Practicing

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/23/2020 at 17:48 • Filed to: None

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Today is my son’s first day at his new job, bussing tables at a local seafood restaurant. They gave him a tray to take home, so he’s been practicing. Today he worked his way up to glassware. He’s excited and nervous, and I’m thrilled he is gainfully employed.

He worked a similar gig at a small neighborhood restaurant two summers ago , but the management sucked and nobody talked to him. He hated it.  This time he’s working with an old high school buddy, so I imagine it will be a lot more fun. He’s making $9/hr plus tips, which I guess is pretty good? Probably doesn’t matter to him. He just wants a positive cash flow again. 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 17:51

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$9/hr plus tips

Not bad in my opinion.  But at 28, I am already old enough to be like “back in my day, we made $6 Canadian an hour and loved it”

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/23/2020 at 17:53

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He could be making more in fast food, but who wants to work fast food? Another friend is working at McDonald’s. No thanks.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 17:58

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Yah, I would imagine fast food does suck. In my opinion, grocery stores are where its at.  Both my wife and her sister found their husbands working at the same IGA as teens.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 18:16

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That’s more than I earned in a non-stop job a few years ago and that job suuuuuuuuucked. Though I did get to bathe in bread. . . . . you haven’t lived until you’ve broken a half dozen baguettes over your opponent’s head. . . . managemen t didn’t condone the bread fights but breadsketball went undetected. 

Wacko > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/23/2020 at 18:17

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I started at 4.75$ an hour

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/23/2020 at 18:27

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I worked at a small IGA store back in the mid-80's to early 90's. The owner always seemed to hire attractive cashiers. Might be one of the reasons I worked there so long.

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 19:54

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ONE hand! I can’t balance shit. Me, t ray, roller blades, ice skates, roller skates.... NOPE.

Work Ethic!!!! Be on time everyday, never call off, EXCELLENT  customer service. So much complacency when people get the job . I can’t even keep people at $18/hr that can do that.

DipodomysDeserti > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/23/2020 at 19:57

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That’s $2 an hour below Arizona’s minimum wage, which will be going up another $1/hr on January 1st. Texas’s minimum wage is where ours was about a decade ago.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 19:57

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pretty good! Joe Biden just told me the minimum wage is $6 an hour.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 19:57

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Yeah, I think In and Out starts at $13+ here, but our minimum wage is significantly higher than yours.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/23/2020 at 19:57

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At least at Olive Garden you get unlimited baskets of ammo for the bread fights...

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 10/23/2020 at 20:00

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Do you pay state income taxes? We don’t, and that might have something to do with it. Also, this is Texas. 

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 10/23/2020 at 21:07

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We do, but it ’s only around 2.59 % if you make under $26k/yr. Flagstaff (medium-sized college mountain city), is upping their minimum wage to $13/hr.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 10/23/2020 at 21:16

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I was just looking at the numbers . There are a lot of states that only pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25. That’s $15k a year, which is not a livable wage. The highest is DC, at $14. But that’s still only $19k, which won’t go very far in the District.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/23/2020 at 22:10

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No, these were big ol full sized baguettes and massive croissants and other pieces of bread. No wimpy bread baskets here. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/23/2020 at 22:50

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Ahhh, weapons-grade baked goods.  Nice.