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$15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« on: January 29, 2016, 06:36:24 AM »
http://twitchy.com/2016/01/27/watch-this-fast-food-worker-explain-why-she-deserves-to-be-paid-more-than-paramedics/

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One profession saves lives, the other serves food.

Not to bash those that work in the fast food industry, but if anyone deserves a pay increase – it’s the person who is trying to save your life.

But try telling that to Lakecha Jackson, a Detroit fast food worker who believes fast food workers are more important than paramedics.

Check out her response 2:42 minutes into the clip:

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Re: $15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2016, 06:41:58 AM »
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Re: $15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2016, 07:49:28 AM »
Guess we should start seeing more kiosks in fast food restaurant lobbies.
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Re: $15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2016, 09:34:17 AM »
Okay, you are a fast food worker and you now make $15 per hour.  How much would you bet that the owner can now replace you with a better employee who wouldn't have applied at min wage.  

Fast food workers can generally be replaced by anyone who will show up reliably and be trained in a day or less.  I really don't think that is the case for paramedics.
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Re: $15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2016, 09:50:49 AM »
Paramedics are licensed at the national level and most if not all will have at least an associates degree. 
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2016, 10:04:50 AM »
Okay, you are a fast food worker and you now make $15 per hour.  How much would you bet that the owner can now replace you with a better employee who wouldn't have applied at min wage.

Heck, for $15/hr I'd spend my evenings flipping burgers part time.

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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2016, 10:28:36 AM »
Paramedics are licensed at the national level and most if not all will have at least an associates degree. 


Paramedic privilege. Fast food workers should also be given licenses and associates degrees, so they can earn $15 an hour.



Heck, for $15/hr I'd spend my evenings flipping burgers part time.


I applied to a couple of fast food places last year, to spend my evenings at minimum wage. They never called me. I presume they have no shortage of people with all-day availability, rather that someone with a day job. Or my lack of Sunday availability doesn't work for them.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2016, 10:41:19 AM »
Raise your hands any of you who would willingly eat at a fast food joint where Fistful is touching your food?

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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2016, 11:35:32 AM »
I promise to only touch your food in a special, loving way.
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2016, 11:38:04 AM »
Just don't ask for the special sauce.
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2016, 12:11:36 PM »
If they paid fast-food workers more than paramedics, then all the paramedics would quit & become fast-food workers.....and the ambulance services would have to hire former fast-food workers to cover.

Think about it.....
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2016, 12:52:37 PM »
If they paid fast-food workers more than paramedics, then all the paramedics would quit & become fast-food workers.....and the ambulance services would have to hire former fast-food workers to cover.

Think about it.....
Either way, my policy is to never be rude to fast food workers or paramedics.  I figure that is the safe path.   =D


My brother finished his degree working as a waiter.  He is extremely polite to wait staff and food workers.  He knows what is possible. 
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2016, 01:02:05 PM »
Never rude to wait staff or others in the service industry.
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2016, 01:31:53 PM »
Honestly I didn't realize that paramedic wages were that low.
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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2016, 01:34:19 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2016, 02:02:19 PM »
Honestly I didn't realize that paramedic wages were that low.

Most people conflate EMTs and paramedics. I was an EMT first before becoming a paramedic.  EMTs are very low paid.  If you can get on as a paramedic in a large city fire department, you can make in the upper five figures easy or break $ 100,000 based on seniority, shift differential and overtime.
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2016, 02:21:39 PM »
Either way, my policy is to never be rude to fast food workers or paramedics.  I figure that is the safe path.   =D


My brother finished his degree working as a waiter.  He is extremely polite to wait staff and food workers.  He knows what is possible. 

This is not only possible, but I've eaten at that very restaurant many times :http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/steak-la-pube
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2016, 03:14:25 PM »
This is not only possible, but I've eaten at that very restaurant many times :http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/steak-la-pube

It was a Chili's and it was in the early 90's at the latest.  He never mentioned anything really bad.  A strategic cough here and there for really obnoxious people at worst.  He spent more time talking about demanding people who don't tip.
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Re: $15/hr "living wage" - paramedics vs. fast food workers
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2016, 04:31:59 PM »
I was going to rant. The rant would have pretty much consisted of *expletive deleted* over and over and over, maybe with some non expletive words kind of randomly shoved into the mix.

I am very polite to service people, because... well, because my parents raised me right and people should be polite to everyone.

However, if one of these fast food workers starts telling me that they are worth $15 an hour because they work so much harder than other people who work for less than $15 an hour, I'm going to lock them in a kennel run with the Kuvasz that tends to maul people she doesn't like.
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« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2016, 06:57:32 PM »
However, if one of these fast food workers starts telling me that they are worth $15 an hour because they work so much harder than other people who work for less than $15 an hour, I'm going to lock them in a kennel run with the Kuvasz that tends to maul people she doesn't like.

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« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2016, 07:08:38 PM »
I was going to rant. The rant would have pretty much consisted of *expletive deleted* over and over and over, maybe with some non expletive words kind of randomly shoved into the mix.

I am very polite to service people, because... well, because my parents raised me right and people should be polite to everyone.

However, if one of these fast food workers starts telling me that they are worth $15 an hour because they work so much harder than other people who work for less than $15 an hour, I'm going to lock them in a kennel run with the Kuvasz that tends to maul people she doesn't like.

Send them out with a detasseling crew.
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« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2016, 07:15:44 PM »
Send them out with a detasseling crew.

There's a reason file clerks tended to be paid less than fast food workers, much less detasselers.

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« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2016, 07:22:25 PM »
However, if one of these fast food workers starts telling me that they are worth $15 an hour because they work so much harder than other people who work for less than $15 an hour, I'm going to lock them in a kennel run with the Kuvasz that tends to maul people she doesn't like.


She'll like them. They smell like grease.
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« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2016, 07:57:12 PM »

She'll like them. They smell like grease.

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« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2016, 08:37:15 PM »
I am very polite to service people, because... well, because my parents raised me right and people should be polite to everyone.
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