[NSFW] Mid-A Epic Random-ness: Third Encounter
Only in America do the "poor" get help with food, diapers, HOUSING, cell phones, own cars, have XBOX's and Playstations, get free breakfast at schools for their kids, etc.
Poor here isn't poor anywhere else in this world. Go to even a 2nd world Country and see REAL POOR, REAL POVERTY. Kids eating out of trash cans to survive, people with no electric or roofs over their heads.
I don't care if its D.C. MD or Cali nobody deserves $10/hr for unskilled labor. If you choose to let all the opportunities this country gives you slip away, you deserve to have to work 2 jobs to make ends meet.
Poor here isn't poor anywhere else in this world. Go to even a 2nd world Country and see REAL POOR, REAL POVERTY. Kids eating out of trash cans to survive, people with no electric or roofs over their heads.
I don't care if its D.C. MD or Cali nobody deserves $10/hr for unskilled labor. If you choose to let all the opportunities this country gives you slip away, you deserve to have to work 2 jobs to make ends meet.
just pisses me off thinking about the subject. but CEOs make millions, why can't they make slightly less and pay their employees good pay?
Because they do. The only employees making base pay are the nickels and dimes of the company.
Unions are pressuring congress to act on the minimum wage, their base union workers make X many dollars based off of the standard minimum wage, by having Obama up the fed level minimum wage, it allows unions to force pay increases through from the bottom workers to their 30 year workers.
Unions help make sure the employee is paid their dues.
for me, if you want to get paid x many dollars, prove to the company you are worth it and ask for it. If you're a piece of **** worker chances are you wont get it, if you prove that you are an asset to the company you WILL get it.
Because they do. The only employees making base pay are the nickels and dimes of the company.
Unions are pressuring congress to act on the minimum wage, their base union workers make X many dollars based off of the standard minimum wage, by having Obama up the fed level minimum wage, it allows unions to force pay increases through from the bottom workers to their 30 year workers.
Unions help make sure the employee is paid their dues.
for me, if you want to get paid x many dollars, prove to the company you are worth it and ask for it. If you're a piece of **** worker chances are you wont get it, if you prove that you are an asset to the company you WILL get it.
Exactly but it is painfully obvious we have fawking idiots running this country.
Good article of MANY online about how raising MW also raises unemployment. One of the few things I never forgot that made sense when taking economics in college lol.
http://lubbockonline.com/editorial-c...l#.UTUPYjYo6os
Good article of MANY online about how raising MW also raises unemployment. One of the few things I never forgot that made sense when taking economics in college lol.
http://lubbockonline.com/editorial-c...l#.UTUPYjYo6os
All these folks wanting to bump minimum wage wont be happy when the prices of EVERYTHING go up. In reality, more of us will be worse off, for the "good" of the bottom feeders of society.
This is the chit that pisses me off, people are fawking stupid.
We no chit, guess why he makes more? Because he started at somewhere and worked his way up.
I started out making minimum wage at my current job. Didn't stay at minimum wage for long. When I talked to the manager to get a job. I told him.
Any pay
Any hours
Any days.
he hired me right on the spot. After about a month of showing what I could do, I negotiated my hours/days and pay. I proved that I was of value to them and they took care of me.
For some reason or another I
For some reason or another I don't place much value in this article written by Mr. Williams, who I'm sure makes a whole lot more money than the minimum wage.
For some reason or another I don't place much value in this article written by Mr. Williams, who I'm sure makes a whole lot more money than the minimum wage.
I started out making minimum wage at my current job. Didn't stay at minimum wage for long. When I talked to the manager to get a job. I told him.
Any pay
Any hours
Any days.
he hired me right on the spot. After about a month of showing what I could do, I negotiated my hours/days and pay. I proved that I was of value to them and they took care of me.
Sadly we need to bottom feeders, if you dont have unskilled labors then everything would go up in price anyway. Alberto I know this effects you more then any of us in the mid-a with you being a business owner. The more I think about it the more it seems like it might not really be needed, I worked at a place for a little more then min wage and got a bump in pay after being there for a year. I wonder how many people on min wage have been at the place for more then 1 year?
