Would you risk your life to go to work during a blizzard? 

This week, in the northeastern part of the US, we were hit with a pretty monster blizzard. And that meant a travel ban for the better part of Sunday and Monday. That meant that unless you NEEDED to go somewhere, you were staying the heck at home. No need to incur extra risk. It was the perfect night for staying in and making a big pot of soup, watching a movie, and going to bed early. If you were a non-essential worker, then you were probably either working from home or you were dismissed from your duties for the day. This is the reasonable thing. You don’t want people getting into accidents just to go work a shift at the corner store. But bad bosses continue to be bad bosses, and that means that not everyone was so lucky. 

Sometimes jobs require sacrifice. They make us sacrifice our time and our freedom, but that’s a tradeoff we know we’re making. Anything above that should be up to our own discretion. If your job is not a life-threatening job (and even if it is), then you should always prioritize your own safety over the bottom line of a company. This might anger the higher-ups, but it’s your right as a human to put yourself first. At the end of the day, you’re living your one wild and precious life, and you have to take care of that before you take care of a job.