True story The bitterness of an elderly migrant worker on a construction site

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-17

No curfew, no entry into the construction site! The doorman shouted, grabbed the worker Lao Peng, and pushed him out of the gate ......

It all started in early December last year. We were at a nearby construction site, and the work was almost finished, so the boss sent me and Lao Peng to go to another construction site far away from home to do some preliminary work.

When we went, we learned that the management of this construction site is very strict, and we are not allowed to enter the construction site without a curfew.

Then do the curfew! But I can do it, but Lao Peng can't do it, because he is over 55 years old, and the company won't do it.

To apply for access control, you need to provide ID card, Agricultural Bank card, and physical examination form. I have an ID card and an Agricultural Bank card, but when I go to the hospital for a physical examination, I must do CT, electrocardiogram, blood tests, etc., which costs more than 100 yuan.

To be honest, I was reluctant to spend all this unjust money, and I remembered my daughter who worked in the hospital in August, and their hospital introduced a benefit to give the parents of all the employees of the hospital a free medical check-up. That time, we all had a medical check-up.

I took the medical examination materials and went to the headquarters of the construction company with my boss in high spirits, filling out the form, signing it, and pressing the ...... fingerprintAfter a set of cumbersome procedures, when the photos were entered into the computer system, the staff found that the physical examination form was from August, and it was considered expired for more than three months, and it had to be re-examined.

Alas, it looks like it's all done, but it's yellow!

After returning home, my daughter saw that I was depressed, and after asking the reason, she comforted me with a smile: "Dad, working on the construction site also requires a physical examination, which is nothing more than a process, and I will get you a physical examination form tomorrow, or not!" ”

The next day, when I took the physical examination form that passed all the indicators, and then went to the company's headquarters, I thought I could get through the tricks, but I didn't know that I was closed again. People not only need a physical examination form, but also an electrocardiogram, laboratory test sheet, etc.

Ahem, just help a small worker on the construction site, as for being so strict, so serious?

No way, on the third day, I had to go to the hospital for an honest physical examination, which cost more than 100 yuan, which was very distressing.

With the complete physical examination data, I finally passed the test smoothly, and the face was entered into the computer system.

I was finally able to work on the construction site.

The boss said to me: "Every time you enter the construction site, see if you can take Lao Peng in by the way." ”

I tried it and it was ok. Every time after face recognition in front of the turnstile, I first let Lao Peng in, and then face recognition again, and I also went in.

Once the doorman stopped him and refused to let him in, so I hurriedly handed over a cigarette and explained, "Master, you see that he has come all the way to work, it is not easy, and he is a temporary worker, so you should open the net."

Perhaps moved by our sincerity, or perhaps indeed understanding the difficulties of us workers, the doorman acquiesced.

Since then, as soon as Lao Peng entered the construction site, he did not dare to enter and exit the gate at will. There was no migrant stove on the construction site, so when I went out to eat at noon, he gave me the money, and I brought him a copy when I came back. It was only when I came home at night that I followed closely behind.

Lao Peng is very grateful to me, we work together, and he always rushes to do the dirty work. Although I was not a few years younger than him, he always affectionately called me "Xiao Li" and respectfully handed me a cigarette from time to time.

I smiled and said to him, "Lao Peng, they all work hard, what's polite?" ”

The doorman at the gate of the construction site works in seven-day shifts. The last big doorman always felt a little human, but the medium-sized, black-faced doorman who changed shifts was different, oil and salt did not enter, and it was very strict.

It was a bitterly cold morning, and as soon as the sky was bright, Lao Peng and I arrived at the real-name channel at the gate on time.

Because it is a real-name system, the voice system of the turnstile reported my name twice in a row, probably because the doorman heard it.

As soon as Lao Peng entered, the black face rushed out of the guard room and shouted: "No curfew, no entry into the construction site!" And grabbed Lao Peng and pushed him out.

I hurriedly handed over the cigarette again and said nice things. But no matter how we plead, the black face is just two words: no!

Our boss also came to ask for it, but he was still indifferent.

In the end, in the cold wind, Lao Peng had no choice but to return to ...... the same way

Later, the boss really couldn't help it and came up with a crooked idea. There is a low courtyard wall next to the sales department, and every time I enter through the gate first, I put a stool in the courtyard wall and let Lao Peng come in from the outside.

Once, Lao Peng's feet did not step on the stool steadily, and he turned over, and his face was bruised.

Alas, this ** is work, it's just a thief.

And this, just as a middle-aged and elderly migrant worker, for a salary of 150 yuan a day, in order to support his family, it is really too difficult!

Lao Peng once told me that it is so difficult to enter the construction site, and sometimes I really don't want to do it, but I can't just rely on the two acres of thin fields in the field, and I am not too old now, so I can do some odd jobs, so I can subsidize my family.

Yes, a salary of 150 yuan a day, ten days of work can be worth a year's income of one acre of land, not only to subsidize the family, but also may be a big income for the family.

However, the threshold of age ruthlessly turned them away and crushed their dream of working to earn money.

I can't imagine that in a few years, I will become a person like Lao Peng, and I will have no place to work!

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