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M'mawa pa Meyi 25, 2019, woyang'anira chitetezo chazakudya pafakitale yopangira nyama ya Cargill ku Dodge City, Kansas, adawona zosokoneza. M'dera la chomera cha Chimneys, ng'ombe ya Hereford idachira powomberedwa pamphumi ndi mfuti ya bolt. Mwina sanataye. Mulimonsemo, izi siziyenera kuchitika. Ng’ombeyo anaimanga ndi unyolo wachitsulo ku mwendo wake wina wakumbuyo ndipo anaipachika mozondoka. Adawonetsa zomwe makampani aku US amatcha "zizindikiro zakukhudzidwa." Kupuma kwake kunali “komveka.” Maso ake anali otseguka ndipo anali kuyenda. Anayesa kuwongoka, zomwe n’zimene nyama nthawi zambiri zimachita kukupiza msana. Chizindikiro chokha chomwe sanawonetse chinali "kuyimba".
Woyang'anira ntchito ku USDA analamula akuluakulu oweta ziweto kuti aimitse unyolo wa mpweya wolumikiza ng'ombe ndi "kumenya" nyamazo. Koma pamene mmodzi wa iwo anakoka chowombera pamanja, mfutiyo sinaphulike. Wina anabweretsa mfuti ina kuti amalize ntchitoyo. “Ndiye nyamayo inadabwitsidwa mokwanira,” ofufuza analemba m’kalata yofotokoza za chochitikacho, ponena kuti “nthaŵi yochokera pakuona khalidwe losaoneka bwino mpaka kuthedwa nzeru kodzidzimutsa inali pafupifupi mphindi ziwiri kapena zitatu.”
Patangotha ​​masiku atatu chochitikacho, bungwe la USDA la Food Safety and Inspection Service linapereka chenjezo ponena za “kulephera kwa chomeracho kuletsa kuchitira nkhanza ndi kupha ziŵeto,” ponena za mbiri ya chomeracho. FSIS yalamula bungweli kuti lipange ndondomeko yowonetsetsa kuti zochitika zofananazi sizidzachitikanso. Pa June 4, dipatimentiyi inavomereza ndondomeko imene mkulu wa fakitale ananena ndipo inamulembera kalata kuti ichedwetsa chigamulo cha chindapusa. Unyolo utha kupitiliza kugwira ntchito ndipo mpaka ng'ombe 5,800 zitha kuphedwa patsiku.
Ndinalowa koyamba kumapeto kwa Okutobala chaka chatha, nditagwira ntchito pafakitale kwa miyezi inayi. Kuti ndimupeze, ndinabwera molawirira tsiku lina ndipo ndinayenda chagada ndi unyolo. Ndi surreal kuona njira yophera m'mbuyo, kuyang'ana pang'onopang'ono zomwe zimafunika kuti ng'ombe ikhale pamodzi: kulowetsa ziwalo zake m'mimba mwake; kulumikizanso mutu wake pakhosi; kukoka khungu kubwerera m'thupi; amabwezeretsa magazi ku mitsempha.
Nditapita ku nyumba yopherako anthu, ndinaona ziboda zodukaduka zitagona m’thanki yachitsulo pamalo osendapo zikopa, ndipo pansi pa njerwa zofiira panali magazi ofiira owala. Panthawi ina, mayi wina wovala epuloni yachikasu yopangidwa ndi mphira, anali kudula thupi kuchokera kumutu wodulidwa, wopanda khungu. Woyang'anira USDA yemwe amagwira ntchito pafupi naye anali kuchitanso chimodzimodzi. Ndinamufunsa chimene akufuna kudula. "Ma lymph nodes," adatero. Pambuyo pake ndinamva kuti anali kufufuza matenda ndi matenda.
Paulendo wanga womaliza wopita ku stack, ndinayesera kuti ndisakhale wosasamala. Ndinaima motsamira khoma lakumbuyo n’kumayang’ana amuna aŵiri, ataimirira papulatifomu, akumacheka m’khosi mwa ng’ombe iliyonse imene idutsa. Monga ndinadziwira, nyama zonse zinali zitakomoka, ngakhale kuti zina zinkakankha mosadzifunira. Ndinapitiriza kuyang'ana mpaka woyang'anira anabwera ndikundifunsa zomwe ndikuchita. Ndinamuuza kuti ndikufuna kuwona momwe mbali iyi ya mbewuyo imawonekera. “Uyenera kuchoka,” iye anatero. "Simungabwere kuno popanda chigoba." Ndinamupepesa ndipo ndinamuuza kuti ndipita. Sindingathe kukhala motalikabe. Kusintha kwanga kuli pafupi kuyamba.
Kupeza ntchito ku Cargill ndikosavuta modabwitsa. Kugwiritsa ntchito pa intaneti kwa "general production" ndi masamba asanu ndi limodzi. Kudzaza kumatenga zosaposa mphindi 15. Sindinapemphedwe kuti ndipereke pitilizani, ngakhale kalata yotsimikizira. Gawo lofunika kwambiri pakugwiritsa ntchito ndi fomu ya mafunso 14, yomwe ili ndi izi:
“Kodi mumadziwa kudula nyama ndi mpeni (izi sizikuphatikiza kugwira ntchito m’sitolo kapena zakudya zophikira)?”
