{"id":10733,"date":"2015-08-25T19:45:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/08\/25\/imnotthatfunnyipromise-onlyblackgirl\/"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:45:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:45:18","slug":"imnotthatfunnyipromise-onlyblackgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/08\/25\/imnotthatfunnyipromise-onlyblackgirl\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/imnotthatfunnyipromise.tumblr.com\/post\/125930547790\">imnotthatfunnyipromise<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/onlyblackgirl.tumblr.com\/post\/125928491041\">onlyblackgirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/crystalmariangeladiaz.tumblr.com\/post\/125925364479\">crystalmariangeladiaz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thirstiest.tumblr.com\/post\/125914564333\">thirstiest<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/megalesbian6000.tumblr.com\/post\/125897042787\">megalesbian6000<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/elijahelegia.tumblr.com\/post\/125281741969\">elijahelegia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You know what\u2019s a major pet peeve for me when it comes to arguments against raising the minimum wage? All the references to food service workers as\u00a0\u201cburger flippers\u201d.\u00a0Burger flippers are not a thing. You\u2019re never going to see a restaurant post a sign that says \u201chelp wanted: hiring burger flippers.\u201d \u201cBurger flipper\u201d is a term used pretty much exclusively to condescend to food service workers and downplay the real work and stress that goes into food service. It makes out like minimum wage workers are lazy people who are literally just standing at a grill, occasionally moving a spatula, all day, mindlessly, and that is their one and only responsibility, which anyone who has ever worked in food service can tell you is not what that job entails. It\u2019s rhetoric used solely to designate them inferior. It doesn\u2019t reflect the reality of minimum wage food service work. It\u2019s annoying.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>to put this in perspective, my job consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>prepping hundreds of pounds of vegetables alone per week, using knives, a heavy-duty meat slicer, and a vegetable chopper, any of which could easily take off a finger from a careless move<\/li>\n<li>constantly refilling vegetables, cheeses, sauces, and non-perishables (cups, salad bowls, ecc)<\/li>\n<li>cooking on a 200\u00b0-400\u00b0 F grill for anywhere from 2-6 hours per day, often intentionally putting hot oil on it upon customer request<\/li>\n<li>ensuring meat is not over or undercooked as to prevent food poisoning<\/li>\n<li>quality control of every single topping on the line (freshness, consistency, overall taste and appearance), as well as making sure to regularly change gloves<\/li>\n<li>being conscious and accommodating of any allergies or dietary restrictions<\/li>\n<li>talking to a wide variety of customers each day, with a mandated Cheerful Smile, regardless of any events in my personal life or how they treat me<\/li>\n<li>having to explain prices and menu options as well as toe the company line by upselling certain deals to every single person<\/li>\n<li>and above all making sure all dishes and the entire rest of the store is clean and sanitary, as well as making it neat and orderly for customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>every one of my coworkers does all of this every single day. every day my coworkers and i plunge our hands into scalding water to ensure dishes are properly sanitized, every day we take blades within an inch of our hands so that people have an enjoyable variety of food to eat. it is not uncommon to leave a shift at work with a second-degree burn at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>what do i personally earn for this? $7.50 an hour, and that was <i>after <\/i>a 25 cent raise. this is an emotionally and physically taxing job. this job is non-stop customer service with concern for public health hanging over every move i make. what about this sounds easy? what about this sounds desirable for such a pittance? if i cared a little less about my job, hundreds of people could get sick in a single day if i served onions i dropped on the floor, or meat i undercooked, or if i sneezed and didnt take the time to wash my hands and change my gloves.<\/p>\n<p>but sure. i guess i just flip burgers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>and it\u2019s not just the folks in the kitchen! service staff who work out on the floor also have a huge variety of responsibilities. in a normal lunch shift, i have to constantly go back and forth to tables to offer drinks, fetch refills if the customer wants them, clear dirty plates and glasses to the dishwasher\u2019s station, completely clear off and reset tables with fresh linens and silverware whenever anyone leaves, and usually i\u2019m dealing with 4 or 5 tables at once. that doesn\u2019t even include setup beforehand (I work at a private business club that does private events along with dining, so the setup of rooms gets completely changed up on the daily) or setup\/cleanup of the wait station. plus, the supervisors tend to get irritated if they see anything needing doing, like an empty plate on someone\u2019s table, that you haven\u2019t gotten to yet, even if you\u2019re occupied helping another table. it\u2019s not impossible, but it\u2019s definitely demanding and stressful!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m sorry, but I\u2019ll be the first to say that I have a problem with the raise of those who work in food service and I did work at McDonald\u2019s for about two years. Now, I agree about the fact that the level of stress that goes into working in fast food is ridiculous and yes the whole \u201cburger flipper\u201d thing was always something that was brought up in conversation when I said I worked at Mcdonald\u2019s. But Christ, 15 fucking dollars an hour? That\u2019s ridiculous. So say someone who works at McDonald\u2019s works about roughly 30 hours a week for a month. They would make about 2,000 dollars that month. That\u2019s more than a Private First Class would make in the Marine Corps. We\u2019re talking about someone who signed up to serve the nation and sacrifices so much to fall short on his paycheck to a McDonald\u2019s employee. So no sorry. I don\u2019t agree. I think America needs to get it\u2019s shit together and prioritize.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why is that ridiculous? Have you seen the cost of living? Here in Boston your rent is at minimum $800 IF YOURE LUCKY otherwise on average you\u2019re looking at $1200-$1500 how the fuck you supposed to pay that on top of food, school, utilities etc on $7.50\/hour? You act like people work just to go shopping. People have bills to pay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dragging the military into it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true a private first class (e-2) in the marines makes less than 2000$ a month, but you have to take into consideration:<\/p>\n<p>an e-2 in the military probably lives on base, most unmarried e-4 and below are either required or heavily encouraged to live on base. \u00a0And guess what? \u00a0It\u2019s free to live in the barracks. \u00a0There is no rent. \u00a0Also, very cheep food in the galley, cheep, relatively healthy food. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You want to know what else military personnel don\u2019t have to pay for?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>health care<\/li>\n<li>dental<\/li>\n<li>college<\/li>\n<li>some child care<\/li>\n<li>private tutors<\/li>\n<li>gym membership<\/li>\n<li>MWR sponsored events<\/li>\n<li>private trainers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yeah, so although they are being paid under $2000 a month (the military is paid below minimum wage btw) they literally only have to pay for entertainment (even then, there\u2019s tons of free things open to them).<\/p>\n<p>Just because someone isn\u2019t deemed\u00a0\u201cworthy\u201d in your eyes, doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t have the right TO LIVE. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t use the military to prove your point. \u00a0It\u2019s irritating honestly. \u00a0Because if you\u2019re not in it, you have no idea what the heck you\u2019re talking about, and if you are, you\u2019re bitching about nothing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>imnotthatfunnyipromise: onlyblackgirl: crystalmariangeladiaz: thirstiest: megalesbian6000: elijahelegia: You know what\u2019s a major pet peeve for me when it comes to arguments against raising the minimum wage? All the references to food service workers as\u00a0\u201cburger flippers\u201d.\u00a0Burger flippers are not a thing. You\u2019re never going to see a restaurant post a sign that says \u201chelp wanted: hiring burger &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2015\/08\/25\/imnotthatfunnyipromise-onlyblackgirl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[869,964],"class_list":["post-10733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-politics","tag-ugh","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}