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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
In the end you are entitled to your opinion and what you decide to do with your money. The biggest problem I have with what you have said is that you seem to look down upon those who perform these jobs. That's entirely your right but it seems a little judgmental to me and I think you should reconsider. Not everything is about money and someone isn't necessarily a "failure" because they work as a waitress. That is a very disrespectful attitude and unfortunate.
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I agree with you and my disrespect. It is the attitude that i have no respect for however, not the person performing the task. I can also appreciate that you are a bit more mature about it than I am.
It is not that i "look down" on someone bringing me my food, shoveling shit or cleaning toilets or whatever. Those are all functions in a society that someone must perform. My issue is what I believe to be the complete lack of perspective on the issue. If McDonalds pays 6.50 an hour and the employee is displeased, they are supposed to be. They are supposed to look for something better, to better themselves and strive to improve their station in life... not demand more from society to compensate them until what is their own personal sense of "fair" is satisfied.
I also strongly disagree that I "owe" it to them. That's not what tipping was. That's simply what tipping has become. Furthermore, this general idea (one so popular here among those who will never earn real money in their lives) is how people are now rationalizing their own poor life choices - poor career choices. Shitty jobs are just that. Whether its making 6.00 an hour working at a car wash, 5.50 an hour delivering newspapers or shoveling horseshit. It's not anyone's place to start demanding more.
People who think a business should pay more don't seem to get that people are paid exactly what they are worth based on the demand for those jobs and the employers ability to fill those jobs. There is a high turnover with these kinds of jobs because they aren't supposed to be careers. They are just the thing you do until you find something better, finish school, finish getting your degree or whatever.
