. Many times, according to veteran Labor Ready employees, you show up at 5 a.m., wait for hours, and leave with nothing to show for it.

This waiting in the office and staring at the walls — equal parts boredom and desperation — becomes translated in business plan speak as a "flexible workforce." If one is homeless, an addict, recently out of prison, or otherwise having a hard time finding work, Labor Ready offers the chance to earn a little cash. All they ask if that you show up early, sit around for hours, not curse, not be a sleepyhead, not wear baggy pants, leave the bling bling at home, pass the test, travel wherever they send you, pay for that travel, be nice to the boss, not steal anything, and 86 the doo-rags.

The result is a "win-win" for Labor Ready and their temporary employees. I’ve made .40 today. Labor Ready’s revenue was more than billion last year. It’s great to play for a winning team.

A few weeks ago this frequent shopper that comes in my work maybe 3 to 4 times a week shops at my work , at first I thought he was just being nice and friendly,then a few weeks later I was out on my schedule time frame for charts. He was coming up to me form the parking lot and I was inside the cart area where we gather the carts and bring them back in to the main cart area wear people get the carts form. While I was inside the mini cart area this person comes into the mini cart area and starts talking to me and I forgot what he said before he gave me the hug and then he started saying that he loves me more than once and the he finally let me go.
Then on july 14th around five thrifty I was going on my break and so I got a soda and then I went and stood in line then this person comes up behind me and just grabs my upper arm and one of my co workers kind of saw what happen but I am not hundred percent positive that she saw what happen so a few minutes later my other co worker told my supervisor what happen so she paged another checker to relive her so we could talk about that happened.
But she told me to wait until we got up stairs into my boss office so it would be more private and confidential and so as soon as I go up stairs she unlocked the door and me and her started talk and we where waiting for another one of my co workers to get up stairs. So as soon as the other co worker go up stairs I told my supervisor and the other co worker what had happen. So I told her that this guy has been bothering me and he keeps touching me and she asked me if he had touched my breast and I told her no and she told me that she was going to call the store manager.

So she told me just to wait until she got off the phone. Also she asked to see the receipt for the soda so she could right down the time which I did a few minutes after she go off of the phone. She told me that my boss told me to make a statement with as much details as I can. Also he is not allowed to shop at the store which I don’t know how long that will before but when I got home my night time supervisor called me to check to see if I got home which I did so a few minutes after I calm down a bit form what had happened to me.

I called my work back and talked to my night time supervisor and so she wants me to call my work tomorrow and to speak with my assistant store manager, I feel so violated form what he did to me and I basically feel threaded by him and intimated by him and also ashamed of what he did and also insulting.

I don’t know if I can tell my therapist this but I feel I need to in order to get through this difficult time I just can’t stop crying over this I wish this was a easy fix but I guess not. I feel if I don’t tell my therapist then I am hiding a big secret form her. I want to cut my self bad to the point of leaving a huge scar on my body.

what should I do? i don’t see my therapist until next Thursday and don’t see my other doctor until September should i show both of them the statement that I typed up for work?? what do i do in the mean time i feel so down and bad help me a lot scared to go to work because problem. Very upset about this i have not been able to sleep at all last night because I feel like he is going to threaten me again.
I know I should Go to the police and get a restraining order against this guy so he doesn’t come within 500 Ft of me.

why do I feel like cutting due to this problem by the way my age is 21 years old and i do have witnesses to this to, also i want to take him to court and get him arrested how would I go about doing this? , i started cutting again and can,t stop due to this problem.
I was supposed to call my work and talk with the assistant manager but I just can find the power inside me to do it yet I believe I am still worried about what is to come with the up coming police report and other things i have to do in order to be free form this crazy person is trying to hurt me
need more answer and what should i keep in the statment for work and what should i deleate

A few weeks ago this frequent shopper that comes in my work maybe 3 to 4 times a week shops at my work , at first I thought he was just being nice and friendly,then a few weeks later I was out on my schedule time frame for charts he was coming up to me form the parking lot and I was inside the cart area where we gather the carts and bring them back in to the main cart area wear people get the carts form and while I was inside the mini cart area this person comes into the mini cart area and starts talking to me and I forgot what he said before he gave me the hug and then he started saying that he loves me more than once and the he finally let me go and then today around five thrifty I was going on my break and so I got a soda and then I went and stood in line and then this person comes up behind me and just grabs my upper arm and one of my co workers kind of saw what happen but I am not hundred percent positive that she saw what happen so a few minutes later my other co worker told my supervisor what happen so she paged another checker to relive her so we could talk about that happened but she told me to wait until we got up stairs into my boss office so it would be more private and confidential and so as soon as I go up stairs she unlocked the door and me and her started talk and we where waiting for another one of my co workers to get up stairs so as soon as the other co worker go up stairs I told my supervisor and the other co worker what had happen and so I told her that this guy has been bothering me and he keeps touching me and she asked me if he had touched my breast and I told her no and she told me that she was going to call the store manager and so she told me just to wait until she go off the phone and also she asked to see the receipt for the soda so she could right down the time which I did a few minutes after she go off of the phone she told me that my boss told me to white a statement with as much details as I can and also he is not allowed to shop at the store which I don’t know how long that will before but when I got home my night time supervisor called me to check to see if I got home which I did so a few minutes after I calm down a bit form what had happened to me I called my work back and talked to my night time supervisor and so she wants me to call my work tomorrow and to speak with my assistant store manager, I feel so violated form what he did to me and I basically feel threaded by him and intimated by him and also ashamed of what he did and also insulting, I don’t know if I can tell my therapist this but I feel I need to in order to get through this difficult time i just can’t stop crying over this I wish this was a easy fix but I guess not I feel if I don’t tell my therapist then I am hiding a big secret form her, i want to cut my self bad to the point of leaving a huge scar on my body what should i do i don’t see my therapist until next thursday and don’t see my other doctor until september should i show both of them the statement that i typed up for work and what do i do in the mean time i feel so down and bad help me need a lot of answers scared to go to work because problem please need serious answers no mean answers of insulting answers very upset about this i have not been able to sleep at all last night because l like he is going to threaten me again