"Ndi zaka zingati zomwe mwagwira ntchito m'fakitale yopanga ng'ombe (monga kupha kapena kukonza, m'malo mogulitsa golosale kapena kudya)?"
"Kodi mwagwira ntchito zaka zingati popanga kapena kufakitale (monga chingwe cholumikizira kapena kupanga)?"
Maola 4 mphindi 20 nditadina "Tumizani" ndidalandira imelo yotsimikizira kuyankhulana kwanga patelefoni tsiku lotsatira (Meyi 19, 2020). Kuyankhulana kunatenga mphindi zitatu. Pamene mayi wowonetsa nkhaniyo anandifunsa dzina la bwana wanga waposachedwa, ndinamuuza kuti anali First Church of Christ, wasayansi, wofalitsa Christian Science Monitor. Kuyambira 2014 mpaka 2018 ndimagwira ntchito ku Observer. Kwa zaka ziwiri kapena zinayi zapitazi ndakhala mtolankhani waku Beijing wa Observer. Ndinasiya ntchito yanga kuti ndiphunzire Chitchainizi ndikukhala wamba.
Kenako mayiyo anandifunsa mafunso angapo okhudza nthawi komanso chifukwa chimene ndinachoka. Funso lokhalo lomwe linandipatsa kaye kaye panthawi yofunsa mafunso linali lomaliza.
Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, mkaziyo ananena kuti “ndili ndi ufulu wopatsidwa ntchito yapakamwa chabe.” Anandiuza za maudindo asanu ndi limodzi omwe fakitale ikulemba ntchito. Aliyense anali pa shift yachiwiri, yomwe panthawiyo inkayambira 15:45 mpaka 12:30 mpaka 1 am. Zitatu mwa izo zikukhudza kukolola, mbali ya fakitale imene kaŵirikaŵiri imatchedwa nyumba yophera nyama, ndipo zitatu zimaphatikizapo kukonza, kukonza nyama yoti idzagaŵidwe m’masitolo ndi m’malesitilanti.
Mwamsanga ndinaganiza zokapeza ntchito m’fakitale. M’nyengo yotentha, kutentha kwa nyumba yopherako nyama kumatha kufika madigiri 100, ndipo monga momwe mkazi wapafoniyo anafotokozera, “fungo limakhala lamphamvu chifukwa cha chinyezi,” ndiyeno palinso ntchito yokhayo, ntchito monga kusenda ndi “kuyeretsa lilime.” Mukatulutsa lilime lanu, mayiyo akuti, “Uyenera kulipachika pambeza. Kumbali ina, kufotokoza kwake fakitaleyi kumapangitsa kuti izioneka ngati zachikale komanso ngati malo ogulitsa nyama. Gulu lankhondo laling'ono la ogwira ntchito pamzere wophatikiziramo linacheka, kupha ndi kulongedza nyama yonse ya ng'ombe. Kutentha kwa ma workshops a zomera kumachokera ku 32 mpaka 36 madigiri. Komabe, mayiyo anandiuza kuti umagwira ntchito kwambiri ndipo “simumva kuzizira polowa m’nyumba.”
Tikuyang'ana ntchito. Chokoka cha chuck cap chidachotsedwa nthawi yomweyo chifukwa chimafunikira kusuntha ndi kudula nthawi yomweyo. The sternum ayenera kuchotsedwa lotsatira chifukwa chophweka kuti kuchotsa chotchedwa pectoral chala pakati pa mfundo sizikuwoneka wokongola. Chotsalira ndicho kudula komaliza kwa cartridge. Malinga ndi mayiyo, ntchitoyo inali yodula mbali za katiriji, "mosasamala kanthu kuti akugwira ntchito yotani." Ndizovuta bwanji? Ndikuganiza. Ndinamuuza mkaziyo kuti nditenga. “Zabwino,” iye anatero, ndiyeno anandiuza za malipiro anga oyambira ($16.20 pa ola) ndi mfundo za ntchito yanga.
Masabata angapo pambuyo pake, nditatha cheke chakumbuyo, kuyezetsa mankhwala, ndi thupi, ndinalandira foni ndi tsiku loyambira: June 8, Lolemba lotsatira. Ndakhala ndi amayi anga kuyambira pakati pa Marichi chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus, ndipo ndi mtunda wa maola anayi kuchokera ku Topeka kupita ku Dodge City. Ndinaganiza zonyamuka Lamlungu.
Usiku woti tinyamuke, ine ndi amayi tinapita kwa mlongo wanga ndi mlamu wanga kuti tikadye chakudya chamadzulo. “Ichi chingakhale chinthu chotsiriza chimene uli nacho,” mlongo wanga anatero pamene anatiitana ndi kutiitanira kunyumba kwake. Mlamu wanga adawotcha nyama ziwiri za 22-ounce ribeye kwa iye ndi ine komanso 24-ounce nsonga ya amayi ndi mlongo wanga. Ndinathandiza mlongo wanga kukonzekera mbale yam'mbali: mbatata yosenda ndi nyemba zobiriwira zophikidwa mu batala ndi nyama yankhumba mafuta. Chakudya chophikira kunyumba cha banja losauka ku Kansas.
