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Ekuseni ngoMeyi 25, 2019, umhloli wokuphepha kokudla embonini yokucubungula inyama yaseCargill eDodge City, eKansas, wabona umbono ophazamisayo. Endaweni yezitshalo zamaChimneys, inkunzi yaseHereford yalulama ekudutshulweni esiphongweni ngesibhamu sebhawodi. Mhlawumbe akazange amlahlekele. Kunoma yikuphi, lokhu akufanele kwenzeke. Inkunzi yayiboshwe kolunye lwemilenze yangemuva ngeketanga lensimbi yalengiswa ibheke phansi. Ukhombise lokho imboni yenyama yase-US ekubiza ngokuthi “izimpawu zokuzwela.” Ukuphefumula kwakhe “kwakunesigqi.” Amehlo avuleke enyakaza. Wazama ukuziqondisa, okuyinto ngokuvamile eyenziwa yizilwane ngokugoba umhlane. Okuwukuphela kophawu angalukhombisanga “ukucula”.
Umhloli osebenzela i-USDA wayala izikhulu zomhlambi ukuba zimise amaketanga omoya axhuma izinkomo futhi “zicofe” izilwane. Kodwa lapho omunye wabo edonsa isibhamu sesibhamu, isibhamu saqhuma kabi. Omunye weza nesinye isibhamu ukuze aqedele umsebenzi. “Isilwane sabe sesimangele ngokwanele,” kubhala abahloli ephepheni elichaza lesi sigameko, bephawula ukuthi “isikhathi kusukela ekubukeni okubonakala sengathi uziphatha kabi kuya ekubulaweni kwesiguli ngokumangala kwakuyimizuzu emi-2 kuya kwemi-3.”
Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngemva kwalesi sigameko, i-USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service yakhipha isexwayiso mayelana “nokwehluleka kwalesi sitshalo ukuvimbela ukuphathwa ngonya nokuhlatshwa kwemfuyo,” icaphuna umlando waleso sikhungo wokuthobela imithetho. I-FSIS iyalele i-ejensi ukuthi yenze uhlelo lokusebenza ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izigameko ezifanayo aziphinde zenzeke. NgoJuni 4, uMnyango wagunyaza uhlelo olwethulwe ngumqondisi wemboni wathi encwadini ayibhalele ukuthi uzobambezela isinqumo senhlawulo. Iketango lingaqhubeka nokusebenza futhi izinkomo ezingafika ku-5,800 zingahlatshwa ngosuku.
Ngiqale ukungena kulesi sitaki ekupheleni kukaMfumfu wonyaka odlule, ngemuva kokusebenza embonini isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezine. Ukuze ngimthole, ngafika ekuseni ngolunye usuku futhi ngahamba ngihlehla ngamaketango. Kuyi-surreal ukubona inqubo yokuhlatshwa ihlehla, ibheka isinyathelo ngesinyathelo ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze kuhlanganiswe inkomo: ukubuyisela izitho zayo emgodini wayo womzimba; buyisela ikhanda lakhe entanyeni yakhe; buyisela isikhumba emzimbeni; ibuyisela igazi emithanjeni.
Lapho ngivakashele esilaheni, ngabona inselo enqanyuliwe ilele ethangini lensimbi endaweni yokuhlinza, futhi isitini esibomvu sigcwele igazi elibomvu klebhu. Ngesinye isikhathi, owesifazane owayegqoke iphinifa lerabha yokwenziwa ephuzi wayesika inyama ekhanda elinqunyiwe, elingenasikhumba. Umhloli we-USDA owayesebenza eduze kwakhe wayenza into efanayo. Ngambuza ukuthi ufuna ukusika ngani. "Ama-lymph nodes," esho. Kamuva ngathola ukuthi wayehlola izifo kanye namagciwane.
Ohambweni lwami lokugcina lokuya esitakini, ngazama ukungabonakali. Ngama ngodonga olungemuva futhi ngabona amadoda amabili, emi emsamo, enza amanxeba aqondile emphinjeni yenkomo ngayinye edlulayo. Ngokwazi kwami ​​zonke izilwane zaziqulekile, nakuba ezinye zazikhahlela zingathandi. Ngaqhubeka ngibuka kwaze kwafika umphathi wangibuza ukuthi ngenzeni. Ngamtshela ukuthi ngifuna ukubona ukuthi le ngxenye yesitshalo ibukeka kanjani. “Kufanele uhambe,” kusho yena. “Awukwazi ukuza lapha ngaphandle kwesifihla-buso.” Ngaxolisa ngamtshela ukuthi ngizohamba. Angikwazi ukuhlala isikhathi eside noma kunjalo. Ishifu yami isizoqala.
Ukuthola umsebenzi eCargill kulula ngokumangalisayo. Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-inthanethi "lokukhiqiza okuvamile" lungamakhasi ayisithupha ubude. Inqubo yokugcwalisa ayithathi imizuzu engaphezu kwe-15. Angikaze ngicelwe ukuthi ngithumele i-resume, ingasaphathwa incwadi yezincomo. Ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yesicelo ifomu lemibuzo eyi-14, elihlanganisa okulandelayo:
“Ingabe unolwazi lokusika inyama ngommese (lokhu akubandakanyi ukusebenza esitolo segrosa noma ukudla okudliwayo)?”
