Minimum Wage just went up to $11.50 in Washington State. The price of milk is $2.68 a Gallon.

[Smitty-48]

I grow weary of debating the ignorant.

Either bet me a bottle of your choice whiskey that 2018 will be more profitable than 2017, or be ignored.

You're the ignorant one, if you don't understand what a monarchy is.

I'm drinking Islay single malt right now, no need to wager a whisky in hand.

https://imgur.com/gallery/GMxkr

Wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers, but a little fruity for my tastes, Laphroaig 10 is a better dram for the price.

Speyside is all a little nutty fruity caramelly, not really my bag, I'm an eye-luh smoky peat man meself; Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Ardbeg.

[heydaralon]

Moore Furniture hires first year delivery guys for minimum wage.

Set your own hours as long as you are here when you say you will be. Overtime every week if you want it.

High School kids and college kids loved the flexibility, and free range work environment.

But really, under Olympia mandates, we have cut down on those positions. We used to always have 4 of those such folks, now its 2.

Just one example.

You laid my brother off. He is now a thriving member of the disability industrial complex, and low self esteem movement. I was in tears when I read his reddit AMA. Nice job man, nice.

[jediuser598]

Indeed. If minimum wage is the path to prosperity, why don't they just make it $50/hour?

Heck, make it a $100/hour, and then everybody will be wealthy, eh?

Why add just a dash of salt when you can add the whole container?

Why do you settle for $11/hour, that's not enough to pay for Islay single malt, why don't you demand more?

There's a certain point where it is self defeating. I've worked private sector all my life in shitty jobs, so when people talk about surplus labor, I'm like, "uhh, where?" I can't think of a job except my current one where we weren't running bare minimum labor to squeeze out every last dime out of labor. No overtime, ever. Hell when I first began Walmart expected me to clock out and finish my stuff, fuck right off with that. Smitty, be honest, you're not on labor's side, most of this board isn't for one reason or another, so talking about improving labor's conditions is like trying to convert Lucifer. You'd have a different opinion if you were here next to me.

[Smitty-48]

Why add just a dash of salt when you can add the whole container?

Why do you settle for $11/hour, that's not enough to pay for Islay single malt, why don't you demand more?

There's a certain point where it is self defeating. I've worked private sector all my life in shitty jobs, so when people talk about surplus labor, I'm like, "uhh, where?" I can't think of a job except my current one where we weren't running bare minimum labor to squeeze out every last dime out of labor. No overtime, ever. Hell when I first began Walmart expected me to clock out and finish my stuff, fuck right off with that. Smitty, be honest, you're not on labor's side, most of this board isn't for one reason or another, so talking about improving labor's conditions is like trying to convert Lucifer. You'd have a different opinion if you were here next to me.

Improve yourself, improve your conditions, you don't honestly think that If I needed money, I would settle for minimum wage, do you? I mean, ca'mon, I can hustle when I need to hustle, mate, I could sell ice to eskimos, if you're a filthy immigrant just off the boat, or a teenager with no work experience, ok, then might have to take a min wage job, at first at least, but honestly, it ain't the great depression you make it out to be, Jedi, you're simply self defeated by your lack of confidence in yourself, whereas I have supreme confidence in myself, to be able rustle up a heck of a lot more than $11/hour.

And frankly, I've done plenty of hard jobs, jobs that would break a man like you, make no mistake.

[jediuser598]

Why do you settle for $11/hour, that's not enough to pay for Islay single malt, why don't you demand more?

There's a certain point where it is self defeating. I've worked private sector all my life in shitty jobs, so when people talk about surplus labor, I'm like, "uhh, where?" I can't think of a job except my current one where we weren't running bare minimum labor to squeeze out every last dime out of labor. No overtime, ever. Hell when I first began Walmart expected me to clock out and finish my stuff, fuck right off with that. Smitty, be honest, you're not on labor's side, most of this board isn't for one reason or another, so talking about improving labor's conditions is like trying to convert Lucifer. You'd have a different opinion if you were here next to me.

Improve yourself, improve your conditions, you don't honestly think that If I needed money, I would settle for minimum wage, do you? I mean, ca'mon, I can hustle when I need to hustle, mate, I could sell ice to eskimos, if you're a filthy immigrant just off the boat, or a teenager with no work experience, ok, then might have to take a min wage job, at first at least, but honestly, it ain't the great depression you make it out to be, Jedi, you're simply self defeated by your lack of confidence in yourself, whereas I have supreme confidence in myself, to be able rustle up a heck of a lot more than $11/hour.

And frankly, I've done plenty of hard jobs, jobs that would break a man like you, make no mistake.

Bring it. We went head to head on a hard job? I'd break you in half. I challenge all the mother fuckers at work to race, don't care if I'm fresh on the job, lets race. If they win? Good, tell me what it is, how do I get faster, then challenge them another day. I'd smoke you.

Been a hard worker all my life, I'm not scared of some geriatric pampered senior like you.

[Smitty-48]

I mean, my neighbor two doors down just offered me a job for a $100,000/year, but I'd have to go buttfuck middle of nowhere Alberta to work for him, which, not up for that at this juncture, but if I needed the money, I would go.

[jediuser598]

This is what sucks about the internet, someone pulls my man card, we can't go at it. Think you can work harder than me? Lets go. But it's the internet, you can talk all you want and nothing will happen.

Say you can work harder than me, better, ha! Talk, all talk.

[Speaker to Animals]

Pretty sure infantry NCOs are generally rather tough. They'd dump my flight line ass into a bucket, so I usually don't challenge them. But that's just me.

Okie gets challenged to a duel about once per month, so Smitty has some catching-up to do.

[jediuser598]

Pretty sure infantry NCOs are generally rather tough. They'd dump my flight line ass into a bucket, so I usually don't challenge them. But that's just me.

Okie gets challenged to a duel about once per month, so Smitty has some catching-up to do.

IDGAF.

We're not fighting, we're working.

He wants to come down into the trenches and work some long shifts with little pay, I'd be up for the challenge. See who taps first. Get two jobs, walk 3 miles a day and 5 each way on the weekends, which are Tuesdays and Thursdays. All of it unrewarding just so I can save up enough to go to school. I'm out here surviving, while he's in his comfy armchair drinking his scotch.

Bring it.

[Smitty-48]

This is what sucks about the internet, someone pulls my man card, we can't go at it. Think you can work harder than me? Lets go. But it's the internet, you can talk all you want and nothing will happen.

Say you can work harder than me, better, ha! Talk, all talk.

Why don't you focus some of that pent up rage at finding a better job than one pays 11.50/hour, and then maybe you wouldn't feel the need to whine like a little bitch, and lash out at random Canadians on the internet who are just shooting the breeze, little fella.

Improve yourself, improve our conditions, there's no reason to take 11.50/hour in this economy, unless you're semi retarded fucking invalid.