Nyamayi inali yabwino ngati chilichonse chomwe ndayesera. Ndizovuta kuzifotokoza popanda kumveka ngati malonda a Applebee: kutumphuka koyaka, yowutsa mudyo, nyama yanthete. Ndimayesetsa kudya pang'onopang'ono kuti ndimve kukoma kulikonse. Koma posakhalitsa ndinatengeka ndi kukambitsiranako ndipo, popanda kulingalira, ndinamaliza chakudya changa. M’chigawo chokhala ndi ng’ombe zoŵirikiza kaŵiri, oposa mapaundi mabiliyoni a 5 a ng’ombe amapangidwa chaka chilichonse, ndipo mabanja ambiri (kuphatikizapo anga ndi alongo anga atatu pamene tinali achichepere) amadzaza mafiriji awo ndi ng’ombe chaka chilichonse. N'zosavuta kutenga ng'ombe mosasamala.
Chomera cha Cargill chili kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Dodge City, pafupi ndi malo opangira nyama okulirapo pang'ono a National Beef. Masamba onsewa ali m'mbali ziwiri za msewu wowopsa kwambiri kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Kansas. Pali malo osungira zimbudzi ndi malo odyetserako chakudya pafupi. Kwa masiku a chilimwe chatha ndinadwala ndi fungo la lactic acid, hydrogen sulfide, ndowe ndi imfa. Kutentha kotentha kumangowonjezera mkhalidwewo.
M’zigwa Zam’mwamba za kum’mwera chakumadzulo kwa Kansas kuli malo opangira nyama zazikulu zinayi: ziwiri ku Dodge City, imodzi ku Liberty City (National Beef) ndi ina pafupi ndi Garden City (Tyson Foods). Mzinda wa Dodge udakhala kwawo kwa zomera ziwiri zonyamula nyama, zodziwika bwino za mbiri yakale ya mzindawo. Yakhazikitsidwa mu 1872 ndi Atchison, Topeka ndi Santa Fe Railroad, Dodge City poyambirira inali malo osaka njati. Ziŵeto za ng’ombe zimene poyamba zinkapezeka m’Chigwa Chachigwa zitafafanizidwa (osatchulanso Amwenye Achimereka amene ankakhalako), mzindawu unayamba kuchita malonda a ziweto.
Pafupifupi usiku umodzi wokha, mzinda wa Dodge unakhala “msika waukulu kwambiri wa ng’ombe padziko lonse,” malinga ndi mawu a wamalonda wina wa kumaloko. Inali nthawi ya anthu amalamulo ngati Wyatt Earp ndi owombera mfuti ngati Doc Holliday, odzaza ndi kutchova njuga, kumenyana ndi mfuti komanso ndewu. Kunena kuti Dodge City imanyadira cholowa chake chakumadzulo chakumadzulo kungakhale kopanda tanthauzo, ndipo palibe malo omwe amakondwerera izi, ena anganene kuti ndi nthano, cholowa choposa Museum of Boot Hill. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ya Boot Hill ili pa 500 W. Wyatt Earp Avenue, pafupi ndi Gunsmoke Row ndi Gunslinger Wax Museum, ndipo imachokera pa chifaniziro chonse cha Front Street yomwe poyamba inali yotchuka. Alendo amatha kusangalala ndi mowa wa mizu ku Long Branch Saloon kapena kugula sopo wopangidwa ndi manja ndi fudge yapanyumba ku Rath & Co. General Store. Anthu okhala ku Ford County amaloledwa kwaulere ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ndipo ndinagwiritsa ntchito kangapo m'chilimwe pamene ndinasamukira m'chipinda chimodzi chogona pafupi ndi VFW.
Komabe, ngakhale kuti mbiri yakale ya Dodge City inali yopeka, nthawi yake ya Wild West sinakhalitse. Mu 1885, mokakamizidwa ndi alimi akumaloko, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya Kansas inaletsa kuitanitsa ng'ombe za ku Texas m'boma, zomwe zinathetsa mwadzidzidzi kuyendetsa ng'ombe za mumzindawu. Kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri zotsatira, Dodge City idakhalabe alimi abata. Kenako, mu 1961, Hyplains Dressed Beef inatsegula malo oyamba opangira nyama mumzindawo (omwe tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi National Beef). Mu 1980, kampani ya Cargill idatsegula chomera pafupi. Kupanga ng'ombe kukubwerera ku Dodge City.
Zomera zinayi zonyamula nyama, zophatikiza anthu opitilira 12,800, ndi ena mwa olemba ntchito akulu kwambiri kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Kansas, ndipo onse amadalira osamukira kumayiko ena kuti athandize ogwira ntchito awo kupanga. “Apackers amatsatira mawu akuti, ‘Imangeni ndipo abwera,’” Donald Stull, katswiri wa zachikhalidwe cha anthu amene waphunzira zamakampani osunga nyama kwa zaka zoposa 30, anandiuza. "Ndizo zomwe zinachitika."