“Ususebenze iminyaka emingaki embonini yokukhiqiza inyama yenkomo (efana nokuhlaba noma ukucubungula, esikhundleni sesitolo segrosa noma ukudla okudliwayo)?”
"Ususebenze iminyaka emingaki endaweni yokukhiqiza noma yefekthri (njengolayini wokuhlanganisa noma umsebenzi wokukhiqiza)?"
Amahora angu-4 nemizuzu engu-20 ngemva kokuchofoza okuthi “Hambisa” ngithole i-imeyili eqinisekisa inhlolokhono yami yocingo ngosuku olulandelayo (May 19, 2020). Inhlolokhono ithathe imizuzu emithathu. Lapho umethuli wesifazane engibuza igama lomqashi wami wakamuva, ngamtshela ukuthi yiFirst Church of Christ, usosayensi, umshicileli we-Christian Science Monitor. Kusukela ngo-2014 kuya ku-2018 ngasebenza e-Observer. Kule minyaka emibili kwemine ngibe yintatheli yaseBeijing ye-Observer. Ngawuyeka umsebenzi wami ukuze ngifunde isiShayina futhi ngibe isisebenzi esizimele.
Lona wesifazane wabe esebuza imibuzo eminingana mayelana nokuthi ngahamba nini futhi ngani. Ukuphela kombuzo ongenze ngathula phakathi nenhlolokhono kwaba ngowokugcina.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lona wesifazane wathi “nginelungelo lokuthola umsebenzi onikezwa ngomlomo onemibandela ethile.” Wangitshela ngezikhundla eziyisithupha ifemu eqasha kuzo. Wonke umuntu wayesohlelweni lwesibili, ngaleso sikhathi olwalusuka ku-15:45 lwaya ku-12:30 kuze kube u-1 ekuseni. Ezintathu zazo zihilela ukuvuna, ingxenye yefekthri ngokuvamile ebizwa ngokuthi indawo yokulahla, kanti ezintathu zihilela ukucubungula, ukulungisa inyama ukuze ihanjiswe ezitolo nasezindaweni zokudlela.
Ngokushesha nganquma ukuthola umsebenzi efektri. Ehlobo, amazinga okushisa esilaheni angafinyelela ama-degree angu-100, futhi njengoba owesifazane ocingweni achaza, “iphunga linamandla ngenxa yomswakama,” bese kuba nomsebenzi ngokwawo, imisebenzi enjengokuhlinza kanye “nokuhlanza ulimi.” Ngemva kokukhipha ulimi lwakho, owesifazane uthi, “Kuzofanele ulengise ehhukuni.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuchaza kwakhe le mboni kuyenza ibukeke ingeyinkathi ephakathi futhi ifane nesitolo sobhusha esilingana nezimboni. Ibutho elincane lezisebenzi emgqeni womhlangano lasaha, lahlaba futhi lapakisha yonke inyama yezinkomo. Izinga lokushisa ezindaweni zokusebenzela zesitshalo lisukela ku-32 kuya ku-36 degrees. Nokho, lona wesifazane wangitshela ukuthi usebenza kakhulu futhi “awuwezwa amakhaza lapho ungena endlini.”
Sifuna izikhala. I-chuck cap puller yaqedwa ngokushesha ngoba yayidinga ukunyakaza nokusika ngesikhathi esifanayo. I-sternum kufanele isuswe ngokulandelayo ngesizathu esilula sokuthi ukukhipha okuthiwa umunwe we-pectoral phakathi kwamalunga akubonakali kukhangayo. Okusele ukusika kokugcina kwe-cartridge. Ngokusho kowesifazane, umsebenzi wawumayelana nokusika izingxenye ze-cartridge, "kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izici ababesebenza ngazo." Kunzima kangakanani? Ngiyacabanga. Ngatshela owesifazane ukuthi ngizoyithatha. “Kuhle,” esho, wabe esengitshela ngeholo lami lokuqala ($16.20 ngehora) kanye nemibandela yesicelo sami somsebenzi.
Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, ngemva kokuhlolwa kwesizinda, ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa, nokomzimba, ngathola ucingo olunedethi yokuqala: Juni 8, ngoMsombuluko olandelayo. Bengihlala nomama wami kusukela maphakathi no-March ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus, futhi cishe uhambo lwamahora amane ukusuka e-Topeka uya eDodge City. Nganquma ukuhamba ngeSonto.
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuba sihambe, mina nomama saya kwadadewethu nomlamu ukuze siyodla inyama yenyama. “Kungase kube yinto yokugcina lena eninayo,” kusho udadewethu lapho esibiza futhi esimemela endaweni yakhe. Umlamu wami uwose iziteki ezimbili ze-ribeye ezingama-22-ounce yena kanye nami kanye nethenda engu-24-ounce kamama nodadewethu. Ngasiza udadewethu ukulungisa isidlo sangaseceleni: amazambane abondiwe nobhontshisi obuluhlaza okugaywe ngebhotela namafutha kabhekeni. Ukudla okuphekwe ekhaya okujwayelekile komndeni osezingeni eliphakathi e-Kansas.
