/ck/ - Food & Cooking

It looks like we're hitting another "food shortage" on top of a labor shortage. So everything is going up because it's becoming harder to get things and companies are having to pay higher wages to convince people to start working again.

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>But at least our wages are going up too, right?
I know that this is food-related thread on a Mongolian basket weaving forum, but I had a random thought today about how I have no idea what people want. I remember people being up in arms with wanting $15/hr as the new minimum wage. A lot of companies and I think even a few states are offering that now. I stumbled on a hiring ad Facebook and out of blunt curiosity I read the comments because I thought $15/hr to put things in a box in a warehouse was pretty good money for a fairly easy job. However, there were tons of people whining that $15/hr wasn't a livable wage and companies needed to raise wages to even higher amounts.

I get that $15/hr isn't much, especially if you're working part-time, but it's doable and way more than $7.25/hr. I'm all for people asking for more or for what they believe they are worth. I do feel like companies do fuck employees over pay wise to maximize their profits. But do people really think they can get or deserve $50K a year on their first day at McDonald's? Or am I just that out of touch with the world?

Thanks for letting me ramble.

What's interesting to me is that the restaurant industry is the only industry that demands tips and throws a tantrum when they either don't get or it's too little. There's tons of stressful, shit jobs that people work with little pay and don't get tips at all.

The janitor scrubbing toilets all day doesn't get a tip. The cook who made the food doesn't get a tip. The dishwasher cleaning all day doesn't get a tip. The farmer out in the field doesn't get a tip. Yet the person who fills a water glass and carries a plate a few yards automatically deserves a % of the bill.

Not saying that a waiter has an easy job; making an observation.