You Know You Are Old When

[D&D]

Ya, the burger flipper is getting $20 so guess what the secretary making $22hr wants now?

Pfft, sign on for a .gov project and then try to bring your crew back to reality

 

[D&D]

You know you're old if you've ever had to ask the room if you just farted.

 

[goeduck]

And the manager, and the truck driver and the secratary and the boss and the .......

Exactly. Raise the fast-food minimum wage, everyone in other positions in fast food wants more than the burger flipper. => Inflation.

Everyone working minimum wage in non-fast food, now wants to leave their job and work in fast food. So, the non-fast food minimum workers get $20 and everyone else in non-fast food wants more. => Inflation.

Wages don't keep up with inflation, so nothing is gained for the minimum worker, maybe lost out overall.

These minimum wage laws tip over the apple cart.

 

[masseyrider]

You're old when all the famous people that you used to watch and listen to are dropping like flies and they're only about 10 years older. Some are even younger.

 

[Sigarms]

It’s actually significantly cheaper to go to a Dennys super slam with eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes and hash browns for $9.95 with table service than to a Burger King, Jack in the Box or McDonalds.

How dare you leave out "In-N-out" burger

I just remember the joint because our son just had to try one while were out there last year (me? never heard of it).

Big Sur and Route 1? Check. Yosemite? Check. Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass? Check. In-N-Out burger? Check

For the 3 of us I think it was like around $28 which I really didn't think that was too bad given prices in California. Will admit I would stop in there over McDonalds, which I rarely visit anymore.

 

[neverfailyou]

All these posts about (hourly) wages, higher and higher from $7.50… $15…$18…$20. That’s inflation, macro- economics, micro- economics, greed and capitalism, socialism- all in a nutshell. Don’t forget taxes….

And I went to how years of college getting a masters degree (in engineering) learning all about that stuff. We all are “living that knowledge” in a real life practical classroom …. without sitting in a classroom!

I might add, what about the youngster that enters the workforce with no practical skills at $1.35/hr? Over the years, gaining knowledge, experience, and skills he/she/it gets pay raises but then sees minimum wage (“no skills” pay) rise just as he gets another raise. Working hard to get ahead, he’s staying even. Years later, he is old, stops working (retired…). Now, that “no skills” minimum pay youngster is making more than the old guy’s peak wage.

Thank goodness for ‘no political or religious’ commentary.

Depressing…

 

[Jstpssng]

You're old when all the famous people that you used to watch and listen to are dropping like flies and they're only about 10 years older. Some are even younger.

I've been thinking about how many people I've worked with didn't live to be as old as I am now. (65) It's rather sobering.

 

[BleedingOrange]

You know you're old if you've ever had to ask the room if you just farted.

Yup. and not sure if it is a fart, or a shart !

 

[FPGT72]

It's $20 here...

Unless......

 

[FPGT72]

All these posts about (hourly) wages, higher and higher from $7.50… $15…$18…$20. That’s inflation, macro- economics, micro- economics, greed and capitalism, socialism- all in a nutshell. Don’t forget taxes….

And I went to how years of college getting a masters degree (in engineering) learning all about that stuff. We all are “living that knowledge” in a real life practical classroom …. without sitting in a classroom!

I might add, what about the youngster that enters the workforce with no practical skills at $1.35/hr? Over the years, gaining knowledge, experience, and skills he/she/it gets pay raises but then sees minimum wage (“no skills” pay) rise just as he gets another raise. Working hard to get ahead, he’s staying even. Years later, he is old, stops working (retired…). Now, that “no skills” minimum pay youngster is making more than the old guy’s peak wage.

Thank goodness for ‘no political or religious’ commentary.

Depressing…

EVERYTHING is political now.