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No Vested Interest

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5. Anyone else wondering what's in that storage unit that takes precedence over eating regularly?

Sat Mar 10, 2018, 08:04 PM

Mar 2018

I do sympathize, as obviously costs are high in SoCal.
Perhaps a roommate or a second job, part-time maybe?

BTW, didn't Walt Disney hate labor unions?

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30 year Disney employee can only afford cheese and crackers for dinner [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2018 OP

I wish I made 15.70 an hour. JNelson6563 Mar 2018 #1

thats not a livable wage in southern calif Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #3

Many people live on less than that in so cal JI7 Mar 2018 #13

Worse than that... Xolodno Mar 2018 #15

S CA is soooooo expensive no one can afford to live here. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #30

Where do you live? Blue_true Mar 2018 #48

What should a living wage there be? MichMan Mar 2018 #58

I would say, whatever wage allows a person to put a roof over Blue_true Mar 2018 #70

Most people in so cal make less than that JI7 Mar 2018 #67

I doubt that their living standard is good. Blue_true Mar 2018 #71

People make it work. Housing is the biggest cost JI7 Mar 2018 #72

I am a space person. The idea of a roommate is bothersome. Blue_true Mar 2018 #73

I'm in the SF Bay Area madville Mar 2018 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author NightWatcher Mar 2018 #2

WTF? If you are in your 50's and have no cash reserves how in the fuck madinmaryland Mar 2018 #6

This!! n/t GP6971 Mar 2018 #28

Just move to get a job or a better paying job. Clueless. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #61

You need to think this thru. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #11

Prices on the West Coast are insane. What else should people do? NightWatcher Mar 2018 #14

Sound like you have higher skills than she does. Blue_true Mar 2018 #50

she has a car JI7 Mar 2018 #56

Also, income tracks cost of living dawg day Mar 2018 #64

Yeah I mean she should have gone to college. BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #41

That sounds callous. Blue_true Mar 2018 #49

Shameful that a company that has it's fingers in everything kacekwl Mar 2018 #4

Worked the graveyard shift there once...a few decades ago.. Xolodno Mar 2018 #18

Anyone else wondering what's in that storage unit that takes precedence over eating regularly? No Vested Interest Mar 2018 #5

That's the exact justification that the CEO criminals use for their ridiculous salaries. Initech Mar 2018 #8

I couldn't help but wonder the same thing. Ilsa Mar 2018 #9

WTF? scraps from the kitchen as a life plan? Merlot Mar 2018 #46

The story says she doesnt have enough money to pay rent for March. Demit Mar 2018 #53

I was just wondering why that is a priority, that's all. Ilsa Mar 2018 #66

Yeah, I have a friend like that. Demit Mar 2018 #10

I know someone with it also but the crap has no value JI7 Mar 2018 #17

If you've ever watched Hoarders, you know that they are painfully attached to Demit Mar 2018 #29

the thing is they probably don't even think of these items until or unless someone JI7 Mar 2018 #55

I have friend who has been storing her extra furniture for years Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #44

Storage units were ubiquitous all over the Bay area when I was there. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #19

They are all over so. Cali Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #43

We have been so conditioned over the past 40 years to blame being poor on the poor, GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #20

Thank you for this JustAnotherGen Mar 2018 #37

Thank you for saying that. The responses on this post range from stupid Merlot Mar 2018 #47

What good is the union then in this case if it's not procuring a living wage for its employees? No Vested Interest Mar 2018 #51

I was wondering that as well MichMan Mar 2018 #59

People drive me crazy with he storage habits. Sell it Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #42

Meanwhile Bob Iger is about to make as much as Disneyland's entire combined payroll. Initech Mar 2018 #7

Yes the executive pay is sickening FakeNoose Mar 2018 #16

I live like 15 minutes from Disneyland. Initech Mar 2018 #21

The homeless people are actually working for Disneyland? FakeNoose Mar 2018 #25

They're attempting to. Initech Mar 2018 #31

It's really frightening. It seems like the average working person is being smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #74

Income inequality is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Initech Mar 2018 #75

and there are all those rundown hotels that advertise that they are "drug free". many disney workers Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #52

Something not discussed about high living expenses is debt. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #12

Another thing too is extreme executive salaries. Initech Mar 2018 #23

Yes. Totally free markets become VERY unequal american_ideals Mar 2018 #26

her wages have not kept up with inflation hfojvt Mar 2018 #22

"Cost wise, I think it is much smarter to buy a house." Initech Mar 2018 #24

I have not hfojvt Mar 2018 #34

Yeah Des Moines is the middle of Trump country. Initech Mar 2018 #36

well when I did live in Iowa hfojvt Mar 2018 #84

One bedrooms rent for 1700 and up around disneyland Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #45

they rent and share spaces and other ways to save as much as they can. but many are not able to buy JI7 Mar 2018 #54

Most people who live in So Cal SoCalNative Mar 2018 #79

No gurantees of course, but one's diet does directly affect one's longevity. OhioBlue Mar 2018 #57

Here's a link to Realtor.com for Anaheim; hatrack Mar 2018 #62

What is the solution? MichMan Mar 2018 #63

Maybe not . . . hatrack Mar 2018 #69

Do we know edhopper Mar 2018 #27

If you step back and look at the bigger picture it's an enormous problem pecosbob Mar 2018 #32

Well shit she probably has a refrigerator so she can't be shanny Mar 2018 #33

I smacked my head at the JustAnotherGen Mar 2018 #39

+1 shanny Mar 2018 #40

TRUMP! TRUMP TRUMP! yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #35

That's terrible.. Cha Mar 2018 #38

She needed a plan MichMary Mar 2018 #60

It's an amusement park, and unskilled labor. Not supposed to lindysalsagal Mar 2018 #80

She seems to be one of the higher paid Disney service employees, many make much less wishstar Mar 2018 #65

What the actual fuck is wrong with you people? Codeine Mar 2018 #68

Do you think a food server MichMary Mar 2018 #76

I think a person working for one of the most Codeine Mar 2018 #77

What hourly wage would be appropriate ? MichMan Mar 2018 #83

I just stopped in to read all the heartless comments from bootstrappers... tenderfoot Mar 2018 #81

I spend five dollars a month on food Codeine Mar 2018 #82