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Aug 29, 2013 11:50 AM
Teachers and drive thru workers 2 of the most underpaid and probably under laid positions in the world.
Aug 29, 2013 11:50am
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Aug 29, 2013 11:51 AM
gerb131;1493015 wrote:Teachers and drive thru workers 2 of the most underpaid and probably under laid positions in the world.
Speaking of drive thru workers...Who was the genius on the huddle that asked a girl in the wendys drive through line out on a date, whom had just one arm, and was turned down?
Aug 29, 2013 11:51am
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Aug 29, 2013 2:48 PM
thavoice;1493016 wrote:Speaking of drive thru workers...Who was the genius on the huddle that asked a girl in the wendys drive through line out on a date, whom had just one arm, and was turned down?
Jesus that was so long ago. I've always thought it was 3Ball but I really can't remember.
Aug 29, 2013 2:48pm
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queencitybuckeye

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Aug 29, 2013 2:50 PM
They have every right to strike for better pay, the restaurants have the rights to replace them, or wait them out. Somehow, I suspect the strikers' "war chest" is about seven minutes from running out.
Aug 29, 2013 2:50pm
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Aug 29, 2013 2:53 PM
The interesting thing is that this affects a few percentage points of the population, the vast majority aren't sympathetic to their demands, and they think they have any type of power - yet these "protests" gets national attention. It is an entry level job for that reason, it is entry level. If we all had a living wage doing nothing more than interacting with customers, we'd all do it. The point of employment at these places is to get experience, develop a work ethic and leverage that to a better job. No one should aspire to be a 30 year McDonalds employee because it pays a "living wage". Idiocy.
Aug 29, 2013 2:53pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:11 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1493150 wrote:No one should aspire to be a 30 year McDonalds employee because it pays a "living wage". Idiocy.
I get and agree with the sentiment of what you're saying. Just need to point out that the company in question has tens of thousands of six-figure jobs.
Aug 29, 2013 3:11pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:17 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493169 wrote:I get and agree with the sentiment of what you're saying. Just need to point out that the company in question has tens of thousands of six-figure jobs.
You knew exactly what he meant. :rolleyes:
Aug 29, 2013 3:17pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:20 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493169 wrote:I get and agree with the sentiment of what you're saying. Just need to point out that the company in question has tens of thousands of six-figure jobs.
Those aren't the people that are striking. No one striking is aspiring to do anything other than flipping a burger. They want a handout. The people that aspire for the six-figure McD's jobs aren't flipping burgers very long.
Aug 29, 2013 3:20pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:21 PM
WebFire;1493176 wrote:You knew exactly what he meant. :rolleyes:
I did. I was just pointing out that instead of protesting, an entry-level employee might be better served in doing their job in a way that distinguishes him/herself from co-workers. There's just shitloads of opportunity at companies like these if you make it happen.
Aug 29, 2013 3:21pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:24 PM
TedSheckler;1493178 wrote:Those aren't the people that are striking. No one striking is aspiring to do anything other than flipping a burger. They want a handout. The people that aspire for the six-figure McD's jobs aren't flipping burgers very long.
I agree with this in general. It bothers me when people take the easy road of claiming it's a dead-end job, when it just is not the case.
Aug 29, 2013 3:24pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:58 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493169 wrote:I get and agree with the sentiment of what you're saying. Just need to point out that the company in question has tens of thousands of six-figure jobs.
I doubt there are 10,000 McDonald's employees that make 6 figures. Especially given so many of their restaurants are franchised where the ultimate owner isn't an employee.
Aug 29, 2013 3:58pm
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Aug 29, 2013 3:58 PM
The American dream baby
Aug 29, 2013 3:58pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:12 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493169 wrote:I get and agree with the sentiment of what you're saying. Just need to point out that the company in question has tens of thousands of six-figure jobs.

Tens of thousands is a stretch, but no doubt that thousands of entry level McDonald's workers learned basic job skills and a work ethic that caused them to later advance up the pay scale with better opportunities ahead; many have become managers or franchise owners and are making well into 6 figures.

The problem with all these whiners today is that they don't want to work, or put the time in that is necessary to build up the work experience that is necessary to be rewarded by the job market down the road with better pay. It's just me, me, me, now, now, now! They are not unlike the activist/agitator in the WH. They have absolutely no clue about economics 101, or what it takes to run a business. Occupy McDonald's, baby!


