If you flip burgers, you don't deserve 15$/hr

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http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/fast-food-workers-you-dont-deserve-15-an-hour-to-flip-burgers-and-thats-ok/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons

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Dear fast food workers,

It’s come to my attention that many of you, supposedly in 230 cities across the country, are walking out of your jobs today and protesting for $15 an hour. You earnestly believe — indeed, you’ve been led to this conclusion by pandering politicians and liberal pundits who possess neither the slightest grasp of the basic rules of economics nor even the faintest hint of integrity — that your entry-level gig pushing buttons on a cash register at Taco Bell ought to earn you double the current federal minimum wage.

I’m aware, of course, that not all of you feel this way. Many of you might consider your position as Whopper Assembler to be rather a temporary situation, not a career path, and you plan on moving on and up not by holding a poster board with “Give me more money!” scrawled across it, but by working hard and being reliable. To be clear, I am not addressing the folks in this latter camp. They are doing what needs to be done, and I respect that.

Instead, I want to talk to those of you who actually consider yourselves entitled to close to a $29,000 a year full-time salary for doing a job that requires no skill, no expertise and no education; those who think a fry cook ought to earn an entry-level income similar to a dental assistant; those who insist the guy putting the lettuce on my Big Mac ought to make more than the emergency medical technician who saves lives for a living; those who believe you should automatically be able to “live comfortably,” as if “comfort” is a human right.

So much truth. If you are working a job flipping burgers you don't deserve to make 15$/hr. It's menial and unskilled, and crying like babies for more money in an entry level job is pathetic. Work for what you earn.


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?

What the fuck even is light-seeing? I made a topic about idiots wanting to be paid more than they're worth. I brought it up for discussion, and if you have nothing to contribute of value just stfu and kill yourself


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?

What the fuck even is light-seeing? I made a topic about idiots wanting to be paid more than they're worth. I brought it up for discussion, and if you have nothing to contribute of value just stfu and kill yourself
calm down bro. youre starting to seem a lot more like your avatar than you prolly want to


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?

What the fuck even is light-seeing? I made a topic about idiots wanting to be paid more than they're worth. I brought it up for discussion, and if you have nothing to contribute of value just stfu and kill yourself
Light-seeing is seeing the light, as in a vision, or an epiphany.

You brought it up for discussion, and I ask you What is the discussion going to be about?.


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?

What the fuck even is light-seeing? I made a topic about idiots wanting to be paid more than they're worth. I brought it up for discussion, and if you have nothing to contribute of value just stfu and kill yourself
calm down bro. youre starting to seem a lot more like your avatar than you prolly want to

It's called immersion you faggot, I've become fully immersed. That's the only way to live


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I don't see why this would even happen in the first place. Why are you bringing it up? Is it because of your sudden light-seeing?

What the fuck even is light-seeing? I made a topic about idiots wanting to be paid more than they're worth. I brought it up for discussion, and if you have nothing to contribute of value just stfu and kill yourself
calm down bro. youre starting to seem a lot more like your avatar than you prolly want to

It's called immersion you faggot, I've become fully immersed. That's the only way to live
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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Agreed.

Speaking as someone who used to work in the fast food industry, as tedious, tiring and stressful as it was, there was virtually no skill involved with the exception of being able to concentrate for extended periods of time. It's certainly not worth £8/whatever it is in burgerclap money an hour.
Last Edit: April 18, 2015, 04:55:20 PM by Madman Mordo


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Agreed.

Speaking as someone who used to work in the fast food industry, as tedious, tiring and stressful as it was, there was virtually no skill involved with the exception of being able to concentrate for extended periods of time. It's certainly not worth £8/whatever it is in burgerclap money an hour.
could you clarify what you mean?

In a thread I was just in you said "I'm opposed to min wage". So what do you mean? If not it, then what?


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Agreed.

Speaking as someone who used to work in the fast food industry, as tedious, tiring and stressful as it was, there was virtually no skill involved with the exception of being able to concentrate for extended periods of time. It's certainly not worth £8/whatever it is in burger money an hour.

Yeah. I just recently got hired with a new ambulance company as an EMT and I only make 10 dollars an hour, yet I do know people working at fast food places earning 15 an hour. But they at least work at a higher quality fast food place than the run of the mill Mickie D's


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I thought this smelled fishy


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Agreed.

Speaking as someone who used to work in the fast food industry, as tedious, tiring and stressful as it was, there was virtually no skill involved with the exception of being able to concentrate for extended periods of time. It's certainly not worth £8/whatever it is in burgerclap money an hour.
could you clarify what you mean?

In a thread I was just in you said "I'm opposed to min wage". So what do you mean? If not it, then what?
I'm opposed to artificially manipulating the minimum wage, and I'm supportive of allowing the market to fixing wage rates. Basic fast food occupations do not require a significant amount of skill besides being able to stay on your feet, and therefore, do not deserve exuberant amounts of compensation.

In an idyllic world I'd like to see the minimum wage scrapped like the Scandinavian countries have done, but I know that's impractical given the controversy surrounding minimum wage, so I will support maintaining labour laws and regulations as they currently are.


 
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Employees directly under McDonalds employment (not franchisees) are getting a 50 cent raise in a month or two if I recall.


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you seem really upset for no reason.


 
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Does it count as skill if you can flip burgers directly into your mouth?


 
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you seem really upset for no reason.

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I mean it you make some damn god burgers and meet an exceptionally high demand, then I think it's acceptable.


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I worked in fast food for about 7 months. All I can say is the job sucks.
Are we overworked? Yeah.

Are we underpaid? No. I didn't deserve $15, $12, heck probably even $10 an hour.
Instead of paying people more, perhaps make the job more bearable and less stressful?
If that's possible of course.


 
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you seem really upset for no reason.

Midget's never upset. There ain't anything here that ever has, nor ever will, make him rustle.

Damn right, that's what's up


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What a joke. Those mother fuckers forgot half my order the other day, and you're asking for $15/hour.


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$15 is awfully high for a fast food place. If you're working at one that is very busy everyday like in a city I can see them wanting $15 just because of the stress involved in dealing with that many people. Outside that $10 is a good and reasonable amount. $15 seems like it's the amount the manger or the person who is behind the manger would be getting.