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Rotinaj

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Aug 29, 2013 8:42 AM
Apparently fast food workers are striking across the country in an attempt to raise their minimum wage to......15 FUCKING DOLLARS PER HOUR. This has got to be the dumbest thing ive ever heard.
http://news.msn.com/us/more-fast-food-strikes-set-for-cities-nationwide
Aug 29, 2013 8:42am
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Aug 29, 2013 8:47 AM
What do you expect when the "leaders" of our country push an entitlement mentality?
Aug 29, 2013 8:47am
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Aug 29, 2013 8:51 AM
The dumbest thing I've ever heard is the idiots who think people not buying gas on a certain day will cause prices to drop because the gas companies will panic.

This is up there though.
Aug 29, 2013 8:51am
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Aug 29, 2013 9:14 AM
Bet Sleeper isn't too happy about this.
Aug 29, 2013 9:14am
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Aug 29, 2013 9:21 AM
bases_loaded;1492917 wrote:What do you expect when the "leaders" of our country push an entitlement mentality?
Yep.
Aug 29, 2013 9:21am
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Aug 29, 2013 9:33 AM
These jackasses do realize that if they get their wish half of them will be let go, right?
Aug 29, 2013 9:33am
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Aug 29, 2013 9:36 AM
WOW! I was wong I thought this Thread was going to be about how Fast Food give somepeople the shits ... it does me I don't eat fast food..
.... Wait a minute this thread is crap and the idea of $15.00 per hour min wage for fast food worker is bat shit crazy
Aug 29, 2013 9:36am
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Tiernan

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Aug 29, 2013 9:39 AM
Fire all of them and then bring in a new bus load from Guatemala.
Aug 29, 2013 9:39am
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Aug 29, 2013 9:57 AM
justincredible;1492940 wrote:These jackasses do realize that if they get their wish half of them will be let go, right?
Truth, meals would double in price with their wages. There'd be less fast food restaurants to work at. How about developing a skill worth more than minimum wage?
Aug 29, 2013 9:57am
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Aug 29, 2013 10:23 AM
Belly35;1492943 wrote:WOW! I was wong I thought this Thread was going to be about how Fast Food give somepeople the shits ... it does me I don't eat fast food..
.... Wait a minute this thread is crap and the idea of $15.00 per hour min wage for fast food worker is bat shit crazy
Obama
Aug 29, 2013 10:23am
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Aug 29, 2013 10:25 AM
Shaniqua Davis, 20, lives in New York City with her boyfriend, who is unemployed, and their 1-year-old daughter. Davis works at a McDonald's, earning $7.25 an hour.
ccrunner609;1488895 wrote:I bet I know what race they were
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Aug 29, 2013 10:25am
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Aug 29, 2013 10:31 AM
I'm just now hearing and reading about this. WTH!?!?!

Why wouldn't this one thing happen.

Managers fire the folks making the $7.25 and bring in a new crop of people who ARE willing to work for the $7.25???

If one is unwilling to work for a company at a certain wage, a) don't work there, or b) work hard enough and good enough to warrant a raise/promotion.

Or does that kind of reasoning not work anymore?

EDIT: If ANY of these employees buy cigarettes, purchase alcohol, have a cell phone - with monthly plan, or cable TV, they should be forced to walk on their hands while stating, "Look at me. I have to pee."
Aug 29, 2013 10:31am
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WebFire

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Aug 29, 2013 10:34 AM
cruiser_96;1492976 wrote:I'm just now hearing and reading about this. WTH!?!?!

Why wouldn't this one thing happen.

Managers fire the folks making the $7.25 and bring in a new crop of people who ARE willing to work for the $7.25???

If one is unwilling to work for a company at a certain wage, a) don't work there, or b) work hard enough and good enough to warrant a raise/promotion.

Or does that kind of reasoning not work anymore?

