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‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Scoffs at Young People Feeling ‘Left Behind by the Economy’: ‘Oh Please, Get a Job!’ (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] lapommedeterre 36 points 10 months ago (13 children)

I haven't seen it in ages, and I can't critique the approach, but the maker of SuperSize Me tried to spend 30 days doing a minimum wage job. Iirc, it wasn't great and they had so much debt by the end of it.

I wish these people could get a similar perspective.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 34 points 10 months ago (9 children)

McDonald's made an article about how to live on a McDonald's wage with average costs. They couldn't make it work so the first line in their budget was to get a second job.

I'm not sure it's still online

[–] frunch 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

Love how the breakdown of monthly expenses that McDonald's provided includes "Heating: $0"

Warmth really is a luxury when you think about it though...right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They were basically saying it's perfectly normal to work 70-hour weeks and still hardly be able to cover their made-up costs of living (actual costs are much higher in my area, and presumably in most others as well). Oh, and I'm using heat--so I'm pretty much gonna be in debt for life. Guess we should have gone to college/less avocado toast/whatever. But that's just business! Don't hate the player, hate the game! Blah blah blah (งツ)ว

[–] vul 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The heating thing is easily explainable by it being included in the electric bill in this scenario. I don't know why people go after something like that when the actual egregious thing is them telling people to get a 2nd job instead of paying them more.