Peter Schorn: The people who parrot the talking point that burger flippers deserve a living wage of $15+ per hour and mumble insincerely that theyd happily pay more for their McCrap to help out (no, you wouldnt) are merely expressing their fundamental ignorance of basic economics. FTA: So I had about 4-5 hours drive to think about my little McDonalds adventure...this abysmal “customer service” experience...it occurred to me that these folks typify the very bunch of fools who are now DEMANDING a $15.00/hour pay rate – for working fast food. FIFTEEN. I wouldn’t pay the employees at the Butler McDonalds fifteen CENTS an hour. But – can you blame these folks for their ridiculous demands? The level of economic literacy in this country is so pitiful that they could not possibly understand that they would simply be writing their own pink slips with such a move. Simply supply-and-demand concepts are apparently beyond the grasp of those who believe that fundamentally unskilled fast-food employees deserve ridiculously high hourly rates. Just what do they think will happen when a store is forced to double the employee salary expense? Here, let me help you out with the answer, Mr./Mrs. Burger Microwaver (at McDonalds, they don’t even flip burgers any more) & Coke filler: you will lose your job. The business is not going to take a loss or reduce their profit margin. YOU will be the victim. So instead of $7.50 an hour, you get … nothing. Next time youre dealing with some surly, incompetent, lazy cashier or whatever who botches your service, ask yourself if they should be pulling down over $31,000 per year for just showing up because justice?
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:14:12 +0000
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