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Ngentsasa yangoMeyi 25, 2019, umhloli wokhuseleko lokutya kwiziko lokulungisa inyama laseCargill eDodge City, eKansas, wabona umbono ophazamisayo. Kwindawo yezityalo zeChimneys, inkunzi yenkomo yaseHereford yachacha ekudutyulweni ebunzi ngompu webholiti. Mhlawumbi akazange aphulukane nayo. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, oku akufanele kwenzeke. Inkunzi yenkomo yayibotshelelwa kumlenze wayo wangasemva ngetyathanga lentsimbi yaza yajinga yajongisa phantsi. Ubonise oko umzi-mveliso wenyama wase-US ubiza ngokuba "ziimpawu zobuntununtunu." Ukuphefumla kwakhe “kwakunesingqisho.” Amehlo ebevuleke eshukuma. Wazama ukolula, nto leyo edla ngokwenza izilwanyana ngokugoba umqolo wazo. Ekuphela kophawu angazange alubonise “yayikucula”.
Umhloli osebenzela iUSDA wayalela amagosa emihlambi ukuba ayeke amatyathanga omoya ahambayo adibanisa iinkomo kunye “nokucofa” izilwanyana. Kodwa xa omnye wabo warhuqa isiqhushumbisi sesandla, umpu wadubula kakubi. Omnye weza nomnye umpu ukuze agqibezele umsebenzi. Kwiphetshana elichaza esi siganeko, abahloli babhala bathi: “Isi silwanyana sothuka ngokwaneleyo,” bechaza ukuba “ixesha elisusela ekujongeni indlela ekubonakala ukuba aziphethe kakuhle ngayo ukuya kutsho ekugqibeleni kothuswe kukubulawelwa iintlungu ngenxa yokuba yayiyimizuzu emi-2 ukuya kwemi-3.”
Kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kweso siganeko, i-USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service yakhupha isilumkiso malunga nesityalo "sokusilela ukuthintela ukuphathwa kakubi kunye nokubulawa kwemfuyo," ichaza imbali yesityalo sokuthobela. I-FSIS iyalele i-arhente ukuba iphuhlise isicwangciso sesenzo sokuqinisekisa ukuba iziganeko ezifanayo aziyi kuphinda zenzeke. Ngomhla wesi-4 kuJuni, isebe liphumeze isicwangciso esiziswe ngumlawuli womzi-mveliso laza lathi kwileta eya kuye liza kulibazisa isigqibo malunga nezohlwayo. Itsheyina lingaqhubeka nokusebenza kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-5,800 yeenkomo inokuxhelwa ngosuku.
Ndiqale ukungena kwi-stack ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha kulo nyaka uphelileyo, emva kokusebenza kumzi-mveliso ixesha elingaphezu kweenyanga ezine. Ukuze ndimfumane, ndafika kwangethuba ngenye imini ndaza ndahamba ngomva ngetyathanga. Yi-surreal ukubona inkqubo yokuxhela umva, ukujonga inyathelo ngenyathelo into efunekayo ukuze ihlanganise inkomo kwakhona: ukubuyisela amalungu ayo kumqolo womzimba wayo; buyisela intloko yakhe entanyeni yakhe; buyisela ulusu emzimbeni; ubuyisela igazi emithanjeni.
Xa ndandityelele kwindawo yokuxhela, ndabona impuphu ecandekileyo ilele kwitanki lentsimbi kwindawo yokulutywa, yaye umgangatho wesitena esibomvu uzele ligazi elibomvu eliqaqambileyo. Ngaxa lithile, ibhinqa elinxibe ifaskoti yerabha eyenziwe emthubi lalicheba inyama kwintloko echetyiweyo nengenalusu. Umhloli weUSDA owayesebenza ecaleni kwakhe wayesenza into efanayo. Ndambuza ukuba ufuna ukusika ntoni. "I-lymph nodes," watsho. Kamva ndafumanisa ukuba wayesenza uhlolisiso oluqhelekileyo lwezifo nosulelo.
Ngethuba lokuhamba kwam kokugqibela kwi-stack, ndazama ukungabonakali. Ndema ngodonga olungasemva ndaza ndabukela amadoda amabini, emi eqongeni, esenza amanxeba emi nkqo emqaleni wenkomo nganye edlulayo. Ngokokubona kwam, zonke izilwanyana zazingekho zingqondweni, nangona ezinye zazikhaba zingathandi. Ndaqhubeka ndibukele kwade kwafika uSupervisor wandibuza ukuba ndenzani. Ndamxelela ukuba ndifuna ukubona ukuba injani le ndawo yesityalo. “Kufuneka uhambe,” watsho. "Awunakuza apha ngaphandle kwemaski." Ndacela uxolo ndamxelela ukuba ndizohamba. Andikwazi kuhlala ixesha elide kunjalo. Ishifti yam sele iza kuqalisa.
Ukufumana umsebenzi eCargill kulula ngendlela emangalisayo. Isicelo se-intanethi "semveliso jikelele" sinamaphepha amathandathu ubude. Inkqubo yokuzaliswa ayithathi ngaphezu kwemizuzu eyi-15. Andizange ndicelwe ukuba ndingenise i-resume, ndingasathethi ke ngeleta yengcebiso. Eyona nxalenye ibalulekileyo yesicelo yifomu yemibuzo eli-14, ebandakanya oku kulandelayo:
Ngaba unamava okusika inyama ngemela (oku akubandakanyi ukusebenza kwivenkile yokutya okanye ukutya okuphekiweyo)?”