Kukulaku kudayamba kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ndikufika kwa othawa kwawo aku Vietnamese komanso ochokera ku Mexico ndi Central America, adatero Stull. M’zaka zaposachedwapa, anthu othawa kwawo ochokera ku Myanmar, Sudan, Somalia ndi Democratic Republic of Congo abwera kudzagwira ntchito pafakitaleyi. Masiku ano, pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a anthu okhala mumzinda wa Dodge ndi ochokera kumayiko ena, ndipo atatu mwa asanu ndi a Hispanic kapena Latino. Nditafika kufakitale tsiku langa loyamba la ntchito, zikwangwani zinayi zidawonekera pakhomo, zolembedwa mu Chingerezi, Chisipanishi, Chifalansa ndi Chisomali, kuchenjeza antchito kuti azikhala kunyumba ngati ali ndi zizindikiro za COVID-19.
Ndinathera nthaŵi yambiri ya masiku anga aŵiri oyambirira pafakitale m’kalasi yopanda mazenera pafupi ndi nyumba yopherako nyama limodzi ndi antchito ena asanu ndi mmodzi atsopano. Chipindacho chili ndi makoma a beige cinder block ndi nyali za fulorosenti. Pakhoma pafupi ndi khomo panali zikwangwani ziwiri, imodzi yachingerezi ndi ina ya ku Somali, yolembedwa kuti, “Bweretsani anthu nyama ya ng’ombe.” Woimira HR adakhala nafe gawo labwino la masiku awiri, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti tisaiwale za ntchitoyo. "Cargill ndi bungwe lapadziko lonse lapansi," adatero asanayambe ulaliki wautali wa PowerPoint. "Timadyetsa kwambiri dziko lapansi. Ichi ndichifukwa chake coronavirus itayamba, sitinatseke. Chifukwa anyamata inu munali ndi njala eti?”
Pofika kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa June, Covid-19 adakakamiza kutseka kwa zomera zosachepera 30 zonyamula nyama ku US ndipo kupha anthu osachepera 74, malinga ndi Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Fakitale ya Cargill idanenanso mlandu wawo woyamba pa Epulo 13. Zambiri zazaumoyo ku Kansas zikuwonetsa kuti opitilira 600 mwa ogwira ntchito pafakitale 2,530 adachita COVID-19 mu 2020. Pafupifupi anthu anayi amwalira.
M'mwezi wa Marichi, chomeracho chidayamba kugwiritsa ntchito njira zingapo zothandizira anthu, kuphatikiza zomwe zidalimbikitsidwa ndi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ndi Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Kampaniyo yawonjezera nthawi yopuma, idayika magawo a plexiglass pamatebulo a cafe ndikuyika makatani apulasitiki okhuthala pakati pa malo ogwirira ntchito pamizere yake yopanga. Mu sabata yachitatu ya Ogasiti, magawo azitsulo adawonekera mzipinda za abambo, zomwe zimapatsa antchito malo (ndi chinsinsi) pafupi ndi mikodzo yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri.
Kampaniyo idalembanso ntchito ya Examinetics kuti iyese antchito nthawi iliyonse isanakwane. Mu chihema choyera pakhomo la chomeracho, gulu la ogwira ntchito zachipatala ovala masks a N95, zophimba zoyera ndi magolovesi adayang'ana kutentha ndikupereka masks otayika. Makamera oyerekeza otenthetsera amayikidwa pamalowo kuti awonenso kutentha. Zophimba kumaso zimafunika. Nthawi zonse ndimavala chigoba chotayidwa, koma antchito ena ambiri amasankha kuvala ma gaiters abuluu okhala ndi logo ya International Union of Food and Commercial Workers kapena mabandana akuda okhala ndi logo ya Cargill ndipo, pazifukwa zina, #Extraordinary yosindikizidwa pa iwo.
Matenda a Coronavirus sindiwo okhawo omwe ali pachiwopsezo chathanzi pachomeracho. Kupaka nyama kumadziwika kuti ndi koopsa. Malinga ndi bungwe la Human Rights Watch, ziwerengero za boma zikuwonetsa kuti kuyambira 2015 mpaka 2018, wogwira ntchito nyama kapena nkhuku amatha kutaya ziwalo za thupi kapena kugonekedwa m'chipatala tsiku lina lililonse. Patsiku lake loyamba lophunzitsidwa, wogwira ntchito wina wakuda wakuda ku Alabama adati adakumana ndi zoopsa pomwe amagwira ntchito yonyamula katundu pamalo oyandikira National Beef. Anapinda dzanja lake lakumanja, ndikuwulula chilonda cha mainchesi anayi kunja kwa chigongono chake. "Ndinatsala pang'ono kusandulika mkaka wa chokoleti," adatero.
