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[theinevitable]

I got so mad that I was shaking. This man wasn't saying "the economic model of fast food chains won't support a raise," which I could understand if not agree with. But he said "if these people have no avenue to better themselves, they should take whatever we'll give them. They don't have the right to ask for more."

If I had been a little less angry maybe I would have pointed out that he is in a union (he works on the light rail line) and gets paid twice the minimum wage because SOMEONE stood up and demanded it. Then again, if I had been less angry I probably would have ignored the initial comment that started the discussion.

If I was a little more angry I would have made a disparaging comment about how I'm sure taking tickets on the train is so, so much harder than working at McDonald's.

[theinevitable]

My dad talks sometimes about the time he did that at a job he had when I was a newborn. He said he thinks about it a lot, because threatening to quit because they aren't giving you enough good work when you have an unemployed wife and a newborn kid is pretty dumb. And yet if he hadn't done that, he wouldn't have started down the path he ended up on. Risk. Interesting.

[pmcd9]

I got so mad that I was shaking. This man wasn't saying "the economic model of fast food chains won't support a raise," which I could understand if not agree with. But he said "if these people have no avenue to better themselves, they should take whatever we'll give them. They don't have the right to ask for more."

If I had been a little less angry maybe I would have pointed out that he is in a union (he works on the light rail line) and gets paid twice the minimum wage because SOMEONE stood up and demanded it. Then again, if I had been less angry I probably would have ignored the initial comment that started the discussion.

If I was a little more angry I would have made a disparaging comment about how I'm sure taking tickets on the train is so, so much harder than working at McDonald's.

I have a lot to say about this, but don't have the time to type it all out. I don't agree with your customer, but I don't agree with you either.

[pmcd9]

I got so mad that I was shaking. This man wasn't saying "the economic model of fast food chains won't support a raise," which I could understand if not agree with. But he said "if these people have no avenue to better themselves, they should take whatever we'll give them. They don't have the right to ask for more."

If I had been a little less angry maybe I would have pointed out that he is in a union (he works on the light rail line) and gets paid twice the minimum wage because SOMEONE stood up and demanded it. Then again, if I had been less angry I probably would have ignored the initial comment that started the discussion.

If I was a little more angry I would have made a disparaging comment about how I'm sure taking tickets on the train is so, so much harder than working at McDonald's.

I do agree that "the economic model of fast food chains won't support a raise" is a valid statement. If you raise the wages it will raise the prices which will effect a huge segment of the customer base including many of the people who would benefit from the raises. But what would really happen is actually spelled out in the article you linked to. "Industry officials say a $15 wage might drive many restaurants out of business and cause restaurant owners to hire fewer workers and replace some with automation — perhaps by using more computerized gadgets where customers punch in the orders themselves." This is going to happen eventually anyway. The only thing holding it back is the cost of capital improvements and the fear of customer backlash. We're just now getting used to the idea that we have to check and back our own damn groceries. But if labor pushes the issue it will happen much more quickly and poof, there goes a million jobs gone forever.

As for the guy taking tickets for the train getting a living wage. Well it's more difficult to pinpoint how this effects the bottom line. Public transportation is subsidized by the city government and is probably losing money. If McDonald's were running the trains they would eliminate his job and replace him with an automated teller, but the union and lack of money for capital improvements is probably preventing the city from taking such an action.

Bottom line is "if these people have no avenue to better themselves, they should take whatever we'll give them. They don't have the right to ask for more" is a terrible attitude, especially when you are fortunate enough to have escaped that fate despite the fact that your job requires such little skill. And I would love to see all people paid a living wage, but when you are in serious danger of losing your job to a ***** you probably shouldn't complain too loudly.

[theinevitable]

My friends are really into saying things about how if I am just doing this job to save money for grad school I can "probably" find something better. OH OKAY, POINT ME AT THAT JOB LISTING. OH WAIT, YOU HAVEN'T SPENT MANY HOURS EVERY WEEK LOOKING AT AND APPLYING TO JOB LISTINGS? WHOA, THAT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE I fuck*ng HAVE.


And I'm not talking about some bozo. I'm talking about my roommates. Who see me sitting at my desk on my day off looking at job listings.

[theinevitable]

hey, funny timing. I was talking on here yesterday about my fiction writing class. One day a girl in class asked what my favorite band was, or what a band was I played on my radio show, or something. I said Pavement. Then she wrote a story where the hipster character talked about loving Pavement, and during class she explained that Dan said no one had heard of Pavement. WHICH WASN'T WHAT SHE ASKED ME. My cool writing teacher looked at me like I was such a jackass, and the snotty guy who always tried to call me out on being a hipster said "EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF PAVEMENT."
Now, 4 years later, she just posted on my facebook wall about the time I told her no one has heard of pavement. What. Stop.

[pmcd9]

Even I've heard of Pavement, Dan. Geez!

[jay-ell]

Wow, even *I* have heard of Pavement.

What a tool that girl is.

[theinevitable]

well, you guys were considerably older than that girl when Pavement were in their heyday. Still, just so uncomfortable. People in that class were already weird and aggressive about my preferences before she did that.

[theinevitable]

This twitter guy who is a St Louis democratic partisan (this should tell you something right away-- literally only one person who is not a democrat has won an election in this city in 50 years) won't stop talking about how obviously going to Syria is wrong, but it pisses him off that Republicans are fighting Obama about it. "This is what I hate about politics."

[theinevitable]

Topic: PHONE TAKEN DONT KNOW THE LADY

I was sitting on my porch this evening around 7:45 at which time I heard a women screaming then she came up this way asked did I have a phone I called 911 then a group of boys came telling her don't call police but I did it happened around shaw store they have cameras also the police a women and man very rude I was trying to tell them about the 1 boy who was one of the phone thief s from last month I will turn it overto the captain at meeting tomorrow thanks

[pmcd9]

this nonsense keeps popping up on Facebook.

[theinevitable]

wtf, water doesn't have DNA, proteins, fats, etc. It's water.

[jaydub]

...wraps it in fat cells?
Well it sure sounds scientifikal.

[wombat]

"Microwaves agitate the molecules to move faster and faster." Uh, yeah, because isn't that what happens when something gets hot?