"Mingaphi iminyaka osebenza ngayo kwimveliso yenyama yenkomo (efana nokuxhela okanye ukulungisa, endaweni yevenkile yokutya okanye i-deli)?"
"Mingaphi iminyaka oye wasebenza kwindawo yokuvelisa okanye yefektri (efana nomgca wendibano okanye umsebenzi wokuvelisa)?"
Iiyure ezi-4 kwimizuzu engama-20 emva kokucofa u- "Thumela" ndifumene i-imeyile eqinisekisa udliwanondlebe lwam ngomnxeba ngosuku olulandelayo (ngoMeyi 19, 2020). Udliwano-ndlebe lwathabatha imizuzu emithathu. Xa inenekazi elibonisayo landibuza igama lomqeshi wam wamva nje, ndamxelela ukuba yiFirst Church of Christ, isazinzulu, umpapashi weChristian Science Monitor. Ukususela ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2018 ndandisebenza kwi-Observer. Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo iminyaka emine ndingumbhali waseBeijing weObserver. Ndawuyeka umsebenzi wam ukuze ndifunde isiTshayina ndaza ndasebenza umsebenzi osebenza ngokuzimeleyo.
Landula ke eli bhinqa landibuza imibuzo eliqela malunga nexesha nesizathu sokuba ndihambe. Ekuphela kombuzo owandenza ndanqumama ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe yayingowokugqibela.
Kwangaxeshanye, eli bhinqa lathi “ndinelungelo lokufumana umsebenzi owenziwe ngomlomo.” Undixelele ngezithuba ezintandathu umzi-mveliso uqeshela zona. Wonke umntu wayekwishifti yesibini, ngelo xesha eyayiqala ngo-15:45 ukuya ku-12:30 de kwayi-1 am. Ezintathu kuzo zibandakanya ukuvuna, inxalenye yomzi-mveliso odla ngokubizwa ngokuba yindawo yokuxhela, yaye ezintathu ziquka ukulungisa, ukulungisa inyama ukuze ihanjiswe ezivenkileni nakwiivenkile zokutyela.
Ngokukhawuleza ndagqiba ekubeni ndifune umsebenzi kumzi-mveliso. Ehlotyeni, amaqondo obushushu kwindawo yokuxhela anokufikelela kwi-100 degrees, yaye njengoko ibhinqa elalisemnxebeni lachazayo, “ivumba linamandla ngenxa yokufuma,” kuze ke kubekho umsebenzi ngokwawo, imisebenzi enjengokuhluba ulusu “nokucoca ulwimi.” Emva kokuba ulukhuphe ulwimi lwakho, ibhinqa lithi, “Kuza kufuneka uluxhome ehukeni.” Kwelinye icala, indlela awuchaza ngayo lo mzi-mveliso iwenza ubonakale ungaphantsi kwamaxesha aphakathi kwaye ufane nevenkile ethengisa inyama elingana neshishini. Umkhosi omncinane wabasebenzi kumgca wendibano wasarha, waxhela waza wapakisha yonke inyama yenkomo. Amaqondo obushushu kwiindibano zocweyo zesityalo asuka kuma-32 ukuya kuma-36 degrees. Noko ke, eli bhinqa landixelela ukuba usebenza kakhulu yaye “awuyiva ingqele xa ungena endlwini.”
Sikhangela izithuba. I-chuck cap puller yapheliswa ngokukhawuleza kuba yayifuna ukuhamba kunye nokusika ngaxeshanye. I-sternum kufuneka isuswe ngokulandelayo ngenxa yesizathu esilula sokuba ukususa into ebizwa ngokuba yi-pectoral finger phakathi kwamalungu ayibonakali inomtsalane. Konke okuseleyo kukusikwa kokugqibela kwekhatriji. Ngokwalo mfazi, umsebenzi wawumalunga nokucheba iinxalenye zekhatriji, "kungakhathaliseki nokuba basebenzela ntoni na." Inzima kangakanani? Ndiyacinga. Ndaxelela umfazi ukuba ndiza kuyithatha. “Kulungile,” watsho, emva koko wandixelela ngomvuzo wam wokuqalisa (iidola ezili-16.20 ngeyure) kunye nemigaqo yesithembiso sam somsebenzi.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, emva kokuhlolwa kwemvelaphi, uvavanyo lweziyobisi, kunye nomzimba, ndafumana umnxeba kunye nomhla wokuqala: ngoJuni 8, ngoMvulo olandelayo. Ndihlala nomama wam ukusukela phakathi kuMatshi ngenxa yobhubhani we-coronavirus, kwaye malunga neyure ezine ukusuka eTopeka ukuya kwisiXeko saseDodge. Ndagqiba kwelokuba ndihambe ngeCawe.