Woimira HR ananenanso nkhani yofanana ndi imeneyi ya bambo wina amene manja ake anamatirira pa lamba wonyamula katundu. “Anaduka mkono atafika kuno,” iye anatero, akuloza theka la chiuno chake chakumanzere. Analingalira kwakanthawi kenako napitilira pa chithunzi chotsatira cha PowerPoint: "Uwu ndi mkangano wabwino wachiwawa kuntchito." Anayamba kufotokoza mfundo ya Cargill yoletsa kulekerera mfuti.
Kwa ola lotsatira ndi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, tikambirana za ndalama ndi momwe mabungwe angatithandizire kupanga ndalama zambiri. Akuluakulu a bungweli adatiuza kuti UFCW wakomweko adakambirana posachedwapa kuti awonjezere $2 kwa onse ogwira ntchito pa ola limodzi. Ananenanso kuti chifukwa cha zovuta za mliriwu, ogwira ntchito ola limodzi adzalandiranso "malipiro owonjezera" a $ 6 pa ola kuyambira kumapeto kwa Ogasiti. Izi zitha kubweretsa malipiro oyambira $24.20. Tsiku lotsatira tikudya chakudya chamasana, mwamuna wina wa ku Alabama anandiuza kuti ankafunitsitsa kugwira ntchito owonjezera. Iye anati: “Tsopano ndikugwira ntchito pa ngongole yanga. Tinkagwira ntchito mwakhama kwambiri moti tinalibe nthawi yoti tiwononge ndalama zonse.
Pa tsiku langa lachitatu pafakitale ya Cargill, kuchuluka kwa milandu ya coronavirus ku United States kudaposa 2 miliyoni. Koma mbewuyo yayamba kuchira kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa masika. (Kupanga pamalowo kudagwa pafupifupi 50% koyambirira kwa Meyi, malinga ndi meseji yochokera kwa mkulu wa boma la Cargill kwa Mlembi wa Ulimi wa Kansas, zomwe pambuyo pake ndidazipeza kudzera pa pempho la mbiri ya anthu.) Mwamuna wopusa yemwe anali woyang'anira chomeracho. . kusintha kwachiwiri. Ali ndi ndevu zokhuthala kwambiri, chala chake chakumanja chakumanja chikusoŵa, ndipo akulankhula mosangalala. “Ikungogunda khoma,” ndinamumva akuuza kontrakitala yemwe akukonza choziziritsa mpweya chosweka. “Sabata yatha tinali ndi alendo 4,000 patsiku. Sabata ino tikhala pafupifupi 4,500. ”
Pafakitale, ng’ombe zonsezo zimakonzedwa m’chipinda chachikulu chodzadza ndi maunyolo achitsulo, malamba onyamulira pulasitiki olimba, makina osindikizira amtundu wa mafakitale ndi milu ya mabokosi otumizira makatoni. Koma choyamba chimabwera m’chipinda chozizira, mmene ng’ombeyo imalendewera m’mbali mwake kwa pafupifupi maola 36 itachoka kopherako. Akawabweretsa kuti aphedwe, mbalizo zimagawanika kukhala mbali yakutsogolo ndi yakumbuyo ndiyeno nkuduladula tinthu ting’onoting’ono ta nyama yogulitsidwa. Amadzazidwa ndi vacuum ndikuyikidwa m'mabokosi kuti agawidwe. Munthawi zomwe sizinali mliri, pafupifupi mabokosi 40,000 amachoka pambewu tsiku lililonse, lililonse lolemera pakati pa 10 ndi 90 mapaundi. McDonald's ndi Taco Bell, Walmart ndi Kroger onse amagula ng'ombe kuchokera ku Cargill. Kampaniyi imagwira ntchito zopangira ng'ombe zisanu ndi imodzi ku United States; chachikulu kwambiri chili ku Dodge City.
Mfundo yofunika kwambiri pamakampani onyamula nyama ndi "unyolo suyima." Kampaniyo imayesetsa kuyesetsa kuti mizere yake yopangira ikhale ikuyenda mwachangu momwe ingathere. Koma kuchedwa kumachitika. Mavuto amakina ndi omwe amayambitsa kwambiri; Zochepa kwambiri ndizotsekedwa zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi ofufuza a USDA chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kapena zochitika za "nkhanza", monga momwe zidachitikira pafakitale ya Cargill zaka ziwiri zapitazo. Ogwira ntchito payekha amathandizira kuti mzere wopangira ugwire ntchito mwa "kukoka manambala," mawu amakampani pochita gawo lawo la ntchitoyo. Njira yotsimikizika yochotsera ulemu kwa ogwira nawo ntchito ndikungotsala pang'ono kubweza, chifukwa izi zikutanthauza kuti ayenera kugwira ntchito zambiri. Kukangana koopsa komwe ndidawonapo pafoni kunachitika pomwe wina akuwoneka kuti akupumula. Ndewuzi sizinafike ponseponse kuposa kukuwa kapena kugundana mwa apo ndi apo. Ngati zinthu sizikuyenda bwino, kapitawo amaitanidwa kuti akhale mkhalapakati.
