So in light of the recent Democratic Primaries, I feel that I need to get up on my soap box. So as many of you may already know I work at McDonald's, one of the worlds largest employers. Did you know that 1 in 5 Americans had their first job at McDonald's? That's just dandy. Well, I am a salaried manager there and here is the deal. I work in a franchise, where we have a separate owner from the parent company McOpCo. I always thought our owner was great, he treated me well, it was decent pay. But, in light of recent information, I no longer feel that way. It turns out that he has put a cap on the salaried managers pay ... without telling any of us. And when you reach that cap ... you will no longer receive an increase of pay at all, not even cost of living. This man takes home nearly $30,000 a month .... A MONTH!!! And he is putting a cap on my pay?? Bull shit!!
This is the reason that I would never make it in business, I find it really hard to pull down my pants and shit on someone's face. I just can't do it, I can't. What angers me more is the Democratic Primary. I did not get to vote for a candidate because I had moved and didn't get to re-register in time. However I am not sure that I would have even voted ... if given the chance. I don't feel either candidate is qualified. Would I have chosen Clinton with her great wealth and creepy ass hair, or Obama with his poorly backed rhetoric and his creepy ass ears? I don't think that I can take it.
Something needs to change though. Something. I can't take it anymore, the stupidity of some of the things within our country. We don't have a president that cares about people at all, he could give two shits about the lower or middle class. I bust my ass for 60 hours a week, and my crew busts their ass for 40. But when it comes to pay increase and wage reviews and I have to tell them ... you have been here a year ... and your pay increase is 15 cents. I feel like shit. But it isn't my choice in how much I can give. It is the asshole that lives in his 5 bedroom suburban home driving his Lexus to business meetings. He isn't the one that has to break the news to the single mother of disabled daughter because her husband pushed her down the stairs while she was pregnant. No ... he gets to go home at 5 pm while I am there till midnight cleaning his great retirement "investment". I am tired of the hypocrites.
And for those so called "republicans" that may bash me because I am saying this crap. You can eat me. There is something fundamentally wrong with our government and it is the middle class and below that needs to fix it. Our president, how can I put this lightly, is a moron. As Lewis Black would say. "When the words coming out of your mouth don't match the expression on your face. That's fucked up." He of course is referring to Bush and whenever he talks about the war in Iraq. How can you smile while you are talking about war??? Seriously. It is a wonder why he hasn't been shot in the face. Where is Dick Cheney when you need him?
Tip of the Week: Go fuck someone before you get fucked yourself.
As Always,
Eat up
Well, a lot of times that dude with the Lexus & 5 bedroom house has worked his ass off his whole life to provide for other people. Dudes working in corporate America also tend to work 70-80 hours a week, have pretty awful travel arrangements, don't have time to really enjoy the fruit of their labor, and often don't get much respect from their family. The first thing is, its the people who aren't working at all, really wealthy people, who are the problem, not what amount to middle managers. And the second key is to live life in accordance to your own principles, be true to yourself, and be the person you want to be. I feel your anger tho, not trying to dismiss it, I have been there before absolutely, just sharing additional perspective I have seen.
ReplyDeleteAll too often, the more money someone makes, the less they want to spend. Hence why "trickle-down economics" didn't work out so well...
ReplyDeleteThe business world is never about fairness. Some people spend their lives killing themselves and never get anywhere. It's the American dream in reality. I don't want to be rich... just comfortable.
As for politics... well,that's one whole nightmare in itself. I have to agree: it's always the better of two evils. It has been a popularity contest for decades.
I guess this is all just part of the reason I just want to build a boat and sail the world... LOL