Kubusuku bangaphambi kokuba sihambe, mna nomama saya kwindlu kadade wethu kunye nomlamu wam ukuze sifumane isidlo sangokuhlwa. “Le isenokuba yinto yokugqibela eninayo,” watsho udade wethu xa wasitsalela umnxeba waza wasimemela kwindawo yakhe. Umninawa wam uqhotse ii-steaks ezimbini ze-ribeye ze-ribeye zakhe kunye nam kunye ne-24-ounce tenderloin kamama kunye nodadewethu. Ndancedisa udadewethu ekulungiseleleni i-side dish: iitapile ezicujiweyo kunye neembotyi eziluhlaza zigalelwe ibhotolo kunye negrisi yebhekoni. Isidlo esiqhelekileyo esiphekwe ekhaya sosapho olukumgangatho ophakathi eKansas.
I-steak yayilungile njengayo nayiphi na into endiyizamile. Kunzima ukuyichaza ngaphandle kokuvakala njengentengiso ye-Applebee: i-crust charred, ijusi, inyama ethambileyo. Ndizama ukutya kancinci ukuze ndikwazi ukungcamla yonke into endilumayo. Kodwa kungekudala ndathabatheka yincoko ndaza, ndingacinganga, ndagqiba ukutya kwam. Kwilizwe elinabemi abangaphezu kwesibini beenkomo, ngaphezu kwe-5 yeebhiliyoni zeeponti zenkomo ziveliswa ngonyaka, kwaye iintsapho ezininzi (kubandakanywa neyam kunye noodade bam abathathu xa sasibancinci) bazalise iifriji zabo ngenyama yenkomo minyaka le. Kulula ukuyithatha nje inyama yenkomo.
Iplanti yeCargill ikumda osemazantsi-mpuma weDodge City, kufutshane neplanti yenyama enkudlwana kancinane eyeyeNnyama yeSizwe. Zombini ezi ndawo zikwiziphelo ezichaseneyo zeemayile ezimbini zeyona ndlela iyingozi kumzantsi-ntshona weKansas. Kukho amaziko okucoca amanzi amdaka kunye nendawo yokutya ekufutshane. Kwiintsuku zasehlotyeni ezidlulileyo ndandiguliswa livumba le-lactic acid, i-hydrogen sulfide, ilindle kunye nokufa. Ubushushu obutshisayo buya kwenza imeko ibe mandundu.
Amathafa aPhakamileyo akumzantsi-ntshona weKansas alikhaya kwizityalo ezine ezinkulu zokulungisa inyama: ezimbini kwisiXeko saseDodge, esinye kwisiXeko saseLiberty (iNyama yeSizwe) kunye nenye kufutshane neGarden City (Tyson Foods). IDodge City yaba likhaya lezityalo ezimbini zokupakisha inyama, ikhowudi efanelekileyo kwimbali yamandulo yesixeko. Yasekwa ngo-1872 yiAtchison, iTopeka kunye neSanta Fe Railroad, iDodge City ekuqaleni yayiyindawo yabazingeli beenyathi. Emva kokuba imihlambi yeenkomo eyayifudula izulazula kumaThafa Amakhulu itshatyalalisiwe (singasathethi ke ngamaMerika Omthonyama awayekhe ahlala apho), esi sixeko saguqukela kurhwebo lwemfuyo.
Phantse ngobusuku nje obunye, isiXeko saseDodge, ngokutsho kosomashishini odumileyo wasekuhlaleni, saba “yeyona ntengiso inkulu yeenkomo ehlabathini.” Yayilixesha lamagosa omthetho anjengoWyatt Earp kunye nabadubula ngemipu njengoDoc Holliday, ababegcwele ukungcakaza, imipu kunye nemilo. Ukutsho ukuba iDodge City inebhongo ngelifa layo laseWild West kuya kuba yinto encinci, kwaye akukho ndawo ibhiyozela oku, abanye banokuthi bayintsomi, ilifa lemveli ngaphezu kweMyuziyam yaseBoot Hill. IMyuziyam yaseBoot Hill iku-500 W. Wyatt Earp Avenue, kufutshane neGunsmoke Row kunye neMyuziyam yeGunslinger Wax, kwaye isekwe kumfanekiso opheleleyo weSitalato esasisakuba saduma. Iindwendwe zinokonwabela i-root beer kwi-Long Branch Saloon okanye zithenge iisepha ezenziwe ngezandla kunye ne-fudge yasekhaya kwi-Rath & Co. General Store. Abahlali baseFord County banokungenwa simahla kwimyuziyam, kwaye ndisebenzise ithuba elininzi kweli hlotyeni xa ndifudukela kwigumbi lokulala elinye kufutshane neVFW yendawo.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwexabiso eliyintsomi lembali yeDodge City, ixesha layo laseWild West alizange lihlale ixesha elide. Ngomnyaka we-1885, phantsi koxinzelelo olwandayo oluvela kubafuyi basekhaya, iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseKansas yakuvala ukungeniswa kweenkomo zaseTexas kurhulumente, nto leyo yaphelisa ukuhanjiswa kweenkomo esixekweni. Kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe ezayo, isiXeko saseDodge sahlala siyindawo yokulima ezolileyo. Kwathi ke, ngo-1961, iHyplains Dressed Beef yavula umzi-mveliso wokuqala wenyama esixekweni (ngoku osetyenziswa yiNyama yeSizwe). Ngo-1980, i-subsidiary ye-Cargill yavula isityalo esikufutshane. Imveliso yenkomo ibuyela kwiDodge City.
