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To: jude24
It sucks working for minimum wage under such conditions. I've done it.

Yep, it sure does. That's why most of us do what ever we have to to better ourselves so we can rise above minimum wage.

That being said, why should idiot high school and college kids expect anything else. No experience, very little education, and most with an attitude. I've been on the manager side, and, believe me, that can suck too. :-)

My best friend won a "Silver Spatula" award from McDonalds when he worked there right after college almost 30 years ago. He's now in charge of medical record coding at one of the top 15 hospitals in the country. He keeps the award on the wall in his office to (1) remind him of how far he's come, and (2) to remind him that he never wants to go back there.

107 posted on 07/18/2008 10:41:50 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: KosmicKitty
I dont disagree at all. Working minimum wage is not a bad thing. It was a valuable experience for me in college to work at $8 or $9 an hour. It taught me the importance of hard work.

At the same time, it is disrespectful for an employer to expect an employee to be availible at any given time but unwilling to give him sufficient hours to support himself. Most of my employers, though, gave me as many hours as I wanted.

114 posted on 07/18/2008 11:29:28 AM PDT by jude24 (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: KosmicKitty
I dont disagree at all. Working minimum wage is not a bad thing. It was a valuable experience for me in college to work at $8 or $9 an hour. It taught me the importance of hard work.

At the same time, it is disrespectful for an employer to expect an employee to be availible at any given time but unwilling to give him sufficient hours to support himself. Most of my employers, though, gave me as many hours as I wanted.

115 posted on 07/18/2008 11:29:29 AM PDT by jude24 (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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