*dramatic eyeroll*

[conuly]

I'm not entirely sure that the service was as bad as he says (though the comment at the end was out of line), but that's not the point. I could be wrong here, I often am. The point is that this guy has a crazy idea that if you don't like your job, you can just leave and get a better one. If your boss isn't paying you adaquately, you can just call in the authorities and everything will be all right, because there's this law.

I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying here, but whatever I'm doing, at least I'm doing it in the real world.

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[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

I am reasonably sure that waitstaff have always been paid under minimum wage. I recall that when I was growing up and my mom was a waitress that she earned less than MW. But she got a lot of tips. Basically, her paycheck paid the rent and the tips paid for everything else. She worked in a coffee shop, day shift.

It makes me sad that I am so self-absorbed that I seem not to care about other peoples problems, such as waitstaff being paid less than the legal wage. Every now and again, I try to feel empathy for a group, but it's difficult (for me, personally) to feel anything for a faceless group. Give me an individual, with a face, a name, someone I can care about, it's much simpler to care.

I probably should shut up now.

[conuly]

I am reasonably sure that waitstaff have always been paid under minimum wage.

Depends on where you are, which is a crying shame.

Then there's the fact that in many areas the minimum wage isn't a living wage, but that's a different issue.

It makes me sad that I am so self-absorbed that I seem not to care about other peoples problems, such as waitstaff being paid less than the legal wage.

Do you deliberately grind the faces of the poor into the dust? When given the chance to help people with no harm to yourself (whether or not you care), do you? Okay then.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

I more often than not give to individuals that I see that are in a need state of some sort.

It's large, faceless-nameless-group caring and giving that I have a problem with. I think this is largely because I know that groups are composed of individuals of whom we cannot rightly make sweeping generalizations.