Izityalo ezine zokupakisha inyama, kunye nabasebenzi abadityanisiweyo abangaphezu kwe-12,800, baphakathi kwabaqeshi abakhulu kumazantsi-ntshona eKansas, kwaye bonke baxhomekeke kubaphambukeli ukuba bancede abasebenzi kwimigca yabo yemveliso. “Abapakishi baphila ngokuvisisana nesaci esithi, ‘Yakhani kwaye baza kuza,’” uDonald Stull, isazi ngembali yabantu ebesenza uphando ngeshishini lokupakisha inyama ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30, wandixelela. "Yiloo nto kanye eyenzekayo."
I-boom yaqala ekuqaleni kwee-1980s ngokufika kweembacu zaseVietnam kunye nabafuduki abavela eMexico nakuMbindi Melika, uStull uthe. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iimbacu ezisuka eMyanmar, eSudan, eSomalia naseDemocratic Republic of Congo ziye zeza kusebenza kumzi-mveliso. Namhlanje, phantse isithathu sabahlali baseDodge City bazalelwa kwamanye amazwe, kwaye isithathu-esihlanu yiSpanishi okanye iLatino. Ukufika kwam kumzi-mveliso ngosuku lwam lokuqala lomsebenzi, kwavela iibhena ezine emnyango, zibhalwe ngesiNgesi, iSpanish, isiFrentshi kunye nesiSomalia, zilumkisa abasebenzi ukuba bahlale ekhaya ukuba baneempawu ze-COVID-19.
Inkoliso yeentsuku zam zokuqala ezimbini ndandizichithela kumzi-mveliso kwigumbi lokufundela elingenazifestile kufuphi nendawo yokuxhela nabanye abaqeshwa abatsha abathandathu. Igumbi lineendonga zebhlokhi ze-beige cinder block kunye nezibane ze-fluorescent. Kudonga olukufutshane nomnyango kwakukho iipowusta ezimbini, enye ngeyesiNgesi enye ngeyeSomali, ezifundeka ngolu hlobo, “Zisa abantu inyama yenkomo.” Ummeli weHR uchithe ixesha elingcono leentsuku ezimbini zokuqhelaniswa nathi, eqinisekisa ukuba asiphulukani nombono wothumo. “ICargill ngumbutho wehlabathi,” utshilo ngaphambi kokuba aqalise inkcazo-ntetho ende yePowerPoint. “Sondla kakhulu ihlabathi. Yiyo loo nto xa i-coronavirus yaqala, asizange sivale. Kuba benilambile, akunjalo?"
Ukusukela ekuqaleni kukaJuni, i-Covid-19 inyanzelise ukuvalwa kwezityalo ezingama-30 zokupakisha inyama e-US kwaye yakhokelela ekuswelekeni kwabasebenzi abangama-74, ngokutsho kweMidwest Centre yeNgxelo yoPhando. Isityalo seCargill sichaze imeko yaso yokuqala nge-13 ka-Epreli. Idatha yezempilo yoluntu yaseKansas ibonisa ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-600 yabasebenzi bomzi mveliso abangama-2,530 bosulelo lwe-COVID-19 ngo-2020. Ubuncinci abantu abane basweleka.
Ngo-Matshi, isityalo saqala ukuphumeza uthotho lwamanyathelo okuphambuka ekuhlaleni, kubandakanywa nalawo acetyisiweyo ngamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo kunye noKhuseleko loMsebenzi kunye noLawulo lwezeMpilo. Inkampani inyuse amaxesha ekhefu, yafaka izahlulo zeplexiglass kwiitafile zecafe kwaye yafaka amakhethini angqindilili eplastiki phakathi kweendawo zokusebenza kwimigca yayo yemveliso. Ngeveki yesithathu ka-Agasti, iintsimbi zentsimbi zavela kwiindawo zangasese zamadoda, zinika abasebenzi indawo ethile (kunye nobumfihlo) kufuphi nemichamo yensimbi engenasici.
Lo mzi-mveliso ukwaqeshe ii-Examinetics ukuvavanya abasebenzi phambi kweshifti nganye. Kwintente emhlophe ekungeneni kwesi sityalo, iqela labasebenzi bezonyango abanxibe iimaski ezi-N95, iingubo ezimhlophe kunye neeglavu bajonga amaqondo obushushu kwaye banikezela ngeemaski ezilahlwayo. Iikhamera ze-Thermal imaging zifakwe kwiplanti ukuze kuhlolwe ubushushu okongeziweyo. Izigqubuthelo zobuso ziyafuneka. Ndihlala ndinxiba imaski elahlayo, kodwa abanye abasebenzi abaninzi bakhetha ukunxiba iigaiters eziluhlaza kunye nelogo yeManyano yeHlabathi yoKutya kunye nabaSebenzi bezoRhwebo okanye iibandana ezimnyama ezinophawu lweCargill kwaye, ngenxa yesizathu esithile, #Engaqhelekanga eprintwe kuzo.
Ukosuleleka yiCoronavirus ayikuphela komngcipheko wezempilo kwisityalo. Ukupakishwa kwenyama kwaziwa kuyingozi. Ngokutsho kweHuman Rights Watch, amanani karhulumente abonisa ukuba ukusuka ku-2015 ukuya ku-2018, umntu osebenza ngenyama okanye inkukhu uya kuphulukana ngamalungu omzimba okanye alaliswe esibhedlele yonke imihla okanye njalo. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala lokuziqhelanisa, omnye umqeshwa omtsha omnyama wase-Alabama uthe wajongana nemeko eyingozi ngelixa esebenza njengompakisheli kwiplanti yeNnyama yeSizwe ekufuphi. Wasonga umkhono wakhe wasekunene, eveza inxeba le-intshi ezine kumphandle wengqiniba. “Ndiphantse ndajika ndaba lubisi lwetshokholethi,” watsho.
