Callum Lerwick wrote: >>establishment to relax, or whatever. Why is it basically mandatory I help >>pay the staff's salary? I'm already patronizing the establishment, >>purchasing goods they are selling to me at a profit. If the staff is that >>underpaid, why am I obligated to compensate? All the different jobs I've >>had, from the lowest, peanut paying positions to the best, no passers by, >>bosses, or anyone else has tossed 15% of my wage on the table as they >>passed thru. >> >> > >Have you ever worked as a waiter/ess? In a large corporate chain? Are >you 20 or under? Do you realise these people are unappreciated slaves? >That you get treated like shit because you're not 30+? The faceless >corporation they work for sees them as a liability, not an asset, let >alone a human being? Its bad enough being treated like trash by your >managers and supervisors, you don't need it from the customers too. >*Sounds just like working for IBM* > > sam >>I guess I just don't get whats up with that whole thing. If you're >>underpaid and want a raise, you talk to your BOSS, you don't call the >>customers 'cheapo's'. >> >> > >Especially in corporate chains like Dennys, Perkins, *IBM* etc, you DO NOT get >raises. You just get fired and replaced. Its cheaper to just hire >someone new at base pay than keep people on and give them raises. >There's plenty of others desperate enough to take it. > > > sam >Non-nationwide corporate chains are getting very rare indeed. > > > >>In NO other business would this be acceptable, ever. >> >> > >We live in a world of corporations being given preferential treatment as >if an individual, corruption, greed, and cost cutting. God Bless >America. > > *Sounds just like working for IBM *sam* * _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list