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/20...-minimum-wage/ published 07 so a little old but should be somewhat accurate still
Why? When was the last time you made minimum wage? We are a pizza place and I think ONE of our employees in the kitchen still makes minimum wage, I could be wrong, he might not be making minimum wage either but only one person comes to mind that could be.
Rarely does someone stay at minimum wage, what happens is once they prove they are not worthless they get bumped up, the really good employees tend to make good money/hour, sadly, as the lower end employees are forced to make more money, we cannot offer raises to our higher up employees. So the chit workers get more money and the great workers who truly give it their all will NOT see more money. The up side to it is if they tell us to **** off and leave to go somewhere else, guess what? everyone is on the same level and wont pay their higher end employees more because the ********s at the bottom bring the level of money down.
$7.25 is more than enough, even in this area. Again, most people making that money are either 15 year olds or people who can't figure out the difference between a left shoe and a right.
Rarely does someone stay at minimum wage, what happens is once they prove they are not worthless they get bumped up, the really good employees tend to make good money/hour, sadly, as the lower end employees are forced to make more money, we cannot offer raises to our higher up employees. So the chit workers get more money and the great workers who truly give it their all will NOT see more money. The up side to it is if they tell us to **** off and leave to go somewhere else, guess what? everyone is on the same level and wont pay their higher end employees more because the ********s at the bottom bring the level of money down.
$7.25 is more than enough, even in this area. Again, most people making that money are either 15 year olds or people who can't figure out the difference between a left shoe and a right.
Sadly we need to bottom feeders, if you dont have unskilled labors then everything would go up in price anyway. Alberto I know this effects you more then any of us in the mid-a with you being a business owner. The more I think about it the more it seems like it might not really be needed, I worked at a place for a little more then min wage and got a bump in pay after being there for a year. I wonder how many people on min wage have been at the place for more then 1 year?
Currently our payroll is about $18K/2weeks, once everything is done with... For the most part our employees making more than $7.25 an hour, but our severs/bussers make $3.63 + tips, under the new Maryland laws, they are pushing for $7.00 an hour for tipped employees, if that happens we WILL let go of all our servers and will either convert them to or hire what we will call food runners, or a number caller. Think Panara Bread.
Zero doubt in my mind that at least 15 people will lose their jobs at our place.
Last edited by jeffie7; Mar 4, 2013 at 12:36 PM.
Bottom feeders and people who work at or near minimum wage aren't always the same people. Bottom feeders stay there, and are generally happy, because as mentioned, the poorer they "seem", the more free chit Uncle Sam provides.
Just fired a worthless kid, 19yrs old. Tells me he has a child, no job, needs it BAD. Gave him 1 month, he didn't show up to work twice, not even a call. Would hide from having to work, had to be baby sat. Terminated him immediately 2nd time he didn't follow protocol for not going to work.
He's "so poor" but he has an I-phone and a car and always wore new shoes. Typical...
He will be a bottom feeder all his life, why? Because its easier than working hard to be "poor"
Just fired a worthless kid, 19yrs old. Tells me he has a child, no job, needs it BAD. Gave him 1 month, he didn't show up to work twice, not even a call. Would hide from having to work, had to be baby sat. Terminated him immediately 2nd time he didn't follow protocol for not going to work.
He's "so poor" but he has an I-phone and a car and always wore new shoes. Typical...
He will be a bottom feeder all his life, why? Because its easier than working hard to be "poor"
Did you ever go to management and ask for a raise? Did you think you did good work, or did you know you did good work?
Currently our payroll is about $18K/2weeks, once everything is done with... For the most part our employees making more than $7.25 an hour, but our severs/bussers make $3.63 + tips, under the new Maryland laws, they are pushing for $7.00 an hour for tipped employees, if that happens we WILL let go of all our servers and will either convert them to or hire what we will call food runners, or a number caller. Think Panara Bread.
Zero doubt in my mind that at least 15 people will lose their jobs at our place.
Currently our payroll is about $18K/2weeks, once everything is done with... For the most part our employees making more than $7.25 an hour, but our severs/bussers make $3.63 + tips, under the new Maryland laws, they are pushing for $7.00 an hour for tipped employees, if that happens we WILL let go of all our servers and will either convert them to or hire what we will call food runners, or a number caller. Think Panara Bread.
