Homeless are not uniform in description

I came up from the Lower Mainland as essentially homeless and out of work because the Lower Mainland is cruel and harsh to its low-income workers.

I was betrayed by a company I gave over 10 years to, that treacherous company is infecting the Okanagan and other regions of B.C. and Canada.

I was fortunate to have family here.

I got a job with cruel, treacherous retailer and lasted more than five years there before they tossed me to the curb.

I am in danger of homelessness still, due to poverty wages in the retail sector and nearly 100% of my past employers.

I was physically homeless in the Lower Mainland during the winter despite having a job because a “friend” betrayed me.

So please stop judging the homeless as if they are all drug users or criminals.

All other communities need to stop offloading to Penticton but Penticton needs to improve its own abysmal attitude towards the homeless.

Patrick Longworth

Penticton