I am... (Part III)

..., things have never been easy. Part of that is because the country lacks a decent minimum wage and insists on using the health of its citizens as an unlimited source for profit. ... It just seems so much more logical to me than the current system. How much of this kind of thing should really fall ... issue? I don't know...but I do know that the current "plans" all seem wrong.

Have you ever ran until you puked or your muscles locked? Nah. Can you think of a time when your pants were falling down and you didn't care? Probably. Do you believe in God? I don't know, not really. If an alien came down to you right now, would you explain to him what Earth is or would you report him to the FBI? Explain what Earth is, duh! Do you eat meat? Certain types. Do ...

U-6: 17.5%

... take you to find a job that pays a similar wage, a job in the same pay range. Unfortunately, the ... many years of experience you have on your resumé, they mean nothing: you're a minimum wage clerk or a burger-flipper again, at best. No employer will give you credit for ...and just as importantly, still sharp in their skills, still current in their fields: everything that somebody who spends 99 weeks ...

Two Jobs--Highlights and Lowlights

...and which I was greatly looking forward to leaving.  So now I have two minimum-wage positions for a total of less than 20 hours a week. I've ...so-slightly as though it is painful for him.  Because of course, acknowledging a minimum-wage employee has to hurt quite a bit when...t recall seeing him before I woke up. Current Mood: cold Current Music: "I May Hate You Sometimes"...

TKO, 1/8, R, J2

...or otherwise.” “Ever the pessimist.” “Realist,” Bowie corrected, flipping the screen to the current view. “Well, looks like my five-thirty training group is ready.” Jared waved him off ...'til two but the kitchen closes at ten; that means you get off at eleven. You start at three. Pays minimum wage.” “Okay.” “You need something to take to your PO, proof you got a job?” “Um, yeah.” “Okay, gimme...

Economic Recovery vs Huge Unemployment

... take you to find a job that pays a similar wage, a job in the same pay range. Unfortunately, the ...how many years of experience you have on your resumé, they mean nothing: you're a minimum wage clerk or a burger-flipper again or a day laborer or a telemarketer, at best...and just as importantly, still sharp in their skills, still current in their fields: everything that somebody who spends 99 weeks ...

IUOFJ

... or so. This alone would be enough to fire her. My next touchup was for the current client's mom! She'd already heard from her daughter about what happened with BLUTE and was ... job or steal from a client's house, lest she face immediate termination. I'd also have to cut her pay to minimum wage for a 6-month probationary period whereupon she would not be allowed to be on a job by herself, nor work ...

GET SMASHED → GATE CRASH - 1/?

...afterlife of the party, r. in which we are introduced to elliott and his current predicament, and therein we are set up for many a chapter. Blood spills from ...the shopping centre. As he just about manages to step over the threshold, the border that separates freedom and minimum-wage-unholy-hours, he catches the shrill of his manageress’s voice calling his name, and he picks up the...

Fic: I Told Myself Forever

...s worst nightmare Notes/Warnings : Spoilers from the 'Naruto' manga chapters 437 through current. Disclaimer: Lee and Hinata are owned by Kishimoto, even though I think I ...big bucks. I sit at a desk and write 1000 plus word stories to entertain myself and get paid minimum wage. They had started sparring every Wednesday night sometime after their first Chuunin exam, when he had recovered from ...

Random thoughts

... I've graduated and here I am living at home still making barely more than minimum wage. It's not that living at home is that terrible - I have friends ... very few options besides teaching. For example, reading this current book and falling asleep to "National Treasure" every ... in the future. Thirdly I could rant about my current worries about my family, but they haven't really ...