Zero doubt in my mind that at least 15 people will lose their jobs at our place.
I asked our servers if anyone made less than $10.00/hr CASH on any given waiting shift.
Nope.
I then asked them why they feel $7.00 is such a good idea? (all servers are excited about it)
Once they give me their reason, most the time it's finally getting a legit paycheck VS $15-$20 paychecks. I ask how they feel when the business has to pay 100% more to servers and by doing so will cause us to fire most of them and the ones that do stick around will get a base $10.00 an hour plus split tips from anyone who does leave a tip. most likely $20.00 a night split between 6 people since we would no longer be a full service restaurant.
Amazing how fast they go from excited to please don't pass that bill!
BTW if you are waiting tables at $3.63 an hour and you do not make enough tips to cover the difference to get you to minimum wage, the restaurant HAS to pay you the difference in your paycheck. Omalley could push for $10.00/hr minimum wage and keep the tipped employees at $3.63, if that server doesn't make enough tips to cover the $6.37 difference, the restaurant would cover it.
That NEVER comes up in his debates. no matter what the server will still make $10.00 an hour.
On top of all that they are pushing for paid sick days, even for part time workers, even if they work ONE DAY A WEEK for 4 hours. They still get sick days.
That NEVER comes up in his debates. no matter what the server will still make $10.00 an hour.
On top of all that they are pushing for paid sick days, even for part time workers, even if they work ONE DAY A WEEK for 4 hours. They still get sick days.
LOL @ servers "getting it"
Meanwhile if MW is raised, the standards for "bottom feeders" goes up and they remain at the bottom unemployed lol, while still having to pay more for everything because of increased labor rates.
If you cant cut it at $7.25/hr because you are worthless, why do you think you will get hired at $10/hr where employers will expect more from you?
Meanwhile if MW is raised, the standards for "bottom feeders" goes up and they remain at the bottom unemployed lol, while still having to pay more for everything because of increased labor rates.
If you cant cut it at $7.25/hr because you are worthless, why do you think you will get hired at $10/hr where employers will expect more from you?
Omalley
I asked our servers if anyone made less than $10.00/hr CASH on any given waiting shift.
Nope.
I then asked them why they feel $7.00 is such a good idea? (all servers are excited about it)
Once they give me their reason, most the time it's finally getting a legit paycheck VS $15-$20 paychecks. I ask how they feel when the business has to pay 100% more to servers and by doing so will cause us to fire most of them and the ones that do stick around will get a base $10.00 an hour plus split tips from anyone who does leave a tip. most likely $20.00 a night split between 6 people since we would no longer be a full service restaurant.
Amazing how fast they go from excited to please don't pass that bill!
I asked our servers if anyone made less than $10.00/hr CASH on any given waiting shift.
Nope.
I then asked them why they feel $7.00 is such a good idea? (all servers are excited about it)
Once they give me their reason, most the time it's finally getting a legit paycheck VS $15-$20 paychecks. I ask how they feel when the business has to pay 100% more to servers and by doing so will cause us to fire most of them and the ones that do stick around will get a base $10.00 an hour plus split tips from anyone who does leave a tip. most likely $20.00 a night split between 6 people since we would no longer be a full service restaurant.
Amazing how fast they go from excited to please don't pass that bill!
I made my living off serving tables and to think that someone else wont be able to rock out great service and get tipped for it, it sucks.
Long read but gives you an insight on how bad this state is getting.
A Day in the Life of O'Malley's Maryland
You may have read and heard a lot this week about Governor O'Malley's State of the State address. From competing statistics and numbers to terms like "new revenues," "shared sacrifice," "fair share," "job creation," and "balanced approach," there's a lot of back-and-forth across the political aisle.
I thought I'd take a different approach, by sharing exactly how the Governor's proposals and actions affect a District 7 resident in your everyday life.
Let's begin with the alarm clock going off, early in the morning before work. You wake up and head into the bathroom. Before the sun is even rising, you're getting hit by Gov. O'Malley, who hopes to double the cost of that toilet flush! Your flush tax is now $30; he wants to make it $60.