I-steak yayiyinhle njenganoma yini engiyizamile. Kunzima ukuyichaza ngaphandle kokuzwakala njengentengiso ye-Applebee: uqweqwe olushisiwe, olunoshukela, inyama ethambile. Ngizama ukudla kancane ukuze ngikwazi ukunambitha konke ukulunywa. Kodwa ngokushesha ngathatheka ngengxoxo futhi, ngaphandle kokucabanga, ngaqeda ukudla kwami. Esifundeni esinezinkomo ezingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili, kukhiqizwa amakhilogremu angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5 zenyama yenkomo minyaka yonke, futhi imindeni eminingi (kuhlanganise nowami nodadewethu abathathu lapho sisebancane) igcwalisa amafriji ayo ngenyama yenkomo njalo ngonyaka. Kulula ukuthatha inyama yenkomo kalula.
Imboni yaseCargill itholakala emaphethelweni aseningizimu-mpumalanga yeDodge City, eduze nendawo ethe ukuhluma inyama ephethwe yiNational Beef. Zombili lezi zindawo zisezindaweni eziphambene zamamayela amabili omgwaqo oyingozi kakhulu eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Kansas. Kukhona izindawo zokukhuculula indle kanye nendawo yokudla eduzane. Ezinsukwini ezedlule ehlobo ngangiguliswa iphunga le-lactic acid, i-hydrogen sulfide, indle nokufa. Ukushisa okushisayo kuzokwenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu.
Amathafa Aphakeme aseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeKansas ayikhaya lezitshalo ezine ezinkulu ezilungisa inyama: ezimbili eDodge City, eyodwa eLiberty City (Inyama Yenkomo Kazwelonke) neyodwa eduze neGarden City (Tyson Foods). IDodge City yaba ikhaya lezitshalo ezimbili zokupakisha inyama, i-coda efanelekile emlandweni wokuqala wedolobha. Yasungulwa ngo-1872 ngabakwa-Atchison, i-Topeka kanye ne-Santa Fe Railroad, iDodge City ekuqaleni yayiyindawo engaphandle yabazingeli bezinyathi. Ngemva kokuba imihlambi yezinkomo eyayizulazula eGreat Plains isiqediwe (ingasaphathwa eyoMdabu waseMelika ake ahlala lapho), leli dolobha laphendukela ekuhwebeni kwemfuyo.
Cishe ngobusuku obubodwa, iDodge City yaba “imakethe yezinkomo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni,” ngokusho kukasomabhizinisi wendawo. Kwakuyinkathi yabameli abafana no-Wyatt Earp nabashaya ngezibhamu abafana no-Doc Holliday, ababegcwele ukugembula, ukulwa nezibhamu kanye nezimpi zamabha. Ukusho ukuthi iDodge City iyaziqhenya ngamagugu ayo aseWild West kungaba wukubukelwa phansi, futhi ayikho indawo ebungaza lokhu, abanye bangase bathi iyinganekwane, amagugu angaphezu kwe-Boot Hill Museum. I-Boot Hill Museum iku-500 W. Wyatt Earp Avenue, eduze ne-Gunsmoke Row kanye ne-Gunslinger Wax Museum, futhi isekelwe esilinganisweni esiphelele se-Front Street eyake yaduma. Izivakashi zingajabulela ubhiya wezimpande e-Long Branch Saloon noma zithenge izinsipho ezenziwe ngezandla kanye ne-fudge yasekhaya e-Rath & Co. General Store. Izakhamuzi zaseFord County zingenwa mahhala emnyuziyamu, futhi ngisebenzise ithuba izikhathi ezimbalwa kuleli hlobo ngenkathi ngithuthela efulethini elinekamelo elilodwa eduze ne-VFW yendawo.
Nokho, naphezu kwenani eliqanjiwe lomlando weDodge City, inkathi yayo yaseWild West ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside. Ngo-1885, ngaphansi kwengcindezi eyandayo evela kubafuyi bendawo, isiShayamthetho saseKansas savimbela ukungeniswa kwezinkomo zaseTexas ezweni, kwaqeda ngokuphazima kweso ukuqhutshwa kwezinkomo zedolobha. Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa eyalandela, iDodge City yahlala iwumphakathi othule wabalimi. Kwathi ngo-1961, i-Hyplains Dressed Beef yavula indawo yokuqala yokugaya inyama yedolobha (manje esetshenziswa yiNational Beef). Ngo-1980, inkampani engaphansi kweCargill yavula isitshalo eduze. Ukukhiqizwa kwenyama yenkomo kubuyela eDodge City.
Izitshalo ezine zokupakisha inyama, ezinabasebenzi abahlangene abangaphezu kwe-12,800, ziphakathi kwabaqashi abakhulu eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Kansas, futhi bonke bathembele kubantu bokufika ukuthi basize abasebenzi bemigqa yabo yokukhiqiza. “Abapakisha baphila ngesiqubulo esithi, ‘Yakhani bazofika,’” kusho uDonald Stull, isazi sesayensi yesintu esesihlole imboni yokupakisha inyama iminyaka engaphezu kuka-30. “Eqinisweni yilokho okwenzekile.”