Ummeli wakwaHR ubalise ibali elifanayo ngendoda enomkhono wayo wancamathela kwibhanti lokuhambisa. “Uphulukene nengalo ukufika kwakhe apha,” watsho, esalatha kwisiqingatha sebhicephu yakhe yasekhohlo. Wacinga okomzuzwana emva koko wadlulela kwisilayidi se-PowerPoint esilandelayo: “Olu lucango olulungileyo lobundlobongela emsebenzini.” Waqala ukucacisa umgaqo-nkqubo kaCargill wokunganyamezeli nto kwimipu.
Kwiyure elandelayo enemizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu, siza kugxila emalini kwaye imibutho yabasebenzi ingasinceda njani senze imali eninzi. Amagosa eManyano asixelela ukuba i-UFCW yasekuhlaleni isanda kuthethathethana ngokunyuswa okusisigxina kweedola ezi-2 kubo bonke abasebenzi ngeyure. Ucacisile ukuba ngenxa yeziphumo zobhubhane, bonke abasebenzi beyure baya kufumana "umvuzo ekujoliswe kuwo" we-6 yeedola ngeyure ukusuka ekupheleni kuka-Agasti. Oku kuya kubangela umvuzo wokuqala we-$ 24.20. Ngosuku olulandelayo kwisidlo sasemini, enye indoda yaseAlabama yandixelela ukuba yayifuna kangakanani ukusebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo. “Ndisebenza ngetyala lam ngoku,” utshilo. Besiya kusebenza nzima kangangokuba besingenalo nexesha lokuchitha yonke imali.
Ngosuku lwam lwesithathu kwisityalo saseCargill, inani lamatyala e-coronavirus e-United States liye landa kwi-2 yezigidi. Kodwa isityalo sele siqalile ukuchacha emva kokuqhambuka kwentwasahlobo. (Imveliso kwisityalo yawa malunga ne-50% ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, ngokutsho komyalezo obhaliweyo ovela kumlawuli wobudlelwane borhulumente welizwe likaCargill ukuya kuNobhala wezoLimo waseKansas, endiye ndayifumana kamva ngesicelo seerekhodi zoluntu.) Indoda enoburharha ephethe isityalo. . utshintsho lwesibini. Unentshebe etyebileyo emhlophe, akakho nobhontsi wasekunene, yaye uthetha ngolonwabo. “Iyakubetha nje eludongeni,” ndamva exelela unokontraka owayelungisa isixhobo somoya esaphukileyo. “Kwiveki ephelileyo besiba neendwendwe ezingama-4 000 ngosuku. Kule veki siya kuba malunga nama-4,500 XNUMX. ”
Kumzi-mveliso, zonke ezo nkomo zilungiswa kwigumbi elikhulu elizaliswe ngamatyathanga entsimbi, amabhanti okuthutha eplastiki eqinile, izitywini zokucoca ezilingana nemizi-mveliso kunye neebhokisi zokuthumela ngekhadibhodi. Kodwa kuqala kufika igumbi elibandayo, apho inyama yenkomo ijinga kwicala layo kangangeeyure ezingama-36 emva kokushiya indawo yokuxhela. Xa zisiwa ekuxhelweni, amacala ahlulahlulwe abe ngangaphambili nangasemva aze asikwe abe ngamaqhekeza amancinane enyama anokuthengiswa. Zipakishwe ngevacuum kwaye zifakwe kwiibhokisi ukuze zisasazwe. Ngamaxesha angengawo bhubhane, umyinge weebhokisi ezingama-40,000 zishiya isityalo mihla le, nganye inobunzima obuphakathi kwe-10 kunye ne-90 yeeponti. UMcDonald's kunye noTaco Bell, iWalmart kunye noKroger bonke bathenga inyama yenkomo eCargill. Le nkampani isebenza kwimizi-mveliso yenkomo ezintandathu eUnited States; eyona inkulu iseDodge City.
Owona mgaqo ubalulekileyo kwishishini lokupakisha inyama "litsheyini alipheli." Inkampani yenza zonke iinzame zokugcina imigca yemveliso isebenza ngokukhawuleza. Kodwa ukulibaziseka kwenzeka. Iingxaki zoomatshini zezona zizathu zixhaphakileyo; Ukungaxhaphakanga kukuvalwa okuqaliswe ngabahloli be-USDA ngenxa yongcoliseko olukrokrelekayo okanye izehlo "zokuphathwa kakubi", njengoko kwenzeka kwisityalo saseCargill kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo. Abasebenzi ngabanye bancedisa ukugcina umgca wemveliso usebenza "ngokutsala amanani," igama leshishini lokwenza inxalenye yabo yomsebenzi. Eyona ndlela iqinisekileyo yokuphulukana nentlonipho yabantu osebenza nabo kukuhlala usilela ngasemva kumanqaku akho, kuba oko kuthetha ukuba kuya kufuneka benze umsebenzi omninzi. Okona kujongana ngezikhondo zamehlo ndikhe ndakubona emnxebeni kwenzeka xa umntu ebonakala ekhululekile. Le milo ayizange ibe yinto engaphaya kokukhwaza okanye ukungqubana kwengqiniba ngamaxesha athile. Ukuba imeko iyaphuma kulawulo, umlindi ubizwa ngokuba ngumlamli.
