Silent Warrior
Platinum Member
The benefits of higher minimum wage tend to benefit the wrong people and have a negative effect over all.
Joe's House of Hash had 5 waitresses. One, Shirley, was alert, attentive, and customer oriented. One, Rosie, was less attentive, took numerous breaks, and ignored customers. Both were paid $2.50 and hour plus tips. Each night Shirley made $20 in wages and averaged $150 in tips. Rosie also made $20 in wages, but her tips averaged $25. The state decided to raise minimum wages to $15 and do away with the wait staff exemption. A short time later Joe was forced to raise his prices a little to make payroll. The customers, because of the amount of publicity of how great the new law was, were aware of the new wage scale and stopped tipping. At that point Shirley, found herself making $120 a shift and she and and the rest of the good waiters and waitresses quit for better jobs. Rosie and those like her loved the new law and declared it was about time. As business suffered Joe was forced to close and lay his remaining staff off. Rