Nolafus

Aye, that's my point exactly. Don't get me wrong: there are a lot of corrupt businessmen in the world (Ever watch Capitalism: A Love Story? I don't like Michael Moore's films much, but he actually made a point in that one.). However, not all of them are taking advantage of underpaid workers. In fact, mid-level management tends to make most of the cuts in their sectors and the home office generally has nothing to really do with things on the broad scale. If the CEOs have any hand at all, it's just giving authorization to make cuts. But then, it also depends on the company.

We'd probably be a more civilized society... >.> Just saying, a lot of today's "protesters" are trying to challenge a norm that really doesn't need to be changed. The times where protesting for change was warranted went out with the 1980s. In this day and age, if you actually make a change, you need to actually work towards it, not whine about it because when something truly wrong in society truly comes about, whining about it won't accomplish a damn thing.

Yes, actually, that's it exactly. A lot of people get it stuck in their heads that they can make more money working the same amount of hours by whining to get the minimum wage increased. That's not how it's going to work... Either those people are going to be deemed worthless and fired, or their hours are going to be cut. Either way, companies are going to do something to make up the difference if the national minimum wage gets increased too much.

Well, it's only recently that they started protesting. I get the point, but people don't exactly use common sense anymore. This is why I get PO'd whenever someone cries poor-mouth. (Not in your case, just with others.)

They're pushing for that nationwide... It's a double-edge sword. Unless a company is doing well and can afford to pay up to $15 for minimum wage, many people will find themselves losing their jobs because a lot of small businesses can't afford that, even under good conditions. The problem is that people protest when they aren't making a lot of money, but they don't have the common sense to realize that not all companies make the same amount of profit.

In my case, I have my own wages that I charge. If people aren't willing to pay it, I walk off the job. It's not worth my time.

My sister, like I said, is sitting pretty right now (whether she realizes it or not). She has a job with steady work, and she's making enough money to sustain the few bills she has (namely, her phone bill, our home Internet, and insurance). I'm not saying she's making a killing, but it's better than my father and I have some weeks (and we used to make a lot of money before the housing market bottomed out several years ago).

Hmm...

Now I'm reminding you to be ready to continue once I PM the remaining answers

But they're just so cute, so it's hard not to lmao <3

It will definitely produce more activity in the section that's for sure! Although maybe the timing was a little off what with summer being here now, but nonetheless it will definitely create an impact!

I'm digging the new [Nonfiction] tag for FF&W!

Um, if I recall correctly, she makes like $13.50 an hour... Maybe more... I've actually lost track, but I know she makes up to $350 a week at the least. She's actually been having $500+ weeks lately since the staff's been getting shifted around.

Heart of gold that one. :P

Makes me wonder how many of the VMs between us were the two of us admiring Snivy and Serperior >.>

On the race towards 3000 I go!

At least you're getting better at it, that's good to hear!

Yay, you made my 2900th VM :D

Well, the main difference between you and my sister (aside from jobs) is that she was actually trained by a professional chef as a teenager. I mean, she started work in a kitchen at a local (formerly 5-star) restaurant at 15. She started as a dishwasher, then moved onto cook under the mentorship of a man who (in turn) trained alongside Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Lagasse (sp?). I mean, the man was amazingly talented and kept the place packed every night for almost five years before she even started there. Several years ago, he wised up after the owners were threatening cuts (realizing his talents were being wasted at the restaurant), quit, and then went on to open his own restaurant in the southern part of the state. Eventually, my sister lost her job at the restaurant, got on unemployment for awhile, picked up another job at a different restaurant, eventually lost that one after the place closed, went back on unemployment, picked up a cash job waitressing at a small bar, got a new job at the second restaurant's other café, and inevitably got a third (simultaneous) job at the sports bar she currently works at. About a year ago, she quit the one job at the other restaurant and (earlier this spring) dropped the cash job because she was getting frustrated with the owner's nasty attitude. Now she works full-time at the sports bar, and (after some drama with the bartenders and former managers) got several raises and promoted to kitchen head/manager. As arduous as her working trek sounds, it ultimately paid off a lot.

it was. He got all the bows. All of them.

I wasn't even asking to have it done. It was just an offhand thing that was mentioned just as a spawn to a conversation. I think it was worst usernames we've had or something and I mentioned how I'm always Phantom, but it is always taken by a person that doesn't use the name.

No idea, I was just in the chat and I mentioned that I wish I could get rid of the extra stuff, and Audy did it like magics.

Ugh I wish. I haven't gotten so far as a few doodles, which in retrospect isn't really anything. Mostly I'm spending my time trying to augment my schedule to spend more time doing things I like haha.

What about you? How's your job going? Tell me things! :DD

At least you spoke with her, and that's all that really matters. Hopefully things won't be as hectic this week as they were last week.

Heh, well, I guess that's good. Not everyone can set their own rates like my dad and I, but you've got nothing on my sister's job. She's been getting a slight raise every few weeks for the past few months, and she just got promoted to manager last week because she does so much already at the bar she works for. Actually, she even got my mom hired for as a part-timer because she's been there so long and basically runs the entire kitchen on her own. It's kind of funny because the owners keep firing everyone else for not doing what they're supposed to but they leave my sister in charge they know she's that reliable (it's rare for her to be late or miss work).