Abasebenzi abatsha banikwa ixesha lovavanyo lweentsuku ezingama-45 ukubonisa ukuba banokwenza oko izityalo zaseCargill zikubiza ngokuba “ngumsebenzi wezakhono”. Ngeli xesha, umntu ngamnye ujongwa ngumqeqeshi. Umqeqeshi wam wayeneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, emncinci nje ngeenyanga ezimbalwa kum, enamehlo anoncumo namagxa abanzi. Ulilungu lesizwe saseMyanmar esitshutshiswayo samaKaren. Igama lakhe uKaren yayinguPar Tau, kodwa emva kokuba ngummi wase-US ngo-2019, walitshintsha igama lakhe laba yibhiliyoni. Xa ndambuza ukuba walikhetha njani igama lakhe elitsha, waphendula wathi, “Mhlawumbi ngenye imini ndiya kuba ngusozigidigidi.” Wahleka, ebonakala eneentloni ukwabelana ngale nxalenye yephupha lakhe laseMelika.
Ibhiliyoni yazalwa ngowe-1990 kwidolophana ekwimpuma yeMyanmar. Abavukeli bakaKaren baphakathi kwemvukelo ekudala iqhubeka ngokuchasene norhulumente ophakathi welizwe. Ungquzulwano lwaqhubeka ukuya kutsho kwiwaka leminyaka elitsha - enye yezona mfazwe zamakhaya zinde kwihlabathi - kwaye kwanyanzela amashumi amawaka abantu baseKaren ukuba basabe benqumla umda ukuya eThailand. Ibhiliyoni yenye yazo. Xa wayeneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, waqalisa ukuhlala kwinkampu yeembacu apho. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, wafudukela eUnited States, waqala waya eHouston emva koko waya eGarden City, apho wayesebenza kumzi-mveliso waseTyson okufutshane. Ngo-2011, wathatha umsebenzi kunye noCargill, apho aqhubeka nokusebenza namhlanje. Njengoninzi lukaKaren abeza eGarden City ngaphambi kwakhe, iBillion yaya kwiGrace Bible Church. Kulapho wadibana khona noTou Kwee, ogama lakhe lesiNgesi lalinguDahlia. Baqala ukuthandana ngo-2009. Ngo-2016, umntwana wabo wokuqala, Shine, wazalwa. Bathenga indlu baza batshata kwiminyaka emibini kamva.
U-Yi ngutitshala onomonde. Wandibonisa indlela yokunxiba i-tunic ye-chainmail, iiglavu ezithile, kunye nelokhwe emhlophe yomqhaphu ebonakala ngathi yenzelwe i-knight. Kamva wandinika ihuku yentsimbi enesiba esiorenji nesingxobo seplastiki esineemela ezintathu ezifanayo, ngasinye sinesibambo esimnyama nencakuba egotywe kancinane yee-intshi ezintandathu, yandisa kwindawo evulekileyo emalunga neemitha ezingama-60 embindini. . – ibhanti lokuhambisa elide. Ibhiliyoni layikhulula imela laza labonisa indlela yokuyilola kusetyenziswa isixhobo sokulola izinto ezinobunzima. Wandula ke waya emsebenzini, esika amaqhekeza entlala namathambo yaye ekrazula iinyanda ezinde nezibhityileyo kwiikhatriji ezilingana namatye awayesidlula kumgca wokudityaniswa.
UBjorn wasebenza ngobuchule, ndaza ndema emva kwakhe ndabukela. Into ephambili, wandixelela, kukusika inyama encinane kangangoko kunokwenzeka. (Kunjengokuba esinye isigqeba ngokungqalileyo sikubeka oku: “Inyama engakumbi, imali eninzi.”) Iwaka lezigidi lenza umsebenzi ube lula. Ngentshukumo enye yobuchwephesha, ngokuqhwanyaza kwehuku, yaphethula iqhekeza lenyama leeponti ezingama-30 yaza yakhupha imithambo kwimiphetho yayo. “Thatha ixesha lakho,” wandixelela emva kokuba sitshintshe indawo.
Ndasika isiqwenga somgca esilandelayo ndaza ndamangaliswa yindlela imela yam eyayinqumla ngokulula ngayo kwinyama engumkhenkce. Ibhiliyoni landicebisa ukuba ndilole imela rhoqo emva kokusikwa. Xa ndandimalunga nebhloko yeshumi, ngempazamo ndabamba icala lehuku elinencakuba. Ibhiliyoni landicela ukuba ndiyeke ukusebenza. “Lumka ungayenzi le nto,” watsho, yaye inkangeleko yobuso bayo yandixelela ukuba ndenze impazamo enkulu. Akukho nto imbi njengokusika inyama ngemela elibuthuntu. Ndayikhupha entsha esingxotyeni sayo ndabuyela emsebenzini.