What a bunch of moronic losers we are raising.
Aug 29, 2013 4:12pm
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queencitybuckeye

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Aug 29, 2013 4:21 PM
QuakerOats;1493203 wrote:Tens of thousands is a stretch,
It isn't. I didn't throw out a random number.
Aug 29, 2013 4:21pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:27 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1493150 wrote:The interesting thing is that this affects a few percentage points of the population, the vast majority aren't sympathetic to their demands, and they think they have any type of power - yet these "protests" gets national attention. It is an entry level job for that reason, it is entry level. If we all had a living wage doing nothing more than interacting with customers, we'd all do it. The point of employment at these places is to get experience, develop a work ethic and leverage that to a better job. No one should aspire to be a 30 year McDonalds employee because it pays a "living wage". Idiocy.
You'd work at Mcdonalds for $15 an hour?
Aug 29, 2013 4:27pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:31 PM
I've worked worse, for $5.00/hour. The point is the labor involved is no where near that level of compensation. No one should be guaranteed a living....a lot of European countries have tried this...all it leads to is massive unemployment and sucking off of the government (read: taxpayer or bondholders) teat.
Aug 29, 2013 4:31pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:32 PM
I Wear Pants;1493213 wrote:You'd work at Mcdonalds for $15 an hour?
I'd work there for the current minimum. But in a year, I'd be running one of the restaurants. In three, a district, in five a region. It's amazing how different an entry level job looks when one looks at it as an opportunity, and behaves based on that view.
Aug 29, 2013 4:32pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:38 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493217 wrote:I'd work there for the current minimum. But in a year, I'd be running one of the restaurants. In three, a district, in five a region. It's amazing how different an entry level job looks when one looks at it as an opportunity, and behaves based on that view.
This!
Aug 29, 2013 4:38pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:51 PM
If your dream to be a McDonlds worker ..You should be poor
If your dream to be a thief …………………… You should be shot
If your dream to be uneducated ………… You should look for a McDonlds to rob
Aug 29, 2013 4:51pm
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Aug 29, 2013 4:57 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493217 wrote:I'd work there for the current minimum. But in a year, I'd be running one of the restaurants. In three, a district, in five a region. It's amazing how different an entry level job looks when one looks at it as an opportunity, and behaves based on that view.
This actually made me lol. Thank you sir.
Aug 29, 2013 4:57pm
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Aug 29, 2013 5:00 PM
Belly35;1493222 wrote:If your dream to be a McDonlds worker ..You should be poor
If your dream to be a thief …………………… You should be shot
If your dream to be uneducated ………… You should look of a McDonlds to rob
Lol this brings the lulz.
Aug 29, 2013 5:00pm
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Aug 29, 2013 5:14 PM
queencitybuckeye;1493217 wrote:I'd work there for the current minimum. But in a year, I'd be running one of the restaurants. In three, a district, in five a region. It's amazing how different an entry level job looks when one looks at it as an opportunity, and behaves based on that view.
Bullshit. You're not going from minimum wage to what's very likely a mid six figure salary in 5 years or less.

And the bolded part I was responding to said that he would gladly work for $15 an hour. Not more than that.
Aug 29, 2013 5:14pm
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Aug 29, 2013 5:15 PM
Rotinaj;1493225 wrote:This actually made me lol. Thank you sir.
The key is franchising, and even that ain't easy. We (by we I mean my in-laws and us) own about a 10% stake in a local Dunkin Donuts franchise. On the one hand, there is income flowing through and we don't deal with managerial crap, on the other hand it cost a lot up front for just a super minority position, and we have to deal with the actual manager.

There is no such thing as easy money.
Aug 29, 2013 5:15pm
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Aug 29, 2013 5:33 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1493243 wrote:The key is franchising, and even that ain't easy. We (by we I mean my in-laws and us) own about a 10% stake in a local Dunkin Donuts franchise. On the one hand, there is income flowing through and we don't deal with managerial crap, on the other hand it cost a lot up front for just a super minority position, and we have to deal with the actual manager.

There is no such thing as easy money.
And it's hard to purchase a stake when you have no money to do so because you make $7.85/hr.

Now, I'm not saying that people don't do that because you see people who have done just that over their career and end up owning a store or something. But that's over the course of many years and not 5 like queencitybuckeye makes it seem.

You might go from being an inside worker to being a team leader/shift manager to being a store manager or assistant manager in the course of five years but you're very, very unlikely to go from that inside worker to a regional manager/executive.

Also, Dunkin is pretty tasty.
Aug 29, 2013 5:33pm