the state of the food industry in america is so dismal

[rtil]

fyi, subway is now the largest fast food chain in the world. yes, larger than mcdonalds

[trent bortknob]

i don't consider subway a particularly good company to be honest. there's a reason that they're a huge success, they provide false hopes of seemingly easy weight loss to a large amount desperate obese people. they also openly attack places like mcdonald's and burger king (who obviously deserve it) as a marketing strategy. but, in general what they serve is not healthy food and should not be viewed as such.

[trent bortknob]

come on man, you're at the movies. you're treating yourself to some horrible fast food. why are you so angry, and why do you take it out on the cashier?

for some reason some people just don't treat people in food service like human beings. i just don't get it. everyone has their on and off days, why do you have to treat them like crap? they have a shitty enough job as it is. i've never had a job like that, but i've heard enough stories that i be as nice as i can to waiters, waitresses, cashiers, etc.

i'm glad. you don't know what it's like to have to deal with people who immediately think that you're an idiot because you work a shit job.

[rtil]

as an artist and seeing half my graduating class go into retail i know there are a lot of people who are working jobs they are much too talented for

[DrRumack]

i feel like this is a huge problem with america. people shit on the unemployed for being "lazy" and then shit on retail/food service people for having a job that's "embarrassing"

neither need get any shit from some dickhead with a superiority complex

[rtil]

i feel like this is a huge problem with america. people shit on the unemployed for being "lazy" and then shit on retail/food service people for having a job that's "embarrassing"

neither need get any shit from some dickhead with a superiority complex

reminds me of this quote by john steinbeck: "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

[DrRumack]

yeah i see OWS as the beginning of a departure from that attitude at the very least

[trent bortknob]

i feel like this is a huge problem with america. people shit on the unemployed for being "lazy" and then shit on retail/food service people for having a job that's "embarrassing"

neither need get any shit from some dickhead with a superiority complex

reminds me of this quote by john steinbeck: "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

seem true to me. i even feel that way sorta. like "i have this job but ya know i'm gonna move on soon". of course, that's more to do with the fact that i don't particularly want a career in the movie theater business than it is that i feel embarrassed for my job. being 20 years old and working at a movie theater is not something to be embarrassed of as far as i can tell.

[Sinitron]

wow okay i guess i'll just plant these potatoes right here and milk some cows *leaves*

[ZennyPLUS]

My first job was the movie theater and now it's retail. I understand Trent's deal with up selling and suggestive sales as it works the same in retail too. To tell you the truth, I would work in the theater again, it was far more enjoyable than retail. Concessions was, for the most, the worst part of the job. Nothing like catering to hundreds of people all acting like starving baby chicks, getting impatient when there are only 3 concessionists present. But theater food wouldn't be so expensive if the movie producers (Hollywood) would give a larger slice of the pie to them. Only a small portion of a ticket sale goes to the theater, anywhere from 50 cents to a $1.50 from a 12 dollar ticket. My gf works at one now and I've seen the prices go up three times in this year alone for tickets, not to mention food. The food is garbage, there's nothing more to be said. Popcorn in among the top worst things you can put into your body; zero health benefits, gratuitous amounts of saturated and polyunsaturated fats, maybe even trans fats. Kernel pieces get caught in your teeth and are a bitch to remove. And you get to drink soda, soda, and... high sugar juice. Oh, and bottled water is $4.

My start pay was $6.67. I now make $7.52. Working in these jobs wouldn't be so bad if you could actually PAY for the shit you want. The Chinese had or are having a similiar situation where they aren't even paid enough money to buy the merchandise they make. Really, what can you buy for $7.52, oh let me think, two gallons of gas, a meal at Subway, large soda at a movie theater, etc, you get the point. So while the cost of everything else had rose, the bottom pay for employees is still too low. In our shit economy, those entry level jobs don't pay for shit. I don't own a car because the cost of owning said car is beyond my income. That'd be great to have one, since moving out has such a high bar these days. My godfather used to work at $5.50 back in 1992 and that actually paid some bills (not all though).

And my pay brings me to eat terrible food, food I know that's going to cost me later down the road of my life, so I have I done in recent months? I stopped eating fast food, at the terrible ones like BK and McDonalds. I leave work on my bike and past by Taco Bell, McDonalds and BK in a matter of five minutes. I don't even look at those places anymore.

[rtil]

My start pay was $6.67. I now make $7.52. Working in these jobs wouldn't be so bad if you could actually PAY for the shit you want. The Chinese had or are having a similiar situation where they aren't even paid enough money to buy the merchandise they make. Really, what can you buy for $7.52, oh let me think, two gallons of gas, a meal at Subway, large soda at a movie theater, etc, you get the point. So while the cost of everything else had rose, the bottom pay for employees is still too low. In our shit economy, those entry level jobs don't pay for shit. I don't own a car because the cost of owning said car is beyond my income. That'd be great to have one, since moving out has such a high bar these days. My godfather used to work at $5.50 back in 1992 and that actually paid some bills (not all though).

And my pay brings me to eat terrible food, food I know that's going to cost me later down the road of my life, so I have I done in recent months? I stopped eating fast food, at the terrible ones like BK and McDonalds. I leave work on my bike and past by Taco Bell, McDonalds and BK in a matter of five minutes. I don't even look at those places anymore.

good for you. and you bring up a great point.. i hate when republicans scream at the middle class to just get a job, ANY job - even if you have a degree, when these jobs give a pittance and can at best afford you a low-middle class lifestyle that you didn't go to school for or have no interest in doing and is a dead end for your career. and then they refuse to raise the minimum wage, or even suggest that it should be eliminated.. they are insane, spoiled brats who are out of touch with the common person.

[Gladius]

[sev]

chipotle is ehh alright

get out

[ZennyPLUS]

Hurr durr, I think it's ok to be a fucking tool of the rich.

I love that 53 percent bullshit, as if the rest of the US Americans don't work, right?

[rtil]

he'll be whining when he needs health care i can guarantee that