Ogwira ntchito atsopano amapatsidwa nthawi yoyeserera masiku 45 kuti atsimikizire kuti atha kuchita zomwe mbewu za Cargill zimatcha ntchito "yaluso". Panthawi imeneyi, munthu aliyense amayang'aniridwa ndi mphunzitsi. Wondiphunzitsa anali ndi zaka 30 zakubadwa, wocheperapo miyezi ingapo kwa ine, ali ndi maso akumwetulira ndi mapewa aakulu. Iye ndi membala wa fuko laling'ono la Karen lomwe limazunzidwa ku Myanmar. Dzina lake Karen anali Par Tau, koma atakhala nzika yaku US mu 2019, adasintha dzina lake kukhala Biliyoni. Nditamufunsa momwe anasankhira dzina lake latsopano, anayankha kuti, “Mwinamwake tsiku lina ndidzakhala mabiliyoniya. Anaseka, mwachiwonekere akuchita manyazi kugawana nawo gawo ili la maloto ake aku America.
Anthu mabiliyoni anabadwa mu 1990 m’mudzi wina waung’ono kum’mawa kwa dziko la Myanmar. Zigawenga za Karen zili mkati mwa nthawi yayitali youkira boma lalikulu la dzikoli. Mkanganowu udapitilira mpaka muzaka chikwi zatsopano - imodzi mwankhondo zapachiweniweni zazitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - ndikukakamiza masauzande a anthu amtundu wa Karen kuthawa kudutsa malire kupita ku Thailand. Mamiliyoni ndi amodzi mwa iwo. Pamene anali ndi zaka 12, anayamba kukhala mumsasa wa anthu othaŵa kwawo kumeneko. Ali ndi zaka 18, anasamukira ku United States, choyamba ku Houston kenako ku Garden City, komwe ankagwira ntchito ku fakitale yapafupi ya Tyson. Mu 2011, adagwira ntchito ndi Cargill, komwe akugwirabe ntchito lero. Mofanana ndi a Karen ambiri amene anabwera ku Garden City iye asanabwere, Biliyoni ankapita ku Grace Bible Church. Kumeneko n’kumene anakumana ndi Tou Kwee, yemwe dzina lake lachingelezi linali Dahlia. Anayamba chibwenzi mu 2009. Mu 2016, mwana wawo woyamba, Shine, anabadwa. Anagula nyumba ndipo anakwatirana patapita zaka ziwiri.
Yi ndi mphunzitsi woleza mtima. Anandionetsa mmene ndingavalire malaya a tcheni, magolovesi, ndi diresi yoyera ya thonje yooneka ngati yopangira munthu waluso. Pambuyo pake anandipatsa mbedza yachitsulo yokhala ndi chogwirira chalalanje ndi mchimake wa pulasitiki wokhala ndi mipeni itatu yofanana, iliyonse ili ndi chogwirira chakuda ndi mpeni wopindika pang’ono wa mainchesi sikisi, ndipo ananditengera pamalo otseguka pafupifupi mamita 60 pakati. . - Lamba wautali wotumizira. Anthu mabiliyoni anasolola mpeniwo n’kusonyeza mmene angawunolere pogwiritsa ntchito cholembera cholemetsa. Kenako anapita kukagwira ntchito, n’kudula zidutswa za chichereŵechereŵe ndi fupa n’kung’amba mitolo yaitali, yopyapyala kuchokera m’makatiriji a ukulu wa miyala imene inatidutsa pamzere wa msonkhano.
Bjorn anagwira ntchito mwadongosolo, ndipo ndinaima kumbuyo kwake ndikuyang’ana. Chinthu chachikulu, adandiuza, ndikudula nyama yaying'ono momwe ndingathere. (Monga momwe mkulu wina ananenera mosapita m’mbali kuti: “Nyama yowonjezereka, ndalama zambiri.”) Biliyoni imapangitsa ntchito kukhala yosavuta. Ndi kusuntha kumodzi mwaluso, kugwedezeka kwa mbedza, adatembenuza chidutswa cha nyama yolemera mapaundi 30 ndikutulutsa minyewayo m'khola lake. "Tengani nthawi," adandiuza titatha kusinthana malo.
Ndinadula mzere wotsatira ndipo ndinadabwa ndi momwe mpeni wanga unadulira mosavuta nyama yowundanayo. Biliyoni anandilangiza kunola mpeniwo ndikangodula. Ndili pafupi ndi mdadada wakhumi, mwangozi ndinagwira mbali ya mbedza ndi mpeni. Mabiliyoni anandipempha kuti ndisiye ntchito. “Samala usachite zimenezi,” iye anatero, ndipo maonekedwe a nkhope yake anandiuza kuti ndinalakwa kwambiri. Palibe choipa kuposa kudula nyama ndi mpeni wosawoneka bwino. Ndinachotsa chatsopanocho m’chimake n’kubwerera kuntchito.
