Right you are..."laid off" is NOT and never has been the same as "fired"! It's sort of like being "made redundant" in the UK.
All entry level jobs have low pay; some worse than others.
Stupidly, Millennials now believe that they should get "EXECUTIVE PAY" for entry level jobs. When they don't, they are shocked and angry. MORONS!
Oh BOB&RAY...Love them and have done since they were on T.V. in the '50s.
We have the recording they did, long ago, to show how stereo sound works ( love, love, LOVE the part they talk to and about a flu, whom they call "NEIL" ! ), and several of their books. :-)
Also, as I've told you before...love, love, LOVE Jean Shepard!
Bob & Ray are still in my top 10 favorite comedians. We have the recording of their B’way play The Two & Only and tend to play it on long trips in the car. Hilarious! When I wasn’t working, I remember listening to them on the radio at home or in the car and marveling at their brilliant routines. They were perfect for radio...because they parodied radio.
Radio is a strange business. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen John Gambling, Jr. be fired. One day he is at WOR, one day he is at WABC, one day he is at 970AM Radio. Fickle, fickle, fickle!