I-boom yaqala ekuqaleni kwawo-1980 ngokufika kwababaleki baseVietnam kanye nabokufika abavela eMexico naseMelika Ephakathi, kusho uStull. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ababaleki abavela eMyanmar, eSudan, eSomalia naseDemocratic Republic of Congo beze bezosebenza kulesi sikhungo. Namuhla, cishe ingxenye yesithathu yezakhamizi zaseDodge City zizalelwa kwamanye amazwe, kanti izingxenye ezintathu kwezinhlanu ziyi-Hispanic noma i-Latino. Lapho ngifika efekthri ngosuku lwami lokuqala lomsebenzi, kwavela amabhanela amane emnyango, abhalwe ngesiNgisi, iSpanishi, isiFulentshi nesiSomalia, exwayisa abasebenzi ukuthi bahlale ekhaya uma benezimpawu ze-COVID-19.
Ngachitha ingxenye enkulu yezinsuku zami ezimbili zokuqala efektri ekilasini elingenafasitela eduze nendawo yokulashelwa nezinye izisebenzi ezintsha eziyisithupha. Igumbi linezindonga ze-beige cinder block kanye nezibani ze-fluorescent. Odongeni eduze nomnyango kwakunamaphosta amabili, elilodwa ngesiNgisi nelilodwa ngesiSomali, abhalwe ukuthi, “Letha abantu inyama yenkomo.” Ummeleli wakwa-HR uchithe ingxenye engcono yokuma kwezinsuku ezimbili nathi, eqinisekisa ukuthi asilahlekelwa umbono wethu. "I-Cargill iyinhlangano yomhlaba wonke," esho ngaphambi kokwethula isethulo ende se-PowerPoint. “Sondla kakhulu umhlaba. Kungakho lapho i-coronavirus iqala, asizange sivale. Ngoba benilambile, akunjalo?"
Kusukela ekuqaleni kukaJuni, uCovid-19 waphoqa ukuthi kuvalwe izitshalo okungenani ezingama-30 ezipakisha inyama e-US futhi kwaholela ekufeni kwabasebenzi okungenani abangama-74, ngokusho kweMidwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Imboni yaseCargill yabika icala layo lokuqala ngo-Ephreli 13. Imininingwane yezempilo yomphakathi yaseKansas ikhombisa ukuthi abasebenzi balesi sikhungo abangaphezu kuka-600 kwabangu-2,530 bathole inkontileka ye-COVID-19 ngo-2020. Okungenani abantu abane bashona.
NgoMashi, lesi sitshalo saqala ukusebenzisa uchungechunge lwezinyathelo zokuphambanisa umphakathi, okuhlanganisa nalezo ezinconywe yiCenters for Disease Control and Prevention kanye ne-Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Le nkampani inyuse izikhathi zekhefu, yafaka izingxenye ze-plexiglass ematafuleni ekhefi futhi yafaka amakhethini epulasitiki aminyene phakathi kwezindawo zokusebenza emigqeni yayo yokukhiqiza. Ngesonto lesithathu lika-Agasti, kwavela izingxenye zensimbi ezindlini zangasese zamadoda, zinikeza izisebenzi indawo ethile (nobumfihlo) eduze nezindawo zokuchamela insimbi engagqwali.
Lesi sikhungo siphinde saqasha abe-Examinetics ukuthi bahlole abasebenzi ngaphambi kweshifu ngayinye. Etendeni elimhlophe emnyango wesitshalo, iqembu lezisebenzi zezokwelapha ezigqoke imaski engu-N95, izembozo ezimhlophe namagilavu ​​ahlole amazinga okushisa futhi anikeze imaski alahlwayo. Amakhamera ezithombe ezishisayo afakwa embonini ukuze kuhlolwe izinga lokushisa okwengeziwe. Kudingeka izimbobo zobuso. Ngihlala ngigqoka imaskhi elahlwayo, kodwa ezinye izisebenzi eziningi zikhetha ukugqoka ama-gaiters aluhlaza anophawu lwe-International Union of Food and Commercial Workers noma amabhandena amnyama anophawu lwe-Cargill futhi, ngesizathu esithile, #Extraordinary ephrintiwe kuwo.
Ukutheleleka ngeCoronavirus akuyona ukuphela kwengozi yezempilo esitshalweni. Ukupakishwa kwenyama kuyaziwa ukuthi kuyingozi. Ngokusho kweHuman Rights Watch, izibalo zikahulumeni zikhomba ukuthi kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-2018, umuntu osebenza ngenyama noma wenkukhu uzolahlekelwa yizitho zomzimba noma alaliswe esibhedlela njalo ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala lokuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi, omunye umsebenzi omusha omnyama wase-Alabama uthe ubhekane nesimo esiyingozi ngesikhathi esebenza njengompakishi embonini yeNnyama Yenkomo eseduze. Wagoqa umkhono wangakwesokudla, eveza isibazi esingama-intshi amane ngaphandle kwendololwane yakhe. “Ngicishe ngaphenduka ubisi lukashokoledi,” kusho yena.
