no, it has nothing to do with eating meat. it's a people thing.

[scottobear]

Next time you go to McDonalds - reflect on this.

$5.75 ain't much. $5.75/hour X 40 hours/week X 52 weeks/year = $11,960. that's before taxes are taken out. some people said it was disrespectful for me to take a job at mcdonalds --- i didn't need the money, and they thought that i was making fun of people that work there. the opposite is true: i gained a bucket of respect for people that bust their butt for such low pay. it's one thing to scan past stats about americans that make $12,000 per year -- or read about them in the paper. but, to actually work a tough fry-heaving, mcnugget-wielding 6-hour shift --- and get home smelling like those fries and mcnuggets -- and realize that you only made about $30 that day... that's a serious eye-opener. interpret as you see fit.

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[i.livejournal.com]

i made $2.35 in 1977

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I was making $4.42/hr in 1985.

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[i.livejournal.com]

my total declared income in 1992 was about 3 grand

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hmm... that was my last year of school... mine was pretty close to that too. maybe 7 grand.

[ex-niwi603.livejournal.com]

Remember, too, that if you eschew fast food in favor of a sit down restaurant, it's likely that the employees are making even less. In most states (I believe it is on a state by state basis), they do not even have to pay employees that receive tips minimum wage. So tip your server, dammit!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

absolutely! my brother does waitstaff/bartender work. average pay by employer=$2.12/hour.

TIP!

[warmellie.livejournal.com]

I think this world would be a better place if everyone worked at a fast food resturant at least once in thier lives. Me? I served time there for five years. (Hardee's, not McD's but its fast food just the same.)

so do you want fries with that?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Taco viva, for 4 months, here.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That was my duty at the bookstore!

whenever anything had to be said over the comm to the whole store, they saught me out to do "official bookstore voice"

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Keen! the official voices! :) sounds like a band!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Whee!

I call dibs on the squeeze-box!

[sida-al-hurra.livejournal.com]

$5.75? No wonder they are so surly. That was interesting. : )

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yeah... they can't even do the tipjar thing.

[filleinvisible.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that, and I was supporting myself on those wages too - somehow.