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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,338 posts)
29. It's not the burger flipping ...
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:58 PM
Jan 2013

... it's the non-livable wage most burger joints pay. And that's no joking matter.

About Ditch Digging [View all] RobertEarl Jan 2013 OP
RepubliCONS... butterfly77 Jan 2013 #1
Amen brother! 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #2
I hate how we've denigrated actual physical labor. progressoid Jan 2013 #3
I hate how we've done that, while some elements of society elevate CEOs and banksters. gkhouston Jan 2013 #13
I worked at a bank where the President was simultaneously CEO of Motorola. ieoeja Jan 2013 #21
Make that....... Ernesto Jan 2013 #28
oh I absolutely hear you Skittles Jan 2013 #4
It's not the burger flipping ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #29
that's ANOTHER issue Skittles Jan 2013 #30
Those who shower after work versus those who shower before Fumesucker Jan 2013 #5
Ain't nothing wrong with digging holes with a shovel for a living. bluedigger Jan 2013 #6
Contract Archaeology? Mc Mike Jan 2013 #12
Did the dustpan tip you off? bluedigger Jan 2013 #15
Datum line, perfectly smooth face on the wall. Was it a University or private contractor? Mc Mike Jan 2013 #16
A survivor of the Dark Lord! bluedigger Jan 2013 #17
My favorite edict from A Mc Mike Jan 2013 #24
That's great! bluedigger Jan 2013 #25
Forgot about the clean vehicle fetish. Mc Mike Jan 2013 #26
You really want to blow the foreman's mind? bluedigger Jan 2013 #27
'Sorry, boss. I can only dig it out in 10 cm lifts.' Mc Mike Jan 2013 #31
We can't all be... R_Flagg_77 Jan 2013 #7
Answer me this then, why do the signs always say "Open Trench" snooper2 Jan 2013 #8
Yes, it's called a tunnel Fla_Democrat Jan 2013 #10
Damn! pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #11
Life in the ditch RobertEarl Jan 2013 #9
No ditch digger, no internet. Agony Jan 2013 #14
What about those of us who design the ditches? kentauros Jan 2013 #18
Believe me, you get your fair share of being cussed out RobertEarl Jan 2013 #20
I've heard plenty of shop people talk like that, too. kentauros Jan 2013 #22
Remember, digging ditches lead to civilization. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #19
I believe that our system of wages has the wrong people making the most. yardwork Jan 2013 #23
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