A TikTok video of a young woman complaining about having to work 40 hours a week has gone viral on social media with millions of views.
The woman, who identified herself as Eliza and posted under the nickname “SupposedlyASystem,” said it was impossible to enjoy life while working 40 hours to pay rent.
“How can I enjoy life while working full time?” she wrote in the video.
“So I can work 40 hours a week and live in a two-bedroom apartment and an extra $300 a month,” she says.
“For example, it doesn’t cover my cell phone, internet, food, right? So not only do I have no extra money, but I’m so tired just working and I don’t have time,” Eliza continued.
“When I finish work at 5:30 and come home, I’m so tired. I’m so tired that I postpone everything I have to do other than work until the weekend, and then I do my work. I wait until Saturday to do this because I’m tired afterwards, and then I end up having to split it into two days because there’s so much to do over the weekend,” she said. She is, she says.
“So I don’t have any days off, I don’t have days to relax, I don’t have any days to relax!” Eliza added tearfully. “I don’t know what to do, I’m not cut out for this! I don’t have the money, time, or energy to enjoy life outside of work, and I don’t know what to do anymore.” You know what? I’m so tired. ”
response
Reactions on social media were mixed, with some supporting her claims as a symptom of modern life, while others ridiculed and ridiculed her for complaining about normal working hours.
“It honestly bothers me that so many people think that working 40 hours a week is hard. That means you have to be awake for at least 5-6 hours a day during the week, and then on the weekends. You’ll have two full days of free time. How much more free time will you have?” Do you really think you should do that? ” answered Commentator Matt Walsh.
“Stop blaming children for having unrealistic expectations and blame the parents for clearly failing to prepare their children for adulthood.” read One reply.
“Imagine how tired people are now who have been working for the past 20, 30, 40 years. No one has ever said a bad word about us. Masu.” read Another reply.
Some criticized the video as being mocked by people on the right.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: This is another young woman portraying a crisis of meaning, and the right-wingers who mock her are missing the point.” answered Marlo Slayback.
“If you’re a conservative who’s drunk on this woman, you’ve got a misunderstanding of what this means. This isn’t about spoiled whining Gen Z or anything like that. The post-Christian West. It’s about the crisis of meaning in “Civilization through Feminism, Liberalism, and Secularism” and the hollowing out of our society.” answered Author John Daniel Davidson.
After a mix of supportive and critical reactions, one version of the video received more than 14 million views on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) alone.original video collected It has been viewed 590,000 times on TikTok.
she answered Addressing those who criticized her in another video, she said she felt sorry for them.
Here is the video of Eliza’s rant:
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