Omele i-HR uxoxe indaba efanayo ngendoda umkhono wayo obhajwe ebhandeni lokuthutha. “Ulahlekelwe ingalo ngesikhathi efika lapha,” esho ekhomba ingxenye yebicep yakhe yangakwesobunxele. Wacabanga isikhashana wabe esedlulela kusilayidi esilandelayo se-PowerPoint: “Lesi yisiqephu esihle sodlame lwasemsebenzini.” Waqala ukuchaza inqubomgomo kaCargill yokungabekezeleli izibhamu.
Ehoreni elilandelayo nemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu, sizogxila emalini nokuthi izinyunyana zingasisiza kanjani ukwenza imali eyengeziwe. Izikhulu zenyunyana zisitshele ukuthi i-UFCW yendawo isanda kuxoxisana ngokukhushulwa unomphela kwama- $2 kubo bonke abasebenzi behora. Ubuye wachaza ukuthi ngenxa yemiphumela yalolu bhubhane, bonke abasebenzi behora bazophinde bathole “iholo eliqondiwe” elingu- $6 ngehora kusukela ekupheleni kuka-Agasti. Lokhu kuzoholela eholweni lokuqala lika-$24.20. Ngosuku olulandelayo ngesikhathi sokudla kwasemini, indoda ethile yase-Alabama yangitshela ukuthi yayifuna kangakanani ukusebenza isikhathi esengeziwe. “Ngisebenza ngesikweletu sami manje,” kusho yena. “Besisebenza kanzima kangangokuthi besingeke sibe naso nesikhathi sokusebenzisa yonke imali.”
Ngosuku lwami lwesithathu embonini yaseCargill, isibalo samacala e-coronavirus e-United States safinyelela ezigidini ezimbili. Kodwa lesi sitshalo sesiqalile ukululama kusukela ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo. (Ukukhiqizwa embonini kwehle cishe ngo-50% ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, ngokomlayezo wombhalo ovela kumqondisi wezobudlelwano kuhulumeni wesifunda saseCargill oya kuNobhala Wezolimo waseKansas, engawuthola kamuva ngesicelo samarekhodi omphakathi.) Indoda eyisidlakela ephethe lesi sitshalo. . shift yesibili. Unentshebe emhlophe ewugqinsi, ugeje isithupha sakhe sokudla, futhi ukhuluma ngenjabulo. “Ishaya odongeni nje,” ngamuzwa etshela usonkontileka owayelungisa i-air conditioner ephukile. “Ngesonto eledlule sibe nezivakashi ezingu-4 000 ngosuku. Kuleli sonto cishe sizoba cishe ku-4,500 XNUMX. ”
Embonini, zonke lezo zinkomo zicutshungulwa egumbini elikhulu eligcwele amaketanga ensimbi, amabhande epulasitiki aqinile, ama-vacuum sealers angangemboni kanye nezitaki zamabhokisi okuthumela amakhadibhodi. Kodwa kuqala ikamelo elibandayo, lapho inyama yenkomo ilenga ohlangothini lwayo isilinganiso samahora angu-36 ngemva kokuphuma esilaheni. Lapho zilethwa ekuhlatshweni, izinhlangothi zihlukaniswa zibe indawo engaphambili nengemuva bese zisikwa zibe izingcezu ezincane, ezithengiswayo. Zipakishwa nge-vacuum bese zifakwa emabhokisini ukuze zisakazwe. Ngezikhathi ezingezona ezobhubhane, isilinganiso samabhokisi angama-40,000 aphuma esitshalweni nsuku zonke, ngalinye linesisindo esiphakathi kwamakhilogremu ayi-10 kuye kwangama-90. UMcDonald's noTaco Bell, Walmart kanye noKroger bonke bathenga inyama yenkomo eCargill. Le nkampani isebenzisa izimboni eziyisithupha ezilungisa inyama yenkomo e-United States; elikhulu kunawo wonke liseDodge City.
Umgomo obaluleke kakhulu embonini yokupakisha inyama "uchungechunge alupheli." Inkampani yenza yonke imizamo yokugcina imigqa yayo yokukhiqiza isebenza ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Kodwa ukubambezeleka kwenzeka. Izinkinga zemishini ziyimbangela evame kakhulu; Okungavamile ukuvalwa okuqalwe ngabahloli be-USDA ngenxa yezigameko ezisolwayo zokungcola noma "zokuphathwa ngonya", njengoba kwenzeka embonini yaseCargill eminyakeni emibili edlule. Izisebenzi ngazinye zisiza ukugcina ulayini wokukhiqiza usebenza “ngokudonsa izinombolo,” igama lemboni lokwenza ingxenye yabo yomsebenzi. Indlela eqinisekile yokulahlekelwa inhlonipho kosebenza nabo iwukuba uhlale ulele emuva esikimini sakho, ngoba lokho kusho ukuthi kuzodingeka benze umsebenzi owengeziwe. Izingxabano ezishubile engiye ngazibona ocingweni zenzeka lapho othile ebonakala eziphumulele. Lezi zimpi azikaze zifinyelele enye into ngaphandle kokumemeza noma ukungqubuzana kwendololwane ngezikhathi ezithile. Uma isimo singalawuleki, induna iyabizwa njengomxazululi.
