Justice for Fast Food workers? What? Fast food workers are striking over minimum wage? They want it raised from $7.25 to $15.00 an
hour. Um....what? For flipping burgers and taking orders, asking "do you
want fries with that" (which they get wrong a good percentage of the time, hence the $7.25). I am not
trying to belittle the job so relax. Historically
these positions are filled by teenaged high school students who are just trying
to make a few bucks to score some beer on the weekends. I know that this isn't true for every fast
food employee and that the average age of fast food workers is on the rise
however, if you are not happy with the wage that your job pays, work harder to
move up or move on to another. I believe
that the argument, "it's not that easy", is flawed. People just need to be willing to learn a new
trade because, I guarantee that there are plenty of people who will gladly take
the $7.25.
Back when I first started working I made minimum wage which was
about $5.00 an hour. I knew that if I
did what I was supposed to do and made sure that I was at work on time that I
could potentially get a raise and make more money. That's what happened, I worked hard and
eventually got a raise made some more money and that cycle continued. I never dreamed of demanding more money
without proving my worth. I've never
made minimum wage since because I continue to work and the harder you work the
better you do and the more money you make.
In general, that's how it goes. How
about you try doing what everyone else in the work force does. Work hard, get promoted or move on to another
job.
These people are not just demanding a higher minimum wage,
they want it almost doubled and that is ridiculous. I don't know if they realize that if
they raise the minimum wage, the cost of goods are going to rise. That's going to make your new minimum wage
useless. You don't go on strike and
demand more money for working at McDonald's or Wendy's. Also, the hand outs people get will only last
so long. Once they start making more money won't they
become ineligible for government assistance?
I'm sure that will cause more demands and just another reason to strike.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. It's all about working hard and creating
income.
A great example of how things
fail when you make demands is what happened with Wal-mart in Washington DC. They were going to build four stores,
creating more jobs for people but, there was a demand that they pay a minimum
wage of $12.00 an hour to start. This is
much higher than the minimum for DC. so, the stores decided not to build. That cost hundreds of potential jobs for the
District but, people complained that Wal-Mart was wrong for making that
decision. What? That's absurd. They are a business and if those demands
effect their plans then they have every right to reconsider and move elsewhere. That's what happens when you demand more
money.
Here's something that maybe, just maybe these people should consider. The basic pay for a military member in any branch starts at $16,091 annually. That comes out to roughly $7.73 and hour if they worked 40 hours a week but, we know that is not true as Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines rarely work a regular schedule and there is NO OVERTIME! If anyone should be bitching about being over worked and under paid it's them. Give me a break! Be thankful for the job you have,
if you don't like it either move on or suck it up buttercup!
