I can understand that.
This article must be made up as it say ‘She watched her husband, Rob LeBlanc, 35, load Domino’s pizza boxes into their family car and deliver orders until near dawn for $10 an hour.’
That’s what I am doing. This store is not opening anytime soon the way things are going and I need something to do… not to mention make a little money. I do not want to take on the obligation of a career position. It is loads of fun most nights. I closed for a guy the other night and will not do that again. Not worth it at $5.85 an hour.
Not enough info to make a judgment. Heck, the guy could have been working for one of the rare Big 3 shops that pays fairly, they do exist. However, it’s far more likely that he simply never really did the math on what he was taking home versus his expense in working there. He may be taking home $10 for every hour that he works, but if you take gasoline, accelerated car maintenance and rapid depreciation from that $10, then factor in the risks inherent to the work, it might start to look a bit less attractive. Nevertheless, we don’t know, so any further discussion would just be speculation.
god I wish someone would have told me that when Gregster posted on here first of all - I’d have just not bothered arguing with his speculation!
There is a big difference between Gregster’s posting of DOL literature and speculating about a news article where the relevant information is simply not present. The only “speculating” in Gregster’s posts has to do with how the law is actually enforced, since it seems to depend upon the day of the week and possibly the moon cycles as well. What so many seem to be afraid of is that someone will take a good hard look at the law one of these days and overturn years of industry practice, and possibly award damages against companies that have been violating the letter of the law. The law says what it says, there is no speculation there; the speculation is guessing when someone, either a lawyer or the DOL itself, decides to do something about it.Dox47:
god I wish someone would have told me that when Gregster posted on here first of all - I’d have just not bothered arguing with his speculation!
how easy is it to find uncertainty when someone shows another side to your arguement. A PIG3 store that may pay more than MW - well I never who’d have thought it!
You’ve had a fair few posts speculating so I thought it was the norm.
I’ll call a spade a spade whether it “suits my purposes” or not, and drawing inferences out of incomplete information definitely fits the description of speculating. When I speculate, I state that up front with such prefaces as “I’m no expert”, “I may be out on a limb here”, etc, to clearly mark that I’m not sure of something. The post that I was referring to seemed more like someone trying to score “points” by drawing conclusions that just weren’t there, rather than any serious argument, hence my post.
ummm. no you don’t.
“far more likely”, while definitely biased in one direction, is still a qualifier. Your initial post in this thread by contrast, takes the limited information in the article takes it at face value in an attempt to discredit Gregster, just one of the many pot shots I’ve seen you take at him lately. Both of us are still waiting for someone to actually take on the laws that he’s posted, as opposed to how the laws are enforced, but I suspect that we shall remain waiting for some time.
unlike, of course, Gregsters initial post?
Please quote where I have done so and I’ll be happy to respond.Dox47:
unlike, of course, Gregsters initial post?
To be honest I am not trying to discredit Gregster, I’m trying to make the point that both YOU and him paint a picture which you change to suit the argument. First the mw issue was firmly at the feet of the big3, but not indies, then its indies, then when people post examples of the big 3 paying well over mw they are mistaken! which is it?
You guys have taken plenty of ‘pot shots’ at people in the last few weeks and accused a fair few people on this board of things which you even less than 'limited information’!
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Gregster’s initial post in this thread was decidedly tongue in cheek, he wasn’t trying to make any serious point based on incomplete information. You, on the other hand, trumpeted the woman’s claim that her husband made $10 an hour like it was unimpeachable evidence against Gregster’s accusations of wide spread industry under-paying. See the difference?
Then what is your purpose in sniping at him in completely unrelated threads such as the one about getting by in the bad economy? He hadn’t even posted there, it was a completely unprovoked attack, which has been about par for the course for Gregster here.
Such as? When have I ever taken an out of the blue potshot at a member of this board, with or without supporting information? Sweeping accusations about the industry? Guilty. But potshots at an individual? I only got about 40-some posts here, if they where there they wouldn’t be hard to find.
^^^ that’s a messy quote Paul, but I wont cry that it’s ‘out of context’ or incomplete, or whatever. I think I understand what you are trying to say.
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