Xa ndijonga emva kwixesha lam kweli ziko, ndizithatha njengethamsanqa ukuba ndibe kwiofisi yomongikazi kanye kuphela. Isiganeko esingalindelekanga senzeke ngomhla we-11 emva kokuba ndihambe kwi-intanethi. Ndithe ndisazama ukujika iqhekeza lekhatriji, ndaphulukana nokulawula ndaza ndabetha incam yehuka entendeni yesandla sam sasekunene. “Ifanele iphole ngeentsuku ezimbalwa,” watsho umongikazi efaka ibhandeji kwinxeba elingange-intshi ephakathi. Wandixelela ukuba udla ngokunyanga amanxeba njengam.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezalandelayo, uBillon wayedla ngokundijonga ngamaxesha athile xa ndisebenza, endibetha egxalabeni aze andibuze, “Kunjani, Mike, ngaphambi kokuba ahambe?” Ngamanye amaxesha wayehlala encokola. Xa ebona ukuba ndidiniwe angathatha imela asebenze nam okwethutyana. Ngaxa lithile ndambuza ukuba bangaphi abantu abosulelekileyo ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19 entwasahlobo. “Ewe, kakhulu,” watsho. "Ndiyifumene kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo."
Ibhiliyoni ithe kusenokwenzeka ukuba wosulelwe yile ntsholongwane kumntu awayekhwele naye emotweni. Ibhiliyoni yanyanzeleka ukuba ihlale yodwa ekhaya iiveki ezimbini, izama kangangoko ukuba izimele yedwa kuShane noDahlia, ababeneenyanga ezisibhozo bekhulelwe ngelo xesha. Wayelala kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwaye wayengafane anyukele phezulu. Kodwa kwiveki yesibini yokuvalelwa yedwa, uDalia waba nomkhuhlane kunye nokhohlokhohlo. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva waqalisa ukuba neengxaki zokuphefumla. U-Ivan wamsa esibhedlele, wamfaka esibhedlele waza wamdibanisa neoksijini. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, oogqirha benza umsebenzi. NgoMeyi 23, wazala inkwenkwe esempilweni. Bambiza ngokuba “Smart”.
Ibhiliyoni landixelela konke oku ngaphambi kwekhefu lethu lesidlo sasemini lemizuzu engama-30, yaye ndandize kukuxabisa konke oko, kunye nekhefu lemizuzu eli-15 ngaphambi kwalo. Ndasebenza kumzi-mveliso kangangeeveki ezintathu, yaye ngokufuthi izandla zam zazibetha. Ndivuke ekuseni iminwe yam ibiqinile kwaye idumbile bendingakwazi nokugoba. Amaxesha amaninzi ndithatha iipilisi ezimbini ze-ibuprofen phambi kokusebenza. Ukuba iintlungu ziyaqhubeka, ndiza kuthatha iidosi ezimbini ngaphezulu ngexesha lokuphumla. Ndifumanise ukuba esi sisisombululo esilungileyo. Kwabaninzi endisebenza nabo, i-oxycodone kunye ne-hydrocodone ngamayeza entlungu akhethwayo. (Isithethi seCargill sithe inkampani "ayizazi naziphi na iindlela zokusetyenziswa ngokungekho mthethweni kwala mayeza mabini kwiindawo zayo.")
Ishifti yesiqhelo ehlotyeni edlulileyo: Ndiye ndatsalela kwindawo yokupaka umzi-mveliso ngo-3:20 pm Ngokophawu lweBhanki yeDijithali ndidlule apha, iqondo lobushushu ngaphandle lalingama-98 degrees. Imoto yam, i-2008 Kia Spectra kunye neekhilomitha ezili-180,000 kuyo, yayinomonakalo omkhulu wesichotho kwaye iifestile zaziphantsi ngenxa ye-air conditioner eyaphukileyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba xa umoya uvuthuza usuka kumzantsi-mpuma, ngamanye amaxesha ndiyalivumba isityalo ngaphambi kokuba ndisibone.
Ndandinxibe isikipa esidala somqhaphu, ijean kaLevi, iikawusi zoboya, kunye neebhutsi zentsimbi zaseTimberland endizithenge kwivenkile yezihlangu yasekuhlaleni ngesaphulelo se-15% ngesazisi sam seCargill. Ndakuba ndimile ndafaka umnatha wam weenwele nomnqwazi oqinileyo ndathatha ibhokisi yam yesidlo sasemini kunye nejacket yefleece kwisitulo esingasemva. Endleleni eya kumnyango omkhulu wesityalo, ndadlula umqobo. Phakathi kwezibaya kwakukho amakhulu eenkomo ezilindele ukuxhelwa. Ukubabona bephila kwenza umsebenzi wam ube nzima, kodwa ndibajongile. Abanye bangquzulana nabamelwane. Abanye bolula iintamo zabo ngokungathi bafuna ukubona okuza kwenzeka.
Ndithe xa ndingena ententeni yoxilongo ukuze ndihlolwe impilo, iinkomo zathi shwaka emehlweni. Lathi lakufika ixesha lam, ndabizwa libhinqa elixhobileyo. Ubeke ithemometha ebunzi kum, wandinika imask kwaye wabuza uthotho lwemibuzo yesiqhelo. Wathi xa endixelela ukuba ndikhululekile ukuba ndingahamba, ndanxiba imaski yam, ndaphuma ententeni ndahamba nge-turnstiles kunye ne-canopy yokhuseleko. Umgangatho wokubulala ungasekhohlo; umzi-mveliso uthe ngqo phambili, ujongene nomzi-mveliso. Endleleni, ndadlula inqwaba yabasebenzi bokuqala beshiya umsebenzi. Babekhangeleka bediniwe kwaye belusizi, bebulela kuba olu suku luphelile.
