Ukuya emsebenzini ngenene kunokukuguqula

Kwiveki ephelileyo, uRebecca Lee, oneminyaka engama-30, wasela ikomityi yeti eshushu phambi kokuba anike itanki yakhe ye-Uniqlo Heattech, ihempe enemikhono emide, ijezi yomqhaphu, ibhatyi ebhityileyo, iithayithi zeHeattech kunye neebhulukhwe yebhola ekhephu. Ngaphezulu, wongeze iibhutsi zakhe zasebusika ze-Sorel, umnqwazi, isikhafu, iiglavu kunye nebhatyi ende ezantsi eneepokotho ezizaliswe zizifudumezi ezilahlwayo. U-Lee wayengalungiseleli uhambo lwenkampu ebusika okanye uhambo lwe-arctic; Wayelungiselela ukuhamba kwakhe kwemihla ngemihla kusasa nge-13-degree degree. Akukho zithuthi zininzi okanye ii-Uber zokusebenza zakhe. Yonke imihla ngo-6 kusasa, u-Lee ubeka iyure ukusuka ePenn Station ukuya kwisibhedlele sedolophu apho asebenza khona kunye nenye iyure xa egoduka. Ndihamba ndisiya emsebenzini, ndinetha okanye ndiqaqambile, ngenxa yezizathu zokuthintela impilo, utshilo. Kukho iintsuku xa ndidiniwe kakhulu kwaye ndingakulindelanga ukuhamba, kodwa impilo yinto engenakuthenga yonke imali ehlabathini. I-blizzard kaJanuwari kunye ne-valentine's subzero temps yaqaqambisa indlela yangaphantsi-yokuthintela abantu baseNew York abanesibindi iiyure zezitrato ezityibilikayo kunye nemimoya evuthuzayo yohambo lwabo lwemihla ngemihla ukuya emsebenzini-imozulu yasebusika (kunye nokuhamba ngokukhawuleza) kugwetyelwe. Abanye bayenzela ukuzilolonga, abanye bonge imali, kodwa zonke ii-walkaholics bazinikele ngenkani kwindlela yabo ende yokuhambahamba, inyathelo elinye elinekhephu ngexesha. Izizathu zempilo zizodwa kufuneka zikhuthaze nabani na ukuba ahambe umgama ongaphezulu. Oko waqala le ndlela kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, UNks Lee uthi akaguli njengokuba wayeqhele ukwenza kwaye wade woyisa ukungalali. Kuhlala kundithatha iyure enye ukuya kwezimbini busuku ngabunye ukuba ndilale. Ngoku kuthatha kuphela imizuzu eyi-10-15 kwaye ndivuka ndihlaziyekile, utshilo. Umfazi uhamba ngekhephu eManhattan nge-Matshi 20, 2015 kwisiXeko saseNew York.Ifoto: Spencer Platt / Getty Izithombe

