I got a job! :O

[liquidstatik]

At McDonalds. :( I get paid 5.75 for the first 30 days.. and if I dun suck I get a raise. :o

I go to orientation Tuesday and start work on Wednsday!

[MLE]

you'll suck anyways. you're from arkansas :/

[camacazio]

Congrats

[Sethomas]

I start my coffee bar job on Tuesday. I never asked what the pay rate is, so I'm not expecting much. But I get TIPS!!!

[liquidstatik]

you'll suck anyways. you're from arkansas :/

YOU KNOW I USED TO THINK YOU WERE NICE >: :(

[Sethomas]

I USED TO THINK THAT YOU HAD A VAGINA.

I MEAN, WITH THAT AVATAR AND ALL. :/

[nothing4buddha]

minimum wage over there is only 5.75?

[liquidstatik]

It's 5.15 over here :lol :(

SO FOR THESE STANDARDS IM MAKING A LOT OF MONEY

[Big McLargehuge]

it's 5.15 in arizona :(

[huond]

$5.15 is the national min. wage

states can set their own but most dont

[Anonymous]

Seth, Statik (and IS)'s avatar is something I compiled from an online gay webcomic.

[executioneer]

i think its like 8 sometingh in washington

or 7 something

opps its 7.16

[Jixby Phillips]

It's 6.75 in California :hat

[Sethomas]

Here in Chicago, it's like $6.50. I think, at least. So hopefully I get paid around $7.00 and make around two dollars in tips per hour. It's possible, with all the yuppies around here. :/

[executioneer]

i live in the best state to work in a mcdonalds apparently

[liquidstatik]

w/e i make a lot of money >:

[AChimp]

Minimum wage here is $7.25, but that's in Canadian dollars. :(

[Sethomas]

Quick, someone remark that's equivalent to $0.47 US!!!

[kahljorn]

lol, youll make more than 2 dollars an hour on tips if it's a remotely good coffee place.

[Sethomas]

The optimist in me concurs. However, when I worked in a small private coffee house catering to a rural bedroom community, I got shit for tips because I wasn't cute or social. AND I worked too long AND I was underpaid AND nobody appreciated that I was the sole gluon holding together the nucleus of the Cicero Coffee Company.

So, I don't set my expectations high.

[kahljorn]

that's fucked up :( When i worked in this crappy restaurant/fast food restaurant id get like 20 bucks a day in tips. AND IT WAS FAST FOODISH

[The Retro Kat]

Seth, in Chicago the min wage is lower than six, its five something.

[Sethomas]

Yeah, I did more research and all I could find was the Illinois state imposed one, which is $5.50 (raising a dollar with the new year), but I swear I read a news article that said otherwise. It disappeared. :(

[da blob]

still no job hahahahaha




beat that.

[ScruU2wice]

congrats on your job if it makes you happy, liquid :(

[Sethomas]

I thought you were an artist. :troutslap

Actually, I just thought that needed an emoticon, but it really doesn't convey the bitter irony I was going for.

At least France's government is all red beret and black turtleneck sweater-wearing hippie socialists. Don't like that sentence's construction? Well it's PERFECT.

[The Retro Kat]

I think its about time you indulge yourself in the bitter-sweet shut the fuck up time.

[HickMan]

I'm gettin a job at tha Dairy Queen. :( Becuase I'm stupid

[da blob]

but artist (not = ) money
yeah I get the RMI which ois money for nothing and the free social security and whatnot. but still.

[Sethomas]

TRK, you are DEAD to me.

[ScruU2wice]

You're lucky he didn't say that to you in real life, It usually includes a hand to the head followed by the word "FACE!" :(

[Matt Harty]

HEY LIQUID DID I MENTION I GOT A RAISE AND PROMOTION AT MY JOB? YEAH NOW I RIDE GO-KARTS ALL DAY FOR $7 AN HOUR. :(

[Hobo Renee]

Since I work for the county my wage is based on their cost of living scale so I make a fabulous 7.47 an hour. It rox.

[the_dudefather]

im waiting a replay from McDs, i submitted a form a few days ago..

anyways, when i worked at safeway, for the first 6 MONTHS i was on 'training pay', which is £2.20 an hour (below uk minumum wage). and all my 'training' consisted of 3 video viewing, very vague directions in what to do, and a crash course in the ways of the freezer department. i was the only one in my department during my shifts, so i couldnt ask anyone for help.

bastards. at least i got 4 quid an hour after my 'training'. then i was moved to the cushy world of till operator :)

[liquidstatik]

HEY LIQUID DID I MENTION I GOT A RAISE AND PROMOTION AT MY JOB? YEAH NOW I RIDE GO-KARTS ALL DAY FOR $7 AN HOUR. :(

THATS AWESOME. :(

[ziggytrix]

you'll suck anyways. you're from arkansas :/

dammit, you just got on my jerk list :(

[MLE]

little do you know that i talk to him on AIM and told him why i said that. i was in a lot of pain and wanted to yell at someone. he was nice about it, and we're buds :(

i'm not really a jerk :/ most of the time. if i am, it's cause something they did or said really ticked me off, or i just had a terrible day.


EDIT: plus, i always make fun of him being from arkansas. he knows i don't really mean it.

[Anonymous]

IT'S A TRICK

[ziggytrix]

hooray, you're off the jerk list :rave

[Onan]

Norneigre & Dace, & l'isle Britanique,
Par les vnis freres seront vexees :
Le chef Romain issu du sang Gallique,
Et les copies aux forests repoulsees.

[Burger Lord]

I think it's sad that employers are so cheap there must be a government controlled minimum wage, well unless I owned a buisness then I think I might understand more..

anyway, is it possible to actually survive on minimum wage where you live? (assuming you don't live in your parent's basement) because I can't, no matter how poor my lifestyle is...
just wondering if the cost of living in other states make the difference,

[Matt Harty]

Minimum wage in NJ is 5.15, but I thought they had to pay you more according to your age. :/

[Father §p@z]

You should Start training to become a Fire Fighter. You get payed good money to sit on your ass all day and wait for a disaster :)

[Burger Lord]

That would be sweet until the first disaster, then I would quit..

[Father §p@z]

:lol Oh, and Firemen also have the best retirement.

[ziggytrix]

they also tend to die younger than most people - too much stress.

[Father §p@z]

Yup, the way it's looking, I'm gonna retire by age 30 and croak by 45 :x