Ndema kancinci kwindawo yokutyela ukuze ndithathe ibuprofen ezimbini. Ndanxiba ibhatyi yam ndaza ndabeka ibhokisi yam yesidlo sasemini kwishelufu yamaplanga. Ndiye ndehla ngepaseji ende eya kumgangatho wemveliso. Ndafaka ii-earplugs ezinogwebu ndangena kwiicango ezijingayo ezimbini. Umgangatho wawuzaliswe yingxolo yoomatshini bemizi-mveliso. Ukuthomalalisa ingxolo kunye nokuphepha ukukruquka, abasebenzi banokuchitha i-$45 kwiperi ye-3M evunywe yinkampani yokuvala ingxolo yokurhoxisa ingxolo, nangona imvumelwano ikukuba azanelanga ukuvala ingxolo kwaye igcine abantu bangamameli umculo. (Abambalwa babonakala bekhathazwa ngokuphazamiseka okongeziweyo kokuphulaphula umculo ngelixa besenza umsebenzi osele uyingozi.) Enye inketho yayikukuthenga i-headphones yeBluetooth engavunywanga endingayifihla phantsi kwentamo yam. Ndiyabazi abantu abambalwa abenza oku kwaye abazange babanjwe, kodwa ndagqiba ekubeni ndingazifaki emngciphekweni. Ndabambelela kwiiplagi eziqhelekileyo zendlebe yaye ndandinikwa ezitsha rhoqo ngoMvulo.
Ukuze ndiye kwisikhululo sam somsebenzi, ndenyuka ngepaseji ndaza ndehla ngezinyuko eziya kwibhanti lokuhambisa. Umhambisi ngomnye wamashumi amabini ahamba kwimiqolo emide enxuseneyo ezantsi embindini womgangatho wemveliso. Umqolo ngamnye ubizwa ngokuba “yitafile”, kwaye itheyibhile nganye inenombolo. Ndasebenza kwitafile yesibini: itafile yekhatriji. Kukho iitafile zamanqina, i-brisket, i-tenderloin, irawndi kunye nokunye. Iitafile yenye yezona ndawo zixineneyo kumzi-mveliso. Ndahlala kweyesibini itafile, ngaphantsi kweenyawo ezimbini ukusuka kumsimelelo ngapha nangapha kwam. Iikhethini zeplastiki kufanele ukuba zincede ukubuyisela ukunqongophala kokungena ekuhlaleni, kodwa uninzi lwabalingane bam baqhuba iikhethini phezulu kwaye bajikeleze iintonga zentsimbi abajinga kuzo. Oku kwenza kwalula ukubona into eyayiza kwenzeka emva koko, yaye kungekudala nam ndenza okufanayo. (UCargill uyaphika ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi luvula iikhethini.)
Ngo-3:42, ndibamba isazisi sam ukuya kwiwotshi ekufutshane nedesika yam. Abasebenzi banemizuzu emihlanu ukufika: ukusuka ku-3:40 ukuya ku-3:45. Nakuphi na ukuhamba emva kwexesha kuya kukhokelela ekuphulukaneni nesiqingatha samanqaku okuzimasa (ukulahlekelwa ngamanqaku ali-12 kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-12 kunokukhokelela ekugxothweni). Ndahamba ndaya kwi conveyor belt ndiyothatha izinto zam. Ndinxiba emsebenzini. Ndalola imela ndazolula iingalo zam. Abanye oogxa bam bandibetha ngamanqindi njengoko babedlula. Ndajonga ngapha kwetafile ndabona abantu baseMexico ababini bemi ecaleni komnye, bewelana. Benza oku ekuqaleni kweshifti nganye.
Kungekudala iinxalenye zekholethi zaqalisa ukuphuma kwibhanti lokuhambisa, elalisuka ekunene ukuya ekhohlo kwicala lam letafile. Kwakukho amathambo asixhenxe phambi kwam. Umsebenzi wabo yayikukukhupha amathambo enyameni. Lo ngomnye wemisebenzi enzima kakhulu kwisityalo (inqanaba lesibhozo lelona linzima, amanqanaba amahlanu ngaphezu kokugqiba i-chuck kwaye yongeza i-$ 6 ngeyure kumvuzo). Umsebenzi ufuna ukuchaneka okucokisekileyo kunye namandla akhohlakeleyo: ukuchaneka ukusika ngokusondeleyo kwithambo ngokusemandleni, kunye namandla akhohlakeleyo ukuze aphule ithambo simahla. Umsebenzi wam kukunqumla onke amathambo kunye nemisipha engangeni kwi-bone chuck. Yiloo nto kanye endiyenzileyo kwiiyure ezisi-9 ezilandelayo, ndimisa kuphela ikhefu lemizuzu eli-15 ngo-6:20 kunye nekhefu lesidlo sangokuhlwa semizuzu engama-30 ngo-9:20. “Hayi kakhulu!” Umphathi wam wayekhwaza xa endibambile ndisika inyama eninzi. "Imali yemali!"