re: #244 Justanotherhuman

Sorry to break it to you, but there are no more “25 cent” raises these days. You’re lucky to get 10 cents after your 90 day “probationary” period.

When I went to comm collegel FT in 1972-74, w/2 teenagers, I worked about 4 hrs a day at the school, rented a house and rented out one of the rooms to another student, got $100/mo child support, food stamps and Medicaid for the kids. I did that for almost 2 yrs. College wasn’t even in my future in 1958—that was something kids from more affluent families did. One of my sons got a PT job at Arby’s when he was old enough to get hired. It wasn’t just a “sacrifice” for me, it was one for my kids, too. I wasn’t able to go on to a 4 yr school, but it still gave me more confidence.

The $0.25 was, I admit, pulled out of the air. The last time I worked for minimum wage was in 1975, as a busboy at Elby’s Big Boy in Gettysburg.