Jobs are only worth so much money.
There are a lot of people out there right now who are not working, replaced by automation because of your "living wage".
And this isn't the end of it.
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Jobs are only worth so much money.
There are a lot of people out there right now who are not working, replaced by automation because of your "living wage".
And this isn't the end of it.
Which portion of the "service industry"?
It's a broad term.
Some of it is tip reliant and some is not.
Do your people accept/receive tips?
DeeDeeCues
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Yep. Pj black-and-white. Your single data point doesn't jive with my data points, so I'm wrong and there is only one dimension.
DeeDeeCues
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Moreover, do they tell him how much they make in tips?
One of my coworkers, 3rd year as a mechanical engineer wasn't making as much as he did as a bartender in college.
This argument is only about tip-reliant service staff.
Waitresses and bartenders at a handful of businesses.
To the penny (most of it's on credit cards these days).
But I apologize for dragging politics into this thread. It's not important enough to sidetrack the funny.
pj
chgo
is this considered political? the lines get blurred here sometimes.
Why don't you pay them enough so that they no longer need to accept tips?
Pay them the equivalent of what they earn with tips and take that burden off of your customers. Word will get around immediately, business will increase, as will revenues.
By the way, I know servers who wouldn't exchange their tips for a $35 an hour wage. Surely most people would consider that to be a "living wage", no?
Not up to me - I don't own the businesses. But I think that's the right answer.
pj <- last word on this
chgo
Human Intelligence and Box-of-Rocks are currently Hill-Hill, and Box-of-Rocks has the break.
DeeDeeCues
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That reflects my experience. Obviously not servers in the type of joint pj runs.
DeeDeeCues
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100% bs.
wilhelm
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Yup, I can attest to the fact:
Pizza delivery men kept their income a closely-guarded secret so as no to attract unwelcome newcomers. But I had a man on the inside. Now granted, my experience took place many moons ago and I only did it part-time on the best days of the week during the busiest hours, but once you chalk the numbers up the hourly rate was better than for most professionals. I was lucky enough to know what I was chasing after, so I got better mileage than most:
- Cash tips went in the right-pocket (and I misteriously lost them every damn time).
- Everything else was duly reported and went into interest-bearing investments.
- Payed $500 for an old ass corolla, rode the hell out of it and got 30-odd cents off my tax bill for every mile I put on the POS. It payed for itself after about a month and the rest of it was uncle sam's loss.
- Took care of all the repairs myself, and only spent the bare minimum to keep that POS running.
- No A/C in Texas summer time heat.
After about a year I felt comfortable enough to leave the corporate lifestyle behind, doing IT contract work and living a much more care-free life. I still deliver every now and then just because I enjoy it. I never imagined a shitty part-time gig would make such a difference in my life, yet there you have it.
The real experts were all Bulgarian for some reason, and most of them left pizza delivery in favor of valet parking. They said the money was much better, they just spent a lot more on shoes.
SSDiver2112
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In my past life I once owned a Diver Shop for 20 years and have a Marine science degree, so I will respectfully disagree.
I have held those urchins 1000’s of times. They are echinoderms so they are related to the starfish and have the same suction cuppy tentacle feet. Urchins are herbivores. It is the spines in most species you have to worry about.
This is an Oyster cracker (Toad fish) which I have been bitten by. Grumpy bastard.
Funniest I could find.
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SSDiver2112
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Or this.
I was fishing off of an old bridge/fishing pier and caught one of these or similar. A squatty body fellow, he was balancing on his side fins and tail fin. The first time I reached for the hook he lunged for me like a bad dog! Took me a couple more tries to be sure he could see just fine in the air and he did have his heart set on biting me for pulling him out of his happy home!
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He seemed like a good kid; shook my hand and looked me dead in the eyes. Honestly answered both kissing questions. I’d have know he was lying if he said no and then I might have had to be a little stern.
He did start to fidget when I asked him, “what first attracted him to my daughter?” He answered her shyness. Good answer, the boy can think on his feet.
Asked him if he needed a few bucks, he politely refused and they were on their way.
Whole time they were gone all I could think about was my father in law telling me that teenage boys are, “hornier than a 3 dicked mule.” He probably wanted me to sweat like he did when I started dating his daughter.
The young man did bring her home early.