EDIT: If ANY of these employees buy cigarettes, purchase alcohol, have a cell phone - with monthly plan, or cable TV, they should be forced to walk on their hands while stating, "Look at me. I have to pee."
That reasoning seems to be going away. The fact they are on strike over wages is funny enough. Fire them and hire ones that will work. With unemployment as it is, shouldn't be that hard to find order takers.
Aug 29, 2013 10:34am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:04 AM
Hopefully Americans can lose a little weight during the strike(s).
Aug 29, 2013 11:04am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:11 AM
These people want to make a living while working for fast food restaurants. You want to support your 3 kids? Learn a trade.
Aug 29, 2013 11:11am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:22 AM
The numbers don't work for a viable business in that industry at anywhere close to that wage level. Unless we are willing to pay at least 20%-25% higher prices with no decrease in transaction counts.
Aug 29, 2013 11:22am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:24 AM
cruiser_96;1492976 wrote:I'm just now hearing and reading about this. WTH!?!?!

Why wouldn't this one thing happen.

Managers fire the folks making the $7.25 and bring in a new crop of people who ARE willing to work for the $7.25???

If one is unwilling to work for a company at a certain wage, a) don't work there, or b) work hard enough and good enough to warrant a raise/promotion.

Or does that kind of reasoning not work anymore?

EDIT: If ANY of these employees buy cigarettes, purchase alcohol, have a cell phone - with monthly plan, or cable TV, they should be forced to walk on their hands while stating, "Look at me. I have to pee."
That reasoning seems to be going away. The fact they are on strike over wages is funny enough. Fire them and hire ones that will work. With unemployment as it is, shouldn't be that hard to find order takers.
Aug 29, 2013 11:24am
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queencitybuckeye

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Aug 29, 2013 11:27 AM
WebFire;1492997 wrote:The fact they are on strike over wages is funny enough.
The whole concept is silly anyway. An effort to increase egg production by strangling the chicken.
Aug 29, 2013 11:27am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:28 AM
There's 28 million small buisness owners in US who have risked their capital to start a buisness. Should they be guaranteed a living wage?
Aug 29, 2013 11:28am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:32 AM
Fast food workers striking would improve the quality of life in this country, since it'd cut down on the shit that people pump into their systems on a regular basis.

So I applaud this and hope that things never get resolved.
Aug 29, 2013 11:32am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:36 AM
proud to be an american. woo!
Aug 29, 2013 11:36am
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thavoice

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Aug 29, 2013 11:42 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1492931 wrote:Bet Sleeper isn't too happy about this.
Ya think he is opposed to getting himself a raise?
Aug 29, 2013 11:42am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:43 AM
"They work harder than the billionaires in this city," he said.
Yeah, I bet they became billionaires by working less than fast food workers. :thumbdown:
Aug 29, 2013 11:43am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:45 AM
Haha I was wondering today when I stopped at McD's to get breakfast the dude who took my order actually sounded intelligent. Get up there to pay and he's in a shirt and tie and I thought damn a bunch of people must have called off. Then went to the next window to get my food and they had a flier that the were doing walk in interviews one day next week to hire people on the spot haha. Guess this explains it.

15 dollars is fucking ridiculious though. I agree with pretty much everything else that had been said though.
Aug 29, 2013 11:45am
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thavoice

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Aug 29, 2013 11:47 AM
Iliketurtles;1493009 wrote:Haha I was wondering today when I stopped at McD's to get breakfast the dude who took my order actually sounded intelligent. Get up there to pay and he's in a shirt and tie and I thought damn a bunch of people must have called off. Then went to the next window to get my food and they had a flier that the were doing walk in interviews one day next week to hire people on the spot haha. Guess this explains it.

15 dollars is ****ing ridiculious though. I agree with pretty much everything else that had been said though.
They don't expect to get it to 15 bucks. I know right now many places are short on work due to school back in session so you will see more adults and management
Aug 29, 2013 11:47am