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Showing Original Post only (View all)This comment just rubbed me the wrong way... [View all]
"I operate heavy machinery and make that... how does a fry cook get that?" said Carole Holfeld, a 39-year-old forklift operator and single mother from Tacoma, Wash. Making $16 an hour at Mega Brands, where she's worked for seven years, she doesn't think waiters deserve to make more than she does. What if the minimum wage is raised to $15? "Zero tip," she said.
This from a story about opponents to raising the wages.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/raise-minimum-wage-foes-say-theyll-stop-tipping-n39011
I would love to respond to that asshole! They handle and prepare your food, that's why! Lame ass excuse for not tipping the server. My guess it they already don't tip.
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I hear the best ones are the ones they make at the teabagger concentration camps.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#87
The response is, "Why not build yourself up, instead of bringing others down? Maybe you're not
Brickbat
Feb 2014
#2
I remember back before george w bu$h readjusted the economy, government workers made less, often way
RC
Feb 2014
#59
And bullshit back to you. People are killed and injured working in the food service industry also.
TexasTowelie
Feb 2014
#81
You know what, I've seen people sit on their butts all day doing nothing in both blue collar
TexasTowelie
Feb 2014
#103
PW, I'm often on your side; but I drove a fork lift in Chapel Hill, NC, to supplement ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2014
#43
sadly, i know some family members who just that stupid. they see anything that helps people less off
dionysus
Feb 2014
#29
If her job truly is worth more than minimum wage, then her income would be going up too.
jeff47
Feb 2014
#34
Me neither.... I'm a generous tipper partly because I know they get paid crap...
Adrahil
Feb 2014
#36
How would the critics here feel if we raised wait staff to 15 while lowering teachers to match...
Demo_Chris
Feb 2014
#31
Concur.... though I have had waiters that were definitely what I'd call "skilled."
Adrahil
Feb 2014
#37
Correct. But those criticizing this woman seem to feel HER training and skill are irrelevant...
Demo_Chris
Feb 2014
#38
No, we're criticizing her because she doesn't realize that training premium would still exist.
jeff47
Feb 2014
#40
If that waiter doesn't handle her food properly, she could be crapping and puking and
MADem
Feb 2014
#45
If the person is not happy, then why doesn't the person become a waiter. Salaries are determined by
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#73