What can we DU now to help TTW and Yoshi ?

[daredtowork]

371. I don't think TTW is averse to those jobs

I did see the stripper remark that the "skeptics" kept posting. But TTW also made other remarks relating to having to change into a uniform and a job at a pharmacy. It's possible she's just in an exhausted stressed condition (she's mentioned little sleep) and frequently loses her job. Once you lose your job so many times, it may be hard to get work again. Also, even people hiring for "retail and fast food" might hire by stereotype and prefer certain types of hires. In high school I could never get a job as a waitress because people in my own home time regarded me as clumsy. After college I tried to get a stop gap job and discovered I was already considered over-qualified: I tried to work in two record stores, a video store, and a sci fi novelty shop before I retreated into temp work myself. IMHO, those employers do look at you and make a judgment about whether you are right for the job - and the older you get, the worse it is.

I think the test of your drama theory would be whether TTW would behave the same way if she were well off, had a stable place to live, and has treated with a modicum of respect by those around here. IMHO, drama comes out of an interpersonal dynamic. But since TTW is at the bottom now, we'd both agree she's in a place of almost absolute drama now.

IMHO, again, the only real help for TTW is a good case manager who can organize things with her, help get her in stable housing, and keep tabs on whether she gets and can hold down a stable job. I'd hope she is establishing a good relationship at a medicaid medical clinic (which can establish a trail of documentation for her) as well.