Abasebenzi abasha banikezwa isikhathi sesivivinyo sezinsuku ezingama-45 ukufakazela ukuthi bangenza lokho izitshalo zeCargill ezikubiza ngokuthi “umsebenzi wamakhono”. Ngalesi sikhathi, umuntu ngamunye ugadwe umqeqeshi. Umqeqeshi wami wayeneminyaka engu-30 ubudala, esemncane kimi ngezinyanga ezimbalwa, enamehlo amomothekayo namahlombe abanzi. Uyilungu leqembu elincane lamaKaren elishushiswayo eMyanmar. Igama lakhe uKaren kwakunguPar Tau, kodwa ngemuva kokuba yisakhamuzi saseMelika ngo-2019, washintsha igama lakhe waba nguBillion. Lapho ngimbuza ukuthi ulikhethe kanjani igama lakhe elisha, waphendula, “Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku ngiyoba usozigidigidi.” Wahleka, ebonakala enamahloni ukuhlanganyela le ngxenye yephupho lakhe laseMelika.
Izigidigidi zazalwa ngo-1990 endaweni encane esempumalanga yeMyanmar. Abavukeli bakaKaren baphakathi kokuvukelwa isikhathi eside kuhulumeni omkhulu wezwe. Ukungqubuzana kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba senkulungwaneni entsha - enye yezimpi zombango ezinde kakhulu emhlabeni - futhi kwaphoqa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaKaren ukuba abaleke awele umngcele aye eThailand. Isigidigidi singomunye wabo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-12, waqala ukuhlala ekamu lababaleki lapho. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, wathuthela e-United States, waqala waya e-Houston wabe eseya e-Garden City, lapho asebenza khona efektri eseduze yaseTyson. Ngo-2011, wasebenza noCargill, lapho esaqhubeka khona ukusebenza nanamuhla. Njengabaningi oKaren abeza eGarden City ngaphambi kwakhe, uBillion waya eGrace Bible Church. Kulapho ahlangana khona noTou Kwee, ogama lakhe lesiNgisi kwakunguDahlia. Baqala ukuthandana ngo-2009. Ngo-2016, kwazalwa ingane yabo yokuqala, uShine. Bathenga umuzi futhi bashada ngemva kweminyaka emibili.
U-Yi unguthisha onesineke. Wangibonisa indlela yokugqoka ijazi le-chainmail, amagilavu, kanye nengubo kakotini emhlophe ebukeka sengathi yenzelwe iqhawe. Kamuva wanginika ihhuku lensimbi elinesibambo esiwolintshi nomgodla wepulasitiki onemimese emithathu efanayo, ngamunye unesibambo esimnyama nensingo engamayintshi ayisithupha egobile, wangiyisa endaweni evulekile cishe amafidi angu-60 phakathi nendawo. . – Ibhande elide lokuthutha. Izigidigidi zawukhipha ummese futhi zabonisa indlela yokuwulola kusetshenziswa into yokulola isisindo. Wabe eseya emsebenzini, esika izingcezwana zoqwanga namathambo futhi eklebhula izinyanda ezinde, ezacile emakhathriji angangetshe elilingana nathi emgqeni wokuhlanganisa.
UBjorn wasebenza ngendlela ehlelekile, futhi ngama ngemva kwakhe ngabukela. Into eyinhloko, wangitshela, ukusika inyama encane ngangokunokwenzeka. (Kunjengoba esinye isikhulu sikubeka ngamafuphi: “Inyama eyengeziwe, imali eyengeziwe.”) Izigidi eziyinkulungwane zenza umsebenzi ube lula. Ngokunyakaza okukodwa okuhlakaniphile, ukuqhweba kwehuku, waphequlula iqatha lenyama elingamakhilogremu angu-30 futhi wakhipha imisipha emiphethweni yayo. “Thatha isikhathi sakho,” wangitshela ngemva kokuba sesishintshe izindawo.
Ngasika umugqa olandelayo futhi ngamangazwa indlela ummese wami owawusika kalula ngayo enyameni eqandisiwe. UBillion wangeluleka ukuba ngilole ummese ngemva kokusikwa ngakunye. Lapho sengisendaweni yeshumi, ngephutha ngabamba uhlangothi lwehhuku ngensingo. Izigidigidi zangicela ukuba ngiyeke ukusebenza. “Qaphela ungakwenzi lokhu,” esho, futhi indlela eyayibukeka ngayo yangitshela ukuthi ngenze iphutha elikhulu. Ayikho into embi njengokusika inyama ngommese obuthuntu. Ngayikhipha entsha emgodleni wayo ngabuyela emsebenzini.
Uma ngibheka emuva ngesikhathi sami kulesi sikhungo, ngizibona nginenhlanhla yokuba sehhovisi lomhlengikazi kanye kuphela. Isigameko esingalindelekile senzeke ngosuku lwe-11 ngemuva kokungena ku-inthanethi. Ngenkathi ngizama ukuphendukisa ucezu lwekhatriji, ngahluleka ukuzibamba futhi ngashaya isihloko sehuku entendeni yesandla sami sokudla. “Kufanele siphole ezinsukwini ezimbalwa,” kusho umhlengikazi ngenkathi efaka ibhandishi enxebeni elinguhhafu we-intshi. Wangitshela ukuthi uvame ukwelapha abantu abalimele njengami.
