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> effectively making _less_ than she would have in, say, 2005 or 2010 I started working in 1998 at 16-years-old. I could make $9.50/hr washing dishes or more a
by dls2016 7y ago
> effectively making _less_ than she would have in, say, 2005 or 2010
I started working in 1998 at 16-years-old. I could make $9.50/hr washing dishes or more as a bus boy on a busy night. Shit's whack.
Of course as a suburban kid I had reliable transportation. The constantly rotating cast of dishwashers virtually never had this access.
- tehwebguy 7y agoHow? I made $6.25 bagging groceries in 2002
- Scoundreller 7y agoProbably a high Cost or Living area where cheap labour is hard to get.
- madengr 7y agoProbably under the table. I made $4/Hr in 1988 as a bus boy, etc. The entire kitchen staff, but one, was paid directly from the cash register at the end of the night. The couple that owned that restaurant sold it for several $M.
- dls2016 7y agoBusy restaurant next to an amusement park (Hersheypark). They couldn't keep anyone in the job. I didn't even want it because I was "bad at doing my taxes" and could make more as a busser making $5.50/hour plus cash tips. But they worked out a deal where I would bus tables and do just enough dishes to keep things moving, then when it died down I'd clock in as a dishwasher at the higher rate and close down. Housing in town I guess was relatively expensive (not as much as now). And it wasn't under the table, though I was responsible for claiming tips and they didn't follow child labor laws. Built a studio with that money!
- will4274 7y agoThere was a recession in 2001