After getting dressed, you enjoy a quick breakfast and a cup of coffee. One of the things I hear most often in Annapolis from my tax-and-spend colleagues is that their pet proposal will only increase fees for each citizen by "the cost of a cup of coffee." They make it sound like it's nothing, just fifty cents here and a dollar-something there. But the reality is, you could probably own a Dunkin' Donuts if you saved up all of the "cups of coffee" that Maryland taxes cost you!
You head out to your car, and see that you're close to empty on gas. Again, with your lengthy commute to the best job you can find these days, it seems like you're always on empty. So, you drive to the nearest gas station to fill up. And if Gov. O'Malley has his way, you will pay an extra 18 cents per gallon.
Yes, while most of us pull U-turns and mind local news stations' "Pump Patrols" to find the cheapest gas station by a penny or two, Gov. O'Malley wants to tack on the whole six percent state sales tax.
Finally, you're on your way to work. It's not even 9 a.m., and Gov. O'Malley is about to dip into your wallet again: it's time for tolls. His Transportation Authority raised them just a couple of months ago; now, a District 7 resident who works on the other side of the tunnels or Key Bridge has to pay $6 a day for that commute. The tolls were just $2 each way before.
So after paying your increased tolls, let's say it's finally payday when you arrive at work. When you take a look at your ever-shrinking paycheck, it should be a reminder that Gov. O'Malley wants to reduce your deductions on mortgage interest, personal exemptions, and even charitable contributions so that you pay more state income taxes.
This doesn't apply just to the super-rich: it applies to households making a combined $100,000 a year. These tax increases hit the middle class: the husbands and wives each making $50,000 a year as nurses, teachers, deputy sheriffs and police officers, librarians, insurance agents, paralegals, mechanics, lab technicians, and the list goes on.
Once you've put in a solid morning of hard work, its lunchtime. You hop online to buy your little niece or nephew a birthday present. Thanks to Gov. O'Malley's online sales tax proposal, you'll now pay an extra $1.80 sales tax on top of that $30 gift. There goes another cup of coffee.
Now on to lunch. Maybe you pack a meal rather than grabbing a bite out with co-workers, since you've already paid an extra $3.80 in toll hikes and online sales tax today, and that's before counting the extra 18 cents a gallon on your gas fill-up.
While you eat alone at your desk, maybe you decide to play a new game on your phone or download that song your friend told you about. Yet again you will be hit with another tax, the “app tax.” This will be applied to all of those applications that we use on our smart phones to help our daily lives- the Governor just can't seem to stay out of it, can he?
As the day ends, you look forward to a nice evening. You're meeting friends for dinner after work. You order a beer, or maybe a glass of wine from District 7's very own Boordy Vineyards. You enjoy a great meal and fun conversation. And when the bill arrives, Gov. O'Malley is there once more with his 9 percent sales tax on alcohol that he just signed into law.
You're finally back home. As you lay your head down and slowly drift off to sleep, you think to yourself that you’re glad the day is over because you couldn’t handle any more taxing. But wait, there’s more. You better turn the heat down tonight, because your electric bill will have an additional $24 charge to subsidize the Governor's offshore wind farm near Ocean City. Sleep tight, Maryland.
From morning to noon to night, you've been saddled with increased tax after increased tax. And it was only six years ago that we saw the largest tax increase in Maryland history signed into law under Gov. O'Malley.
Your Governor claims to support "everyday Marylanders" like you....and in a way, he's right. He's been with you through every step of your day.
All of these increases are his own choices in leading our state. Although I respect him and the job he has to do as Governor, I strongly disagree with the way he is going about it. I will continue to fight these ideas and push for more fiscally responsible ways of leading our state.
As always, I am proud to represent you.
Sincerely,
Senator J.B. Jennings
You may have read and heard a lot this week about Governor O'Malley's State of the State address. From competing statistics and numbers to terms like "new revenues," "shared sacrifice," "fair share," "job creation," and "balanced approach," there's a lot of back-and-forth across the political aisle.
