Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Heh... For the good good, you can get $400 out of an oz, more if you break it down and sell it.

Holy moly. When I was a kid, an oz. was about 10% of that. And that was for some fairly brown stuff.

 

[matt0611]

Huh? He's living with his parents.

I read that too. Seriously? You can't save up $100? WTF? His parents can't spot him $100 so he can go to work? Yeahhh ok....

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

Yeah, I didn't think about it, but I started working a second job when I was still in high school.

Same here. Even younger really. I had a paper route from the time I was around 12 and cut lawns, shoveled snow, and did other odd jobs for neighbors. I did the same for my kids, they were expected to work, and they were expected to be exceptional employees.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

I read that too. Seriously? You can't save up $100? WTF? His parents can't spot him $100 so he can go to work? Yeahhh ok....

You have to wonder about the parents here. What parents in their right mind would let their kid live at home and only work 20-25 hours per week flipping burgers. My old man would have kicked me in the ass if I was that lazy.

 

[Philhelm]

Cut the license fee to $20. Have rent control. Give him a free car.

One of these things isn't like the other.

(There shouldn't be a license fee to begin with.)

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

Let them strike, there is nothing wrong with it. They won't be making $15 an hour anytime soon though.

 

[DamianTV]

And the saddest thing about this whole thing is there is really only one solution that will be implemented: The Socialist Solution where by everyone else gets to afford this guys expenses.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

Let them strike, there is nothing wrong with it.

Sure there is. If you are scheduled to work, then barring illness you should show up and work your shift. As an employer, I would make it well known that any employee of mine that did not show up for work on Thursday would be fired.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

So, let's see... the state institutes a fiat, devaluing currency, causing the nominal price of everything to perpetually increase, then institutes price controls (minimum wage laws) in the labor market... then everyone sits around and wonders why a person working a retail position can't seem to get by... so the state then tweaks it's labor price controls...

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

Sure there is. If you are scheduled to work, then barring illness you should show up and work your shift. As an employer, I would make it well known that any employee of mine that did not show up for work on Thursday would be fired.

They aren't slaves, they have every right to strike or not show up for work if it's in their self interest. And yes, you have every right to fire them if you want.

 

[UWDude]

It took me two minutes to find him a job there that pays $15.00 to start.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sls/4225304296.html

You act like all he has to do is apply to get it.

Oh yeah, you all are a bunch of miserable cretins, and misery loves company.

then he should be out there working 12-16 hours per day, 7 days per week. Two jobs, three jobs, four jobs - whatever

LoL

Shut up, old man. Holy shit you are one miserable soul.
And I know at 23 you weren't doing this at a fast food joint, so again, just shut up. Sorry you hate the young. Sorry you wasted your miserable life being miserable, and now you want everyone else to be miserable too. Sorry your life has come down to yelling at the interwebs.

Your "should be" world isn't the world I want to live in, and most others do not either, and it isn't even necessary. There is no reason 23 year olds should have to slave away their youth, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, to get a living wage. Your rant is so damn zany, and yet on these forums, it is just part and parcel of the libertarian utopia you damn fools keep trying to sell that nobody buys. If slaving youth away is your idea of a great system, then fuck that system. There is something wrong with it.

There is an enormous layer of bureaucracies, middlemen, and entitlements being swallowed up by the older, more powerful generations, and they have the gall to actually call the young lazy and stupid.

It's so sick and hysterical at the same time.

I had a paper route from the time I was around 12 and cut lawns, shoveled snow, and did other odd jobs for neighbors.

LOL! Do you want a cookie? Do you think this makes you special? Do you think that people who had paper routes, babysit, and mow lawns will automatically be successes later in life because of work ethic?

It takes a lot more than work ethic to be successful. Sometimes too much work ethic can be a hindrance, like when people dedicate their lives to fast food jobs when they really should quit them and move on to something better if they can.

 

[oyarde]

Simon is a dumbass , Lord willing , I will never have to have him do jack for me at any pharmacy.

 

[Cutlerzzz]

16 hours a day 7 days a week with four jobs? What world do you live in? 112 hours a week plus travel time between home and the four jobs and lunch breaks?

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

They aren't slaves, they have every right to strike or not show up for work if it's in their self interest. And yes, you have every right to fire them if you want.

There is a difference between a right and what is right.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

You act like all he has to do is apply to get it.

Oh yeah, you all are a bunch of miserable cretins, and misery loves company.



LoL

Shut up, old man. Holy shit you are one miserable soul.
And I know at 23 you weren't doing this at a fast food joint, so again, just shut up. Sorry you hate the young. Sorry you wasted your miserable life being miserable, and now you want everyone else to be miserable too. Sorry your life has come down to yelling at the interwebs.

