shane_hayes•1mo agoProlific Poster

That time an inmate told me our work release vans were part of the problem

I help run a small nonprofit that shuttles folks from a minimum security unit to job sites, and last month a guy named Marcus pointed out our 6am pickup schedule meant they had to skip breakfast or risk being late. He showed me the math: missing the breakfast window 5 days a week cost them about 15% of their daily calories, which made it harder to focus during work shifts. Has anyone else found small logistical stuff like this that's actually messing up bigger reform goals?

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max2231mo ago

That's a stretch. Missing one meal isn't great but 15% of daily calories isn't going to wreck someone's focus on a job site unless they're already starving. Pretty sure the bigger problem is the system that put them there in the first place, not a van schedule.

roberts.leo1mo ago

That blood sugar crash hits different when you're swinging a framing hammer all day.

aaron_perry1mo ago

Did you catch that piece on NPR a few weeks back about food insecurity in the trades? They interviewed a framing crew where the guys were sharing a single bag of chips between them by 10am because nobody had eaten breakfast. The foreman said he could always tell which days the food bank had run out because the accident reports would spike. It's not just about 15% of calories - it's about blood sugar crashing during heavy lifting and operating saws. I've seen guys get sloppy after skipping lunch and it's not pretty. The van schedule might not be the root cause, but it's one more thing that makes a bad system worse for the people stuck in it.