Text 3707, 25 rader
Skriven 2008-03-11 19:07:02 av Carol Shenkenberger (9714.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 3671 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Tips again
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 >  > My answer to those in that position is, "Don't work there. Go back
 >  > to school and then get a better job!". If everyone refused to work
 >  > under those conditions, wages would go up (and so would menu prices,
 >  > but hey a $4.99 pizza special is still pretty cheap.)
 > 
 >  CS> People generally work those jobs while putting themselves through
 >  CS> college.
 > 
 > Maybe I was lucky but I never had to work that cheap. In 1964 I made
 > 50 cents an hour at a grocery store but as soon as I turned 16 I
 > went into construction and jumped to $2.75 when the minimum wage was
 > $2.00. By the time I hit college I was on pipeline making $3.50
 > which worked out to $300 a week with the overtime. Plus I got free
 > room and board in the camp. So I would work a year, go to school a
 > year, then go back to work. I lived quite comfortably without
 > needing any student loans.

Lucky you.  Most are not so fortunate.  Hence the folks with those jobs are
more often than not, college students with some money flow from parents and a
few 'pay me back later' government loans.

           xxcarol
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