I thought I'd take a different approach, by sharing exactly how the Governor's proposals and actions affect a District 7 resident in your everyday life.
Let's begin with the alarm clock going off, early in the morning before work. You wake up and head into the bathroom. Before the sun is even rising, you're getting hit by Gov. O'Malley, who hopes to double the cost of that toilet flush! Your flush tax is now $30; he wants to make it $60.
After getting dressed, you enjoy a quick breakfast and a cup of coffee. One of the things I hear most often in Annapolis from my tax-and-spend colleagues is that their pet proposal will only increase fees for each citizen by "the cost of a cup of coffee." They make it sound like it's nothing, just fifty cents here and a dollar-something there. But the reality is, you could probably own a Dunkin' Donuts if you saved up all of the "cups of coffee" that Maryland taxes cost you!
You head out to your car, and see that you're close to empty on gas. Again, with your lengthy commute to the best job you can find these days, it seems like you're always on empty. So, you drive to the nearest gas station to fill up. And if Gov. O'Malley has his way, you will pay an extra 18 cents per gallon.
Yes, while most of us pull U-turns and mind local news stations' "Pump Patrols" to find the cheapest gas station by a penny or two, Gov. O'Malley wants to tack on the whole six percent state sales tax.
Finally, you're on your way to work. It's not even 9 a.m., and Gov. O'Malley is about to dip into your wallet again: it's time for tolls. His Transportation Authority raised them just a couple of months ago; now, a District 7 resident who works on the other side of the tunnels or Key Bridge has to pay $6 a day for that commute. The tolls were just $2 each way before.
So after paying your increased tolls, let's say it's finally payday when you arrive at work. When you take a look at your ever-shrinking paycheck, it should be a reminder that Gov. O'Malley wants to reduce your deductions on mortgage interest, personal exemptions, and even charitable contributions so that you pay more state income taxes.
This doesn't apply just to the super-rich: it applies to households making a combined $100,000 a year. These tax increases hit the middle class: the husbands and wives each making $50,000 a year as nurses, teachers, deputy sheriffs and police officers, librarians, insurance agents, paralegals, mechanics, lab technicians, and the list goes on.
Once you've put in a solid morning of hard work, its lunchtime. You hop online to buy your little niece or nephew a birthday present. Thanks to Gov. O'Malley's online sales tax proposal, you'll now pay an extra $1.80 sales tax on top of that $30 gift. There goes another cup of coffee.
Now on to lunch. Maybe you pack a meal rather than grabbing a bite out with co-workers, since you've already paid an extra $3.80 in toll hikes and online sales tax today, and that's before counting the extra 18 cents a gallon on your gas fill-up.
While you eat alone at your desk, maybe you decide to play a new game on your phone or download that song your friend told you about. Yet again you will be hit with another tax, the “app tax.” This will be applied to all of those applications that we use on our smart phones to help our daily lives- the Governor just can't seem to stay out of it, can he?
As the day ends, you look forward to a nice evening. You're meeting friends for dinner after work. You order a beer, or maybe a glass of wine from District 7's very own Boordy Vineyards. You enjoy a great meal and fun conversation. And when the bill arrives, Gov. O'Malley is there once more with his 9 percent sales tax on alcohol that he just signed into law.
You're finally back home. As you lay your head down and slowly drift off to sleep, you think to yourself that you’re glad the day is over because you couldn’t handle any more taxing. But wait, there’s more. You better turn the heat down tonight, because your electric bill will have an additional $24 charge to subsidize the Governor's offshore wind farm near Ocean City. Sleep tight, Maryland.
From morning to noon to night, you've been saddled with increased tax after increased tax. And it was only six years ago that we saw the largest tax increase in Maryland history signed into law under Gov. O'Malley.
Your Governor claims to support "everyday Marylanders" like you....and in a way, he's right. He's been with you through every step of your day.
All of these increases are his own choices in leading our state. Although I respect him and the job he has to do as Governor, I strongly disagree with the way he is going about it. I will continue to fight these ideas and push for more fiscally responsible ways of leading our state.
As always, I am proud to represent you.
Sincerely,
Senator J.B. Jennings