a few weeks ago this frequent shopper that comes in my work maybe 3 to 4 times a week shops at my work , at first I thought he was just being nice and friendly,then a few weeks later I was out on my schedule time frame for charts. He was coming up to me form the parking lot and I was inside the cart area where we gather the carts and bring them back in to the main cart area wear people get the carts form. While I was inside the mini cart area this person comes into the mini cart area and starts talking to me and I forgot what he said before he gave me the hug and then he started saying that he loves me more than once and the he finally let me go and then on july 14th around five thrifty I was going on my break and so I got a soda and then I went and stood in line and then this person comes up behind me and just grabs my upper arm and one of my co workers kind of saw what happen but I am not hundred percent positive that she saw what happen so a few minutes later my other co worker told my supervisor what happen so she paged another checker to relive her so we could talk about that happened but she told me to wait until we got up stairs into my boss office so it would be more private and confidential and so as soon as I go up stairs she unlocked the door and me and her started talk and we where waiting for another one of my co workers to get up stairs so as soon as the other co worker go up stairs I told my supervisor and the other co worker what had happen and so I told her that this guy has been bothering me and he keeps touching me and she asked me if he had touched my breast and I told her no and she told me that she was going to call the store manager and so she told me just to wait until she go off the phone and also she asked to see the receipt for the soda so she could right down the time which I did a few minutes after she go off of the phone she told me that my boss told me to white a statement with as much details as I can and also he is not allowed to shop at the store which I don’t know how long that will before but when I got home my night time supervisor called me to check to see if I got home which I did so a few minutes after I calm down a bit form what had happened to me I called my work back and talked to my night time supervisor and so she wants me to call my work tomorrow and to speak with my assistant store manager, I feel so violated form what he did to me and I basically feel threaded by him and intimated by him and also ashamed of what he did and also insulting, I don’t know if I can tell my therapist this but I feel I need to in order to get through this difficult time i just can’t stop crying over this I wish this was a easy fix but I guess not I feel if I don’t tell my therapist then I am hiding a big secret form her, i want to cut my self bad to the point of leaving a huge scar on my body what should i do i don’t see my therapist until next thursday and don’t see my other doctor until september should i show both of them the statement that i typed up for work and what do i do in the mean time i feel so down and bad help me need a lot of answers scared to go to work because problem please need serious answers no mean answers of insulting answers very upset about this i have not been able to sleep at all last night because l like he is going to threaten me again i know i should Go to the police and get a restraining order against this guy so he doesn’t come within 500 Ft. i am i messing anything in my statement for work or what not need a ton of answers why do i feel like cutting due to this problem by the way my age is 21 years old and i do have witnesses to this to and also i want to take him to court and get him arrested how would i go about doing this and i started cutting again and can,t stop please no rude comments please ok so today i saw this son of a bitch Again i try ed to get his license plate number but he drove away to fast help me i don’t know what to do i feel like he is stoking me at work and i cant sleep at night because of this
my work is doing nothing about this.
my work has done thing about this situation what should i do about this i don’t want to go to work tomorrow
i don’t want to go to work tomorrow what should i do