Your "should be" world isn't the world I want to live in, and most others do not either, and it isn't even necessary. There is no reason 23 year olds should have to slave away their youth, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, to get a living wage. Your rant is so damn zany, and yet on these forums, it is just part and parcel of the libertarian utopia you damn fools keep trying to sell that nobody buys. If slaving youth away is your idea of a great system, then fuck that system. There is something wrong with it.

There is an enormous layer of bureaucracies, middlemen, and entitlements being swallowed up by the older, more powerful generations, and they have the gall to actually call the young lazy and stupid.

It's so sick and hysterical at the same time.

LOL! Do you want a cookie? Do you think this makes you special? Do you think that people who had paper routes, babysit, and mow lawns will automatically be successes later in life because of work ethic?

It takes a lot more than work ethic to be successful. Sometimes too much work ethic can be a hindrance, like when people dedicate their lives to fast food jobs when they really should quit them and move on to something better if they can.

There is a fundamental truth to life, and that is those who work hard, work smart and work long hours will be successful. Those who are unable or unwilling to do so will struggle in life. Even if we remove all the government impediments (i.e. regulations, taxes, the Fed, etc) what I stated will still hold true. If you look throughout history at those men and women who were successful in life there is one common denominator - they all worked hard to get where they wanted to be.

The example in the OP is illustrative of the deficit we have in this country today of both work ethic and skills. A 23 year old man who is flipping burgers 20 hours per week and willing to walk out on his job because he does not like the pay is problematic. He complains about his wages, he complains he does not have the $100 needed to advance his career, but it appears he isn't willing to do anything about it to improve his lot in life.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

16 hours a day 7 days a week with four jobs? What world do you live in? 112 hours a week plus travel time between home and the four jobs and lunch breaks?

In the article he stated that he wanted his own apartment and his own car. He cannot afford these things, so instead of complaining and instead of "striking", a better use of his time would be to work. I stated that there are 12-16 hours per day, 7 days per week where one can work. If one wants things in life (cars, houses, etc), then the means to get those things is through work. If one decides that the means of earning income will be through their labor, then any time not laboring they are in essence losing money. Again, in the example this man lives at home and apparently has no children. So, one can ask what is he doing with all his free time?

 

[ClydeCoulter]

• My Wage goes up
• The price of what I produce then goes up
• Those that buy what I produce need a higher wage to afford it
• The price of the goods and services that they produce goes up
• I need a raise

 

[tod evans]

There is a fundamental truth to life, and that is those who work hard, work smart and work long hours will be successful. Those who are unable or unwilling to do so will struggle in life. Even if we remove all the government impediments (i.e. regulations, taxes, the Fed, etc) what I stated will still hold true. If you look throughout history at those men and women who were successful in life there is one common denominator - they all worked hard to get where they wanted to be.

This simple truth doesn't fit in with today's feel good mentality..

Don'tcha know they deserve a better life...

 

[nobody's_hero]

Simon is a dumbass , Lord willing , I will never have to have him do jack for me at any pharmacy.

Well, if they increase his pay a few dollars, he'll probably make what a pharmacy tech would make, and therefore his time spent in school will have been worthless.

 

[Origanalist]

You act like all he has to do is apply to get it.

Oh yeah, you all are a bunch of miserable cretins, and misery loves company.



LoL

Shut up, old man. Holy shit you are one miserable soul.
And I know at 23 you weren't doing this at a fast food joint, so again, just shut up. Sorry you hate the young. Sorry you wasted your miserable life being miserable, and now you want everyone else to be miserable too. Sorry your life has come down to yelling at the interwebs.

Your "should be" world isn't the world I want to live in, and most others do not either, and it isn't even necessary. There is no reason 23 year olds should have to slave away their youth, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, to get a living wage. Your rant is so damn zany, and yet on these forums, it is just part and parcel of the libertarian utopia you damn fools keep trying to sell that nobody buys. If slaving youth away is your idea of a great system, then fuck that system. There is something wrong with it.

There is an enormous layer of bureaucracies, middlemen, and entitlements being swallowed up by the older, more powerful generations, and they have the gall to actually call the young lazy and stupid.

It's so sick and hysterical at the same time.

LOL! Do you want a cookie? Do you think this makes you special? Do you think that people who had paper routes, babysit, and mow lawns will automatically be successes later in life because of work ethic?

It takes a lot more than work ethic to be successful. Sometimes too much work ethic can be a hindrance, like when people dedicate their lives to fast food jobs when they really should quit them and move on to something better if they can.

"Shut up old man"? What the hell, are you 16? Grow up, Dude.

It takes a lot more than work ethic to be successful. Sometimes too much work ethic can be a hindrance, like when people dedicate their lives to fast food jobs when they really should quit them and move on to something better if they can.

Well, he can. He's just to damn lazy to do it.