[Oldexpat]

If the only job that you have the skills to do is retail..well you are stuck with the law of supply and demand. If you want to make more money..work at a more skilled or tougher trade. There are lots of welders, fitters, electrician, skilled machine jobs out there that pay better.
If you are too proud to get dirty..or too lazy to learn a profession or skill..well flip that burger and stock those shelves.

[DonaldC]

Single income retail workers used to be able to support their family. What has changed?

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

Oldexpat: Whole heartedly agree. It wasn’t written about me, but for those yea-woos who think they are “entitled” to everything.

[eccentric]

I totally agree. I work at Walmart and get a lot less than what I could get with a job that demands REAL labor. I must say that I AM a good worker, but I can see why Walmart doesn't pay their workers more. They goof off a lot on the clock. In fact,at a meeting years ago, a manager new to our shift promised the workers, "We will have fun." Excuse me? That is NOT what the job is for!

I asked a younger healthy worker, who was having severe money problems, why he wasn't working at a higher paying job like the local meat packing plants. He answered, "I found out a long time ago that I don't like manuel labor." Your choice. If you don't want manuel labor, you should get a college edication or technical skill.