Emasontweni ambalwa alandelayo, uBillon wayengibheka ngezikhathi ezithile phakathi namashifu, engithinta ehlombe futhi engibuza, “Kunjani, Mike, ngaphambi kokuba ahambe?” Kwesinye isikhathi wayehlala exoxa. Uma ebona ukuthi ngikhathele angathatha ummese asebenze nami okwesikhashana. Ngesinye isikhathi ngambuza ukuthi bangaki abantu abangenwe yileli gciwane ngesikhathi kuqubuka i-COVID-19 entwasahlobo. “Yebo, kakhulu,” kusho yena. “Ngiyithole emasontweni ambalwa edlule.”
UBillion uthe kungenzeka ukuthi wathola leli gciwane kumuntu ayegibele naye emotweni. Izigidigidi zaphoqeleka ukuthi zihlale zodwa ekhaya amasonto amabili, zizama konke okusemandleni ukuzehlukanisa noShane noDahlia, ababenezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili bekhulelwe ngaleso sikhathi. Wayelala egumbini elingaphansi futhi engavamile ukukhuphukela phezulu. Kodwa ngesonto lesibili lokuvalelwa yedwa, uDalia waba nomkhuhlane nokukhwehlela. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva waqala ukuba nezinkinga zokuphefumula. U-Ivan wamyisa esibhedlela, wamlalisa futhi wamxhuma kumoya-mpilo. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, odokotela benza umsebenzi. NgoMeyi 23, wabeletha umfana ophile kahle. Bambiza ngo “Smart”.
Izigidigidi zangitshela konke lokhu ngaphambi kwekhefu lethu lesidlo sasemini lemizuzu engu-30, futhi ngafika ngizokwazisa konke, kanye nekhefu lemizuzu engu-15 ngaphambi kwalo. Ngasebenza embonini amasonto amathathu, futhi izandla zami zazivame ukushayeka. Lapho ngivuka ekuseni, iminwe yami yayiqinile futhi ivuvukele kangangokuthi ngangingakwazi ukugoba. Imvamisa ngithatha amaphilisi amabili e-ibuprofen ngaphambi komsebenzi. Uma ubuhlungu buqhubeka, ngizothatha imithamo emibili ngaphezulu phakathi nesikhathi sokuphumula. Ngithole lokhu kuyisixazululo esilungile uma kuqhathaniswa. Kozakwethu abaningi, i-oxycodone ne-hydrocodone imithi yezinhlungu engiyithandayo. (Umkhulumeli weCargill uthe inkampani "ayazi nganoma yimiphi imikhuba ekusetshenzisweni okungekho emthethweni kwalezi zidakamizwa ezimbili ezikhungweni zayo.")
Ukushintsha okuvamile ehlobo eledlule: Ngingene endaweni yokupaka yefekthri ngo-3:20 pm Ngokophawu lweBhange Ledijithali ngidlule endleleni lapha, izinga lokushisa ngaphandle lalingu-98 degrees. Imoto yami, iKia Spectra ka-2008 enamakhilomitha angu-180,000 kuyo, ibe nomonakalo omkhulu wesichotho futhi amafasitela ehlile ngenxa ye-air conditioner ephukile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi lapho umoya uvunguza uvela eningizimu-mpumalanga, ngezinye izikhathi ngiyakwazi ukuhogela isitshalo ngaphambi kokuba ngisibone.
Ngangigqoke isikibha sikakotini esidala, amajini kaLevi, amasokisi ewuli, namabhuzu ensimbi ase-Timberland engawathenga esitolo sendawo sezicathulo ngesaphulelo sika-15% nge-ID yami ye-Cargill. Lapho sengimile, ngafaka inethi lami lezinwele nesigqoko esiqinile ngase ngithatha ibhokisi lami lokudla kanye nejakhethi yoboya esihlalweni esingemuva. Endleleni eya emnyango omkhulu wesitshalo, ngadlula umgoqo. Ngaphakathi ezibayeni kwakunamakhulu ezinkomo ezilindele ukuhlatshwa. Ukubabona bephila kangaka kwenza umsebenzi wami ube nzima, kodwa noma kunjalo ngibabuka. Abanye baxabana nomakhelwane. Abanye bakhamisa izintamo sengathi bafuna ukubona ukuthi yini engaphambili.
Lapho ngingena etendeni likadokotela ngiyohlolwa impilo, izinkomo zanyamalala emehlweni. Lapho sekuyithuba lami, ngabizwa ngowesifazane ohlomile. Wabeka i-thermometer esiphongweni sami, wanginika imaskhi futhi wabuza uchungechunge lwemibuzo evamile. Lapho engitshela ukuthi ngikhululekile ukuhamba, ngagqoka imaski yami, ngaphuma etendeni ngahamba phakathi kwama-turntile kanye ne-canopy yezokuphepha. Indawo yokubulala ingakwesobunxele; imboni iqonde phambili, ibhekene nefekthri. Endleleni, ngadlula inqwaba yezisebenzi zosuku lokuqala ziphuma emsebenzini. Babebukeka bekhathele futhi bedangele, bebonga ukuthi seluphelile usuku.