Njengeyona ndlela indala yokuzivocavoca, ukuhamba yeyona nto ikhuselekileyo neyona iluncedo kakhulu abantu abanokuthatha inxaxheba kuyo yonke imihla, uqinisekisile uGqr. Scott Weiss, ingcali yezomzimba kunye nokuzivocavoca umzimba osebenza namaQela eeOlimpiki aseMelika kunye I-NFL. Wongeze ukuba ngaphaya kokuphucula iipateni zokulala, ukuhamba kunciphisa amathuba akho wesifo sentliziyo, chwetheza iswekile yesibini, kunye nokukhula komhlaza webele kunye nekholoni. Kwaye uCainlin Teahan wafumanisa ukuba, ukuhamba imihla ngemihla kunokunyusa imeko yakho. Uqale uhambo lwakhe lweemayile ezine zemihla ngemihla ukusuka ePik's Bay ukuya eWest Village ukugcina imali kodwa wakhawuleza wayithanda le ndawo: Isixeko sihle kwaye ebusika iipavumente zincinci. Uthathe kuphela izithuthi zikawonke-wonke ukuya kusebenza ngaphantsi kwesihlanu kule minyaka emi-2,5 idlulileyo. Ngapha koko, UNks Teahan wade wadlula kwikhephu ngoMvulo emva kwempuphuma eyabeka i-blizzard kaJanuwari. Kundithathe phantse kabini ukuba ndinyuke kuyo yonke, kodwa ndaya apho! utshilo umphathi ophetheyo weakhawunti oneminyaka engama-26. Kwakulungile ukuphuma endlini emva kwempelaveki ngaphakathi. Abanye bade bathande ukuphola ebusika. Isicwangciso seDijithali uSidrah Chaudhry, 29, uyonwabela uhambo lwemihla ngemihla lwemizuzu engama-50 ukusuka eMidtown ukuya eSoHo. Ndikhetha kakhulu ukuhamba ebusika xa ndinokukwazi ukubeka umaleko ngokuchasene nokuba ndibile xa ndibile eofisini ngaphambi kwexesha lasehlotyeni, utshilo. UMarni Kleinfield-Hayes, 28, naye akoyiki ukubanda kancinci, ngenxa yeentsuku zakhe zekholeji e-Ithaca. Isicwangciso-qhinga sentengiso sihamba iikhilomitha ezi-3 ngemini ukusuka kwigumbi lakhe le-West Village ukuya kwi-ofisi yakhe eseMidtown West njengendlela yokufumana amanqaku uVitamin D. Kuyandinyanzela ukuba ndichithe ixesha elithile ngaphandle kwaye ndibone umbono welanga xa yonke into endifuna ukuyenza kukuzimela , uthe. Ndisebenzisa ixesha elininzi ukubiza abahlobo bam kunye nosapho, nesikhuthazo esihle. Ukulandela emanyathelweni abo kunezixhobo eziphambili zokomelela komzimba. A Uphononongo lwamva nje Ukusuka eLondon School of Economics kunye neNzululwazi yezoPolitiko ifumanise ukuba abantu kunokwenzeka kakhulu ukuba babenobunzima obuncinci ukuba bahlala behamba nefuthe eliphezulu xa kuthelekiswa nomnye umsebenzi onamandla njengokuya ejimini. Ukuhamba kundenza ndizive ndilungile ukuba ndingaze ndiye ejimini. Ndiziva ngathi ndifumana ukuzilolonga yonke imihla, utshilo uNkosazana Chaudhry. Ngaphandle kokugcina iibhulukhwe zam zingangxami, ukuhamba kundinceda ndinciphise uxinzelelo. Lixesha lam lodwa lokushiya yonke into kwaye ucinge nje. Oosomashishini kunye nabathengi bahamba ngeMadison Avenue, enye yezitrato eziphambili zeManhattan kunye nezitalato zokuhlala ngoNovemba 1, 2011 kwisiXeko saseNew York.Ifoto: Spencer Platt / Getty Izithombe

Abanye abantu baseNew York bafumana umlenze phezulu kwitekhnoloji. Ngokweqela lophando le-NPD, ukuthengiswa kweentengiso zabalandeleli bemisebenzi ngo-2015 ikhule ngepesenti eli-110 . Ukulandelela amanyathelo akhe ngeFitBit kunika uNks Lee idosi eyongezelelweyo yenkuthazo: Ukuba ndibona inombolo eyi-18,800, ndizakucinga ngaphakathi, 'Kulungile, ndinamanyathelo angama-200 ndide ndifike kwi-19,000-masihambe!' Isibonelelo se-schlep yemihla ngemihla, nangona kunjalo, sinokulahla ukulibaziseka, i-claustrophobia kunye notshintsho olunamandla lobushushu kwindlela engaphantsi. UNicole Berrio, 23, uya kwenza nantoni na ukunqanda isitrato sakhe esixineneyo sika-1 Ave kumgaqo kaloliwe, ngenxa yoko unyuka imizuzu engama-45 ukuya ngakwimisebenzi yobudlelwane noluntu eBryant Park. Ndihlala ndikhetha ukuhamba phezu kokuzifaka emotweni enukayo, eshushu engaphantsi komhlaba yonke intsasa, utshilo. Ndiyakonwabela ukufumana umoya omtsha, ndithatha indlela entsha yonke imihla, ndibona izinto ezahlukeneyo ngendingazange ndizibone ngenye indlela, wongeze watsho uNks. Ndiyakuthanda ukuntywila esixekweni ngaphambi kokuhlala phambi kwescreen sekhompyuter imini yonke.