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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
I submit that there is no honour or personal integrity in working for minimum wage. It is a simple exchange; money for services rendered.
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Au contraire
Master_Shake. You may not feel there is honor in minimum wage employment but in my opinion you are flatly wrong. There is great honor in accepting work from an employer who is willing to pay you the going market rate for the product or service you provide. There are low skill jobs out there that are worth while forms of employment that happen to pay minimum wage.
Having personal integrity when you are working one of these jobs is to give it your best effort, be courteous to your employer who is signing your paycheck, your customers, and your co-workers. Being a malcontent has no place in any work place regardless of the wage that you
EARN. If you want a better lot in life then there's no better place to start learning how to achieve that. Practice during the rest of the week the way that you plan to play on Sunday. Those life skills you learn as a teenager in a minimum wage job will carry you much further than thinking ... well this is just a minimum wage job so who gives a fuck all if I even show up.
If that's your approach to employment now as a job taker vs. a job maker I would have no reason to expect you would behave differently if I paid you $50,000 a year vs. minimum wage. You would still only feel that you deserved more so your effort would still be half hearted. Instead of focusing on learning, improving your skills, developing strong relationships with others in your field, and finding more ways to increase your value you would still be dithering about not being paid what you are worth.
I've seen this unfortunate attitude numerous times. Not evey new college grad is like this but I've seen it many times and it ends in the same sad song way. They leave my company in a blaze of glory about how they showed us...and ya know what. We're much better off without them because those that choose to stay do so with a passion for making the most of their ability and delivering the most value possible to their clients. It's a fantastic formula when it's properly applied. I suggest you try it.
I also could not follow a bit of your logic in the remainder of your post regarding the ilegal acts of a prostitute. Perhaps it was meant to be funny. In either case you missed the mark with that analogy and the spirit of this thread.