a few weeks ago this frequent shopper that comes in my work maybe 3 to 4 times a week shops at my work , at first I thought he was just being nice and friendly,then a few weeks later I was out on my schedule time frame for charts. He was coming up to me form the parking lot and I was inside the cart area where we gather the carts and bring them back in to the main cart area wear people get the carts form. While I was inside the mini cart area this person comes into the mini cart area and starts talking to me and I forgot what he said before he gave me the hug and then he started saying that he loves me more than once and the he finally let me go and then on july 14th around five thrifty I was going on my break and so I got a soda and then I went and stood in line and then this person comes up behind me and just grabs my upper arm and one of my co workers kind of saw what happen but I am not hundred percent positive that she saw what happen so a few minutes later my other co worker told my supervisor what happen so she paged another checker to relive her so we could talk about that happened but she told me to wait until we got up stairs into my boss office so it would be more private and confidential and so as soon as I go up stairs she unlocked the door and me and her started talk and we where waiting for another one of my co workers to get up stairs so as soon as the other co worker go up stairs I told my supervisor and the other co worker what had happen and so I told her that this guy has been bothering me and he keeps touching me and she asked me if he had touched my breast and I told her no and she told me that she was going to call the store manager and so she told me just to wait until she go off the phone and also she asked to see the receipt for the soda so she could right down the time which I did a few minutes after she go off of the phone she told me that my boss told me to white a statement with as much details as I can and also he is not allowed to shop at the store which I don’t know how long that will before but when I got home my night time supervisor called me to check to see if I got home which I did so a few minutes after I calm down a bit form what had happened to me I called my work back and talked to my night time supervisor and so she wants me to call my work tomorrow and to speak with my assistant store manager, I feel so violated form what he did to me and I basically feel threaded by him and intimated by him and also ashamed of what he did and also insulting, I don’t know if I can tell my therapist this but I feel I need to in order to get through this difficult time i just can’t stop crying over this I wish this was a easy fix but I guess not I feel if I don’t tell my therapist then I am hiding a big secret form her, i want to cut my self bad to the point of leaving a huge scar on my body what should i do i don’t see my therapist until next thursday and don’t see my other doctor until september should i show both of them the statement that i typed up for work and what do i do in the mean time i feel so down and bad help me need a lot of answers scared to go to work because problem please need serious answers no mean answers of insulting answers very upset about this i have not been able to sleep at all last night because l like he is going to threaten me again i know i should Go to the police and get a restraining order against this guy so he doesn’t come within 500 Ft. i am i messing anything in my statement for work or what not need a ton of answers why do i feel like cutting due to this problem by the way my age is 21 years old and i do have witnesses to this to and also i want to take him to court and get him arrested how would i go about doing this and i started cutting again and can,t stop please no rude comments please ok so today i saw this son of a ***** Again i try ed to get his license plate number but he drove away to fast help me i don’t know what to do i feel like he is stoking me at work and i cant sleep at night because of this problem
my work is doing nothing about this.
my work has done thing about this situation what should i do about this i don’t want to go to work tomorrow
i don’t want to go to work tomorrow what should i do

A few weeks ago this frequent shopper that comes in my work maybe 3 to 4 times a week shops at my work , at first I thought he was just being nice and friendly,then a few weeks later I was out on my schedule time frame for charts he was coming up to me form the parking lot and I was inside the cart area where we gather the carts and bring them back in to the main cart area wear people get the carts form and while I was inside the mini cart area this person comes into the mini cart area and starts talking to me and I forgot what he said before he gave me the hug and then he started saying that he loves me more than once and the he finally let me go and then on july 14th around five thrifty I was going on my break and so I got a soda and then I went and stood in line and then this person comes up behind me and just grabs my upper arm and one of my co workers kind of saw what happen but I am not hundred percent positive that she saw what happen so a few minutes later my other co worker told my supervisor what happen so she paged another checker to relive her so we could talk about that happened but she told me to wait until we got up stairs into my boss office so it would be more private and confidential and so as soon as I go up stairs she unlocked the door and me and her started talk and we where waiting for another one of my co workers to get up stairs so as soon as the other co worker go up stairs I told my supervisor and the other co worker what had happen and so I told her that this guy has been bothering me and he keeps touching me and she asked me if he had touched my breast and I told her no and she told me that she was going to call the store manager and so she told me just to wait until she go off the phone and also she asked to see the receipt for the soda so she could right down the time which I did a few minutes after she go off of the phone she told me that my boss told me to white a statement with as much details as I can and also he is not allowed to shop at the store which I don’t know how long that will before but when I got home my night time supervisor called me to check to see if I got home which I did so a few minutes after I calm down a bit form what had happened to me I called my work back and talked to my night time supervisor and so she wants me to call my work tomorrow and to speak with my assistant store manager, I feel so violated form what he did to me and I basically feel threaded by him and intimated by him and also ashamed of what he did and also insulting, I don’t know if I can tell my therapist this but I feel I need to in order to get through this difficult time i just can’t stop crying over this I wish this was a easy fix but I guess not I feel if I don’t tell my therapist then I am hiding a big secret form her, i want to cut my self bad to the point of leaving a huge scar on my body what should i do i don’t see my therapist until next thursday and don’t see my other doctor until september should i show both of them the statement that i typed up for work and what do i do in the mean time i feel so down and bad help me need a lot of answers scared to go to work because problem please need serious answers no mean answers of insulting answers very upset about this i have not been able to sleep at all last night because l like he is going to threaten me again i know i should Go to the police and get a restraining order against this guy so he doesn’t come within 500 Ft. i am i messing anything in my statement for work or what not need a ton of answers why do i feel like cutting due to this problem by the way my age is 21 years old and i do have witnesses to this to and also i want to take him to court and get him arrested how would i go about doing this