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The taxpayer paid opportunities for continuing education that are available to MS. Davis, a single minority mother, are limitless. But, she’s been taught that agitation is the way to security, not self determination.
A great read....Shaniqua should have had parents with better sense than to name their child a name that will consign her forever to being a stereotype. This self entitled so and so wants everyone else to pay for her and her choices.
I wamt things for my place to. I save up for them and get them when I can. Many years I have lived in a rented room (frequently with no kitchen privileges). I am sick of the ‘I want” nation
The unwed mothers collect $50k a year in welfare, housing and food stamps. Why would they want to work at McDonalds?
...and has all the latest bling, cell phone, fancy manicure, hairdo, etc. as well, no doubt...
The lady is working. That is a good thing.
She also is getting public assistance.
She is also living with her unemployed boyfriend. Say what???
If he sees the situation and doesn’t make a move to contribute financially, she needs to tell him to move on. All he is doing is taking up space and eating groceries.
As the OP says...this ain’t Mickey Ds fault.
Well, no, he doesn't, but she doesn't need to know that, does she?
You know right now she will really be pissed then and it still won't be her fault.
Reality still has a few lessons to teach this one.
...and why is loverboy sitting on his butt?
This is so retarted.
It’s enough to make me write in cursive.
I always wondered how people poorer than me could afford living in the City.
She lives a few blocks from work. Why does she need money for a taxi or the subway?
These people aren’t in a union. They didn’t go on strike. They missed work. They should be fired.
Now, with that said, I do feel for people who DO have an education, ARE married and WANT to work but lost their jobs because of Obama and McDonald’s is the only job they can find.
Darden, Red Lobster's parent company, even provides P/T health insurance which they will be dropping due to Obamacare. Niece had planned to Graduate and work f/t at Red Lobster while searching for a job in her field. Because of Obamacare there won't be many F/T openings.
She also worked at Wendy's from age 16-18, and knew even then “this isn't a career”.
McDonalds is a great company to work for and it provides sharp, hard working people with a career path that can't be beat, especially if you don't have a college education, but can operate the cash register without having to look at the pictures and can actually close the register out at the end of the shift.
McDonalds is also one of the few large companies that hires and promotes from within and sincerely values the fact that many of even their high level people know what it's like to do everything from flip burgers to close out a store at night.
It is one of the few jobs left in the country where a young, unskilled person can start at the absolute bottom and rapidly advance to a very well paying, responsible job and live the American dream if they are hard working, dedicated and on the ball.
I personally know of 7 people who were either unable to attend college or who simply did not feel school was for them.
They all started out flipping burgers but rapidly advanced to being managers of one or more McDonalds and 2 actually made the jump to the corporate level. One even owns and manages his own McDonalds restaurant.
All of them make damn good money and have really nice lives.
Most recently, a friend of my sons started working at one of the local McDonalds right after graduation from High School.
She was an honor student who came from a very hard luck situation of broken home and borderline poverty. She could not afford to pay for college so she took the job at McDs to make money to pay for school.
She was very sharp, worked hard and was very dedicated to her job. within three weeks she was an assistant shift manger and was a shift manger in less than 6 months. She continued to advance and within 3 years out of high school she was overseeing several of the owners restaurants.
She recently started up at the University and McDonalds is helping put her through school and grooming her for a career in the McDonalds organization.
Try that with any other company these days - it just does not happen like that much anymore these days.
Section 8 for rent. That’s huge right there.
She has to be getting food stamps, WIC, Medicaid and other bennies easily for the kid.
How about we tally up the total worth of them with her paycheck from McDonalds per annum.
Probably in the $40K range or more.
“I need to get stuff for my apartment,” said Davis,
diapers, subway and taxi fares, cable TV and other expenses
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other expenses like supporting that lazy loser boyfriend...
She lives just blocks from work...she can walk there..
Whats with the taxis ???
Doesnt need cable ...bet she has a cell phone too...
Therein is much of her problem...
Or you could eliminate the frills....
if they do pay $15 an hour, they would fire at least half their employees.
or they would double their prices, and profit would decrease, and they’d fire a bunch of employees and we’re back to scenario one.