Posted on 07/23/2007 5:02:41 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Yep good point. I’ve been excoriated for saying this before, but the Boomers (AND my generations, GenX) have never experienced real hardship like the generation before. There is an entitlement expectation at work here as well as the company’s reluctance to adjust its wages.
Anyway, I'll never forget writing that check for my first car - and how good it felt to have earned all that money by myself.... during my teen years. All that money...well.....the car cost (NEW) $2300! That was in 1971...before the inflation explosion of the Jimmy Carter years. But still relatively speaking - it was a LOT of money back then and I had earned it doing retail work.
Deal is, I worked....and most of my friends worked....during their holidays and summers. Boyfriend worked construction during his summers and made GREAT money because he worked so much overtime. That was hard dirty work, but he made enough to buy all his own clothes throughout college - no mama or daddy paid for those for him. They did pay for all his college though - and think how much more affordable THAT was then.
I don't know what the witholding rate was but I dare say it was way below what it is today, and there was little if any of this medicare withholding in that day and time.
In other words - IT PAID to work, earn, and save....even as a teenager. Today for SOOOO many workers, it just doesn't "pay", imho because of the outrageous taxes taken out.
OK, so quit complaining.
"You gonna eat that?"
Exactly as much as it takes to get a sufficient number of capable workers.
There are some business owners who seem to think that if they can't get enough workers at the wages they want to offer, that somehow it's the labor pool's fault. These guys usually don't stay in business too long.
The first key to success in life and business is valuing other people. The wealthy (barring lottery winners and inheritance beneficiaries) have to know this and are frequently of a better “cut” of character.
Having said that, we’re all human. In the enjoyment of plenty, is it not possible for owners to become self-centered, and comfortable with the status quo? Is this not human nature?
I am confident the market will sort it out. No one owes these owners work for substandard wages, and the owners don’t owe anyone either.
IN N OUT. I need to put that sticker on my back window.
It is the best place for a fast food burger.
They seem to have no shortage of good looking, clean cut, youngsters of all races. Maybe it is because they try to hire them and pay well.
Fresh fries and fresh cooked burgers..no microwaved hokey pucks there.
figures lie, and liars figure....
these statistics are always a funny thing when read with a bit of scrutiny, aren't they?
With the "baby boom" generation reaching retirement age, there will be lots of older folks moonlighting for lottery money. If there are job openings, somebody will fill them.
So will “the bruthas.” Sometimes you got to be tough. Its a diverse world out there, and you’ve got to deal with it.
Yeah I love that place. One of the few things I miss about Santa Clara County...
McDonald’s definitely promotes within. My uncle started out managing a McDonald’s in inner-city D.C. back in the 70’s, and worked his way up to a vice president’s position, in charge of purchasing equipment for the company’s stores worldwide.
Same reaction. but I was only getting coffee and it was already poured before the kid in the back noticed me.
You beat me to it! ;)
I can’t figure out why parents with kids at home pay for maid or lawn service.
Everytime I see this picture, I get a crazy urge to go tire-shopping.
I once worked between three fast food places, KFC, McDs and Taco Bell, a steady stream of uniformed employees crossed back and forth in front of our place at lunch time.
Two:
How long until your car gets fixed?
What did you hit that hard?
To keep from having to do it twice.
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