"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 May 2013 23:04:10 -0400, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/18/2013 4:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> > "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> > eb.com...
>>
>> >> Exactly. I don't know of anyone who waits tables just to meet minimum
>> >> wage
>> >> with salary + tips. It is usually much more than that in a decent
>> >> place.
>> >> I waited tables for a few years back in my younger days when salary
>> >> was
>> >> only about $2 or less per hour. Tips were the only way to make any
>> >> money
>> >> at all. Tips could equal even more than $200 per day on good days.
>> >> Weekends even better.
>> >
>> > They do because they can't find another job.
>> >
>> >
>> I don't think that's true. If you find the right place the money can be
>> very good. Plenty of people work their way through college waiting
>> tables.
>
> Plenty of people make it a career. The restaurant takes care of them
> and they're good at their job. I know lots of restaurants where I see
> the same faces year after year, decade after decade.

That's not what I meant. I meant if a person took a low paying job, it
would be because they could get no other. And in this economy it is because
there are no other jobs in that area. But they need some kind of job to
generate income. My friend who waits tables and also helps with the
catering has done it all of her life. Why? Because it is what she likes to
do. But it is a very low paying job for her. And from what she has told me
that is the going wage there. I can't remember what she said but something
like just over $2 an hour. That's in TX. I also think TX is hurting in the
job community. I have another friend who is in college now and recently
rejoiced because he got a job at Wal-Mart. I realize this is not something
most people would rejoice about but he has been trying for years to get some
job, any job. And he finally got one. Another friend in TX got a job a few
years ago for the school district. She said that she dislikes the job and
it wasn't what she was looking for but the pay is good so she will keep it.