http://www.raisethewagekansas.org/wichita/who-survives/zachs-story/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.raisethewagekansas.org/wichita/who-survives/zachs-story/#comment-26 Roman Valenzuela Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:12:35 +0000 http://www.raisethewagekansas.org/wichita/who-survives/zachs-story/#comment-26 I agree, and it's not just in waiting tables. I did that my eighth grade summer vacation, and it is a hard job to do to survive on just tips. Now as a highschooler, people still don't take teenaged labor seriously. My wage was around $2.25 an hour, and I could never find anywhere decent enough to spend it. I mean, yeah, it's good if you save up for about a year, but people who work that hard usually want to spend the money on bills, rent, clothes, and other things. I agree, and it’s not just in waiting tables. I did that my eighth grade summer vacation, and it is a hard job to do to survive on just tips. Now as a highschooler, people still don’t take teenaged labor seriously. My wage was around $2.25 an hour, and I could never find anywhere decent enough to spend it. I mean, yeah, it’s good if you save up for about a year, but people who work that hard usually want to spend the money on bills, rent, clothes, and other things.

]]> http://www.raisethewagekansas.org/wichita/who-survives/zachs-story/#comment-24 Lindsay Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:09:20 +0000 http://www.raisethewagekansas.org/wichita/who-survives/zachs-story/#comment-24 I appreciate this very much! I have been waiting table for the last four years. Restaurants take advantage of servers. In my first job, it was the servers responsibility to do tasks completely unrelated to serving the guests. We had to take the food temperatures, and do all the cleaning at the end of the night, while everyone who had a decent hourly wage got to go home early. There would be times when the store would close at 9 or 10 and the servers would be there until 1 or 2 in the morning working for $2.13 an hour finishing up cleaning. I appreciate this very much! I have been waiting table for the last four years. Restaurants take advantage of servers. In my first job, it was the servers responsibility to do tasks completely unrelated to serving the guests. We had to take the food temperatures, and do all the cleaning at the end of the night, while everyone who had a decent hourly wage got to go home early. There would be times when the store would close at 9 or 10 and the servers would be there until 1 or 2 in the morning working for $2.13 an hour finishing up cleaning.

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