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>>53948120
I have a relative who constantly tells stories about when he worked in a grocery store "back in the old days," he was making probably $1.25 an hour. He would torment the manager constantly. They were instructed to "paint the entire store," so as a gag they did exactly that: they painted the walls, the floors, the ceiling, the produce, the cans of SPAM, the cash register, fucking everything.

They were forced to clean it up but did not have to pay for anything and they were not fired.

I did some napkin math. In 1964, a quarter was 90% silver. So a kid getting $1.25 per hour is getting 5 silver quarters. The melt value of this today is about $21.

Imagine being a 14 year old kid and getting paid $21/hour to vandalize your store and destroy the inventory and not even getting fired. Meanwhile, I had a friend get fired because his dad died and his boss couldn't believe he took three days off for a funeral. Boomers had it easy. They had it SO FUCKING EASY.

>executives making $500k a year pre-bonus and with equity shares will tell you your 1% raise is off set by their coffee and free fruit snacks.

>>53716597
Same. No regrets.

I am the only non-boomer homeowner on my street and all the surrounding ones