Ngama kafushane endaweni yokudlela ukuze ngithathe ibuprofen ezimbili. Ngagqoka ibhantshi lami ngase ngibeka ibhokisi lami lokudla kwasemini eshalofini lezingodo. Ngabe sengihamba ngephasishi elide eliya endaweni yokukhiqiza. Ngafaka ama-earplugs anegwebu futhi ngangena eminyango ejikayo kabili. Phansi kwakugcwele umsindo wemishini yezimboni. Ukuze uthulise umsindo futhi ugweme isithukuthezi, izisebenzi zingasebenzisa u-$45 ekuthengeni ama-earplugs okukhansela umsindo angu-3M agunyazwe yinkampani, nakuba ukuvumelana ukuthi awanele ukuvimba umsindo futhi avimbele abantu ukuthi balalele umculo. (Bambalwa ababebonakala bekhathazwa ukuphazamisa okwengeziwe kokulalela umculo kuyilapho benza umsebenzi osuvele uyingozi.) Enye inketho kwakuwukuthenga ama-headphones e-Bluetooth angavunyelwe engangingawafihla ngaphansi kwe-neck gaiter yami. Ngiyazi abantu abambalwa abenza lokhu futhi abakaze babanjwe, kodwa nginqume ukungazifaki engozini. Nganamathela kuma-earplug ajwayelekile futhi nganikezwa amasha njalo ngoMsombuluko.
Ukuze ngifike esiteshini sami somsebenzi, ngenyuka ngephasishi ngase ngehla ngezitebhisi eziya ebhandeni lokuthutha. I-conveyor ingenye yenqwaba ehamba ngemigqa emide ehambisanayo ezansi maphakathi nendawo yokukhiqiza. Umugqa ngamunye ubizwa ngokuthi “ithebula”, futhi ithebula ngalinye linenombolo. Ngisebenze etafuleni inombolo yesibili: ithebula le-cartridge. Kunamatafula ama-shanks, brisket, tenderloin, round nokunye. Amathebula angenye yezindawo ezigcwele kakhulu efektri. Ngahlala etafuleni lesibili, ngaphansi kwamamitha amabili ukusuka enduku nhlangothi zombili zami. Amakhethini epulasitiki kufanele asize ukunxephezela ukuntuleka kokuqhelelana komphakathi, kodwa iningi lozakwethu ligijimisa amakhethini phezulu futhi lizungeze izinduku zensimbi abalenga kuzo. Lokhu kwenza kwaba lula ukubona okuzokwenzeka ngokulandelayo, futhi ngokushesha ngenza okufanayo. (UCargill uyaphika ukuthi iningi labasebenzi livula amakhethini.)
Ngo-3:42, ngiphakamisa umazisi wami ewashini eduze kwedeski lami. Abasebenzi banemizuzu emihlanu ukufika: kusukela ngo-3:40 kuya ku-3:45. Noma yikuphi ukufika sekwephuzile kuzoholela ekulahlekelweni kwengxenye yamaphuzu okuhanjelwa (ukulahlekelwa amaphuzu ayi-12 esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyi-12 kungaholela ekuxoshweni). Ngiqonde ebhandeni le-conveyor ukuze ngithathe izinto zami. Ngiyagqoka emsebenzini wami. Ngalola ummese ngelula izandla. Abanye ozakwethu bangishaya ngesibhakela ngesikhathi bedlula. Ngabheka ngaphesheya kwetafula futhi ngabona abantu baseMexico ababili bemi eduze komunye nomunye, bewela. Lokhu bakwenza ekuqaleni kwawo wonke amashifu.
Ngokushesha izingxenye zekholethi zaqala ukuphuma ebhandeni lokuthutha, elalisuka kwesokudla liye kwesokunxele ohlangothini lwami lwetafula. Kwakukhona amathambo ayisikhombisa phambi kwami. Umsebenzi wabo kwakuwukukhipha amathambo enyameni. Lona omunye wemisebenzi enzima kakhulu esitshalweni (izinga lesishiyagalombili linzima kakhulu, amazinga amahlanu ngaphezu kokuqedwa kwe-chuck futhi wengeza u-$6 ngehora emholweni). Umsebenzi udinga kokubili ukunemba okucophelelayo namandla anonya: ukunemba ukuze usike eduze nethambo ngangokunokwenzeka, kanye namandla anonya ukuze avule amathambo. Umsebenzi wami ukunquma wonke amathambo nemisipha engangeni ku-bone chuck. Yilokho kanye engikwenzile emahoreni angu-9 alandelayo, ngima kuphela ikhefu lemizuzu engu-15 ngo-6:20 kanye nekhefu lesidlo sakusihlwa lemizuzu engu-30 ngo-9:20. “Akuningi kakhulu!” umphathi wami wayememeza lapho engibamba nginqume inyama eningi. "Imali yemali!"