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I only read 5 pages (that was more than enough), but I have to wonder; what is all the gnashing of teeth over "minimum wage"?
I don't, of course, know anything about where the other posters live, but where I live NOBODY at McDonalds makes $7.25 an hour. The STARTING wage at McD's around here was $9 per hour the last time I saw a "help wanted" poster on the door, more for full-time/late shift/openers or closers.
I think I agree to some extent, however I think you have it a little backwards. I do not believe, if tomorrow all fast food employees in the country suddenly made $15 / hour, that we'd see any uptick in quality, attentiveness, accuracy, timeliness, etc. from the same people.
I do believe, however, that if an employer in a particular industry were forced to pay $15 / hour for a job that is worth at best $8 / hour, that that employer would HIRE much higher quality staff -- probably bright folks with college degrees, retirees, people like me who wouldn't mind a part-time second job, etc. And there is where your quality would come from. You would be much more discerning in your hiring choices, bypassing the high-school kids, the high-school dropouts, and the dullards.
I totally agree with you; however, college grad or not, you should still probably open up the bag, look inside, and make sure your order is right. Every time I don't to this........sure enough, the order is messed up.
Traditionally, these jobs have been for kids still living with their parents. There should be jobs for kids so they can learn a work ethic early and have some spending money. They don't have to make $15 an hour though.
Wasn't Obama going to create 5 million good jobs for the adults? The only adults I see working at McDonalds can't speak English.
That is what it used to be but with factory jobs leaving these jobs are what are left.
Which of these two identical, side-by-side McDonalds with equal quality food, service etc. would you make a habit of patronizing?
(a) The one with "normal" McDonalds prices and wages
(b) The one where each food item and drink cost $.50 to $1.00 more than "normal", and paid $15.00/hr?
You didn't think the wages that today's "strikers" are demanding, were going to come for free, did you?
I rarely go to McDonald's anymore. In case you haven't noticed, their prices have been high for quite awhile now so a .50/$1.00 increase isn't going to kill the bank for anyone who frequents that place. Sorry.
As of this time, 62 people state they would pay more for their food so the workers could be paid more. One must assume those 62 are democrats since they told a lie...
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I totally agree with you; however, college grad or not, you should still probably open up the bag, look inside, and make sure your order is right. Every time I don't to this........sure enough, the order is messed up.
Come to think of it, I would go to the one closest to my house!
there are several in town, and the closest one is the only one I go to.
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