Ndikayang’ana m’mbuyo pa nthawi imene ndinakhala m’chipindachi, ndimadziona kuti ndine wamwayi kukhala mu ofesi ya namwino kamodzi kokha. Chochitika chosayembekezereka chinachitika pa tsiku la 11 nditapita pa intaneti. Pamene ndinkafuna kutembenuza chidutswa cha katiriji, ndinalephera kuugwira ndipo ndinamenyetsa nsonga ya mbedza m’dzanja langa lamanja. “Liyenera kuchira m’masiku oŵerengeka,” namwinoyo anatero pamene ankapaka bandeji pabala la theka la inchi. Anandiuza kuti nthawi zambiri amachita zinthu zovulala ngati zanga.
M’milungu ingapo yotsatira, Billon ankandiyang’ana nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi m’mashifiti anga, akumandigwira paphewa ndi kundifunsa kuti, “Uli bwanji, Mike, asananyamuke?” Nthawi zina ankakhala ndikucheza. Ngati aona kuti ndatopa, atha kutenga mpeni n’kumagwira nane ntchito kwa kanthawi. Nthawi ina ndidamufunsa kuti ndi anthu angati omwe adatenga kachilomboka panthawi ya mliri wa COVID-19 m'chaka. “Inde, zambiri,” iye anatero. “Ndinachilandira masabata angapo apitawo.”
Biliyoni adati mwina adatenga kachilomboka kuchokera kwa munthu yemwe adakwera naye mgalimoto. Biliyoni anakakamizika kukhala kwaokha kwa milungu iwiri, akuyesera kuti adzipatula kwa Shane ndi Dahlia, omwe anali ndi pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi itatu panthawiyo. Anagona m’chipinda chapansi ndipo nthaŵi zambiri ankapita m’chipinda cham’mwamba. Koma m’sabata yachiwiri imene Dalia anatsekeredwa m’chipatala, anadwala malungo ndi chifuwa. Patapita masiku angapo anayamba kuvutika kupuma. Ivan adapita naye kuchipatala, adamugoneka m'chipatala ndikumulumikiza ku oxygen. Patapita masiku atatu, madokotala anayambitsa ntchito. Pa May 23, anabereka mwana wamwamuna wathanzi. Iwo anamutcha iye “Wochenjera”.
Biliyoni anandiuza zonsezi nthaŵi yopuma ya masana ya mphindi 30 isanakwane, ndipo ndinafika kudzayamikira zonsezo, limodzinso ndi kupuma kwa mphindi 15 kusanachitike. Ndinagwira ntchito m’fakitale kwa milungu itatu, ndipo manja anga ankagunda kaŵirikaŵiri. Nditadzuka m’maŵa, zala zanga zinali zolimba ndi kutupa moti ndinkalephera kupindika. Nthawi zambiri ndimamwa mapiritsi awiri a ibuprofen ndisanayambe ntchito. Ngati ululu ukupitirira, ine nditenganso milingo iwiri panthawi yopuma. Ndinapeza kuti iyi inali njira yabwino kwambiri. Kwa anzanga ambiri, oxycodone ndi hydrocodone ndi mankhwala opweteka omwe amasankhidwa. (Mneneri wa Cargill adati kampaniyo "sikudziwa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito mankhwalawa molakwika m'malo ake.")
Kusintha kwanthawi zonse chilimwe chatha: Ndidakokera pamalo oimika magalimoto kufakitale nthawi ya 3:20 pm Malinga ndi chikwangwani cha Digital Bank chomwe ndidadutsa pano, kunja kwatentha kunali madigiri 98. Galimoto yanga, Kia Spectra ya 2008 yokhala ndi 180,000 mailosi pamenepo, idawonongeka kwambiri ndi matalala ndipo mazenera anali pansi chifukwa cha chowongolera mpweya. Izi zikutanthauza kuti mphepo ikawomba kuchokera kum’mwera chakum’mawa, nthawi zina ndimamva fungo la mbewuyo ndisanaione n’komwe.
Ndinali nditavala T-sheti yakale ya thonje, jeans ya Levi, masokosi a ubweya wa nkhosa, ndi nsapato zachitsulo za Timberland zomwe ndinagula ku sitolo ya nsapato zapafupi ndi 15% kuchotsera ndi ID yanga ya Cargill. Nditaimitsa galimoto, ndinavala ukonde wanga watsitsi ndi chipewa changa cholimba n’kutenga bokosi langa la chakudya chamasana ndi jekete la ubweya kuchokera chakumbuyo. Panjira yopita kukhomo lalikulu la chomeracho, ndinadutsa chotchinga. M’makolawo munali ng’ombe zambirimbiri zoyembekezera kuphedwa. Kuwaona amoyo kumapangitsa ntchito yanga kukhala yovuta, koma ndimawayang'anabe. Ena anakangana ndi anansi. Ena anagwetsa makosi awo ngati akufuna kuona zimene zili m’tsogolo.
Nditalowa m'hema wachipatala kuti ndikapime thanzi, ng'ombezo zidasowa. Itafika nthawi yanga, mayi wina wokhala ndi zida anandiitana. Adandiyika thermometer pamphumi panga, adandipatsa chigoba ndikundifunsa mafunso anthawi zonse. Atandiuza kuti ndamasuka, ndidavala chigoba changa, ndikuchoka m'hema ndikudutsa m'malo opindika komanso chitetezo. Malo opha ali kumanzere; fakitale ili molunjika kutsogolo, moyang'anizana ndi fakitale. Ndili m'njira, ndinadutsa antchito ambirimbiri omwe amachoka kuntchito. Iwo ankawoneka otopa ndi achisoni, oyamikira kuti tsikulo latha.
Ndinayima mwachidule mu cafeteria kutenga awiri ibuprofen. Ndinavala jekete langa ndi kuika bokosi langa la chakudya chamasana pa shelefu yamatabwa. Kenako ndinayenda pansi pakhonde lalitali lopita kumalo opangira zinthu. Ndinavala zotsekera m'makutu za thovu ndikudutsa pazitseko zapawiri. Pansi pake panali phokoso la makina a mafakitale. Pofuna kuthetsa phokosolo komanso kupewa kunyong’onyeka, ogwira ntchito atha kuwononga ndalama zokwana madola 45 pa mapulagi a m’khutu ovomerezedwa ndi kampani a 3M, ngakhale kuti kumvana kwawo n’kwakuti siwokwanira kuletsa phokosolo komanso kuti anthu asamve nyimbo. (Ochepa ankawoneka kuti akuvutitsidwa ndi kusokoneza kowonjezereka kwa kumvetsera nyimbo pamene ndikuchita ntchito yoopsa kale.) Njira ina inali kugula mahedifoni osavomerezeka a Bluetooth omwe ndikanatha kubisala pansi pa khosi langa. Ndikudziwa anthu ochepa omwe amachita izi ndipo sanagwidwepo, koma ndinaganiza kuti ndisachite ngozi. Ndinkamamatira kumakutu anthawi zonse ndipo ankandipatsa atsopano Lolemba lililonse.
Kuti ndifike kumalo anga ogwirira ntchito, ndinayenda kukwera kanjira kenaka n’kutsika masitepe opita ku lamba wonyamulira katundu. Cholumikizira ndi chimodzi mwamizere yambiri yofananira pakati pa malo opangirako. Mzere uliwonse umatchedwa "tebulo", ndipo tebulo lirilonse liri ndi nambala. Ndinkagwira ntchito patebulo lachiwiri: tebulo la cartridge. Pali matebulo a shanks, brisket, tenderloin, round and more. Matebulo ndi amodzi mwa malo omwe mumakhala anthu ambiri mufakitole. Ndinakhala pa tebulo lachiwiri, osakwana mapazi awiri kuchokera ku ndodo kumbali zonse za ine. Makatani apulasitiki akuyenera kuthandiza kubweza kusowa kwakutali, koma anzanga ambiri akuyendetsa makatani ndikuzungulira zitsulo zomwe amapachikapo. Zimenezi zinapangitsa kuti kukhale kosavuta kuona zimene zidzachitike pambuyo pake, ndipo posapita nthaŵi ndinachitanso chimodzimodzi. (Cargill amakana kuti antchito ambiri amatsegula makatani.)
Nthawi ya 3:42, ndimakhala ndi ID yanga mpaka koloko pafupi ndi tebulo langa. Ogwira ntchito ali ndi mphindi zisanu kuti afike: kuyambira 3:40 mpaka 3:45. Kupezeka mochedwa kulikonse kudzachititsa kuti theka la malo opezekapo awonongeke (kutaya mfundo za 12 m'miyezi 12 kungayambitse kuchotsedwa ntchito). Ndinayenda mpaka pa conveyor lamba kuti ndikatenge zida zanga. Ndimavala kuntchito kwanga. Ndinanola mpeni uja ndi kutambasula manja anga. Anzanga ena anandimenya nkhonya pamene ankadutsa. Ndinayang'ana patebulopo ndipo ndinawona anthu awiri aku Mexico atayimirira, akudutsana. Iwo amachita izi kumayambiriro kwa kusintha kulikonse.
Posakhalitsa ziwalo za makola zinayamba kutuluka pa lamba wonyamulira, womwe unasuntha kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere kumbali yanga ya tebulo. Panali mafupa asanu ndi awiri patsogolo panga. Ntchito yawo inali kuchotsa mafupa a nyama. Iyi ndi imodzi mwantchito zovuta kwambiri pafakitale (gawo lachisanu ndi chitatu ndilovuta kwambiri, magawo asanu pamwamba pa chuck kumaliza ndikuwonjezera $ 6 pa ola kumalipiro). Ntchitoyi imafuna kulondola kosamalitsa komanso kulimba kwamphamvu: kudulidwa molunjika pafupi ndi fupa momwe ndingathere, ndi mphamvu yankhanza kuti iwononge fupa laulere. Ntchito yanga ndi kudula mafupa onse ndi minyewa zomwe sizimalowa mu fupa la fupa. Ndizo ndendende zomwe ndidachita kwa maola 9 otsatira, ndikungopuma mphindi 15 pa 6:20 ndi kupuma kwa mphindi 30 pa 9:20. "Osati kwambiri!" woyang'anira wanga amakuwa akandigwira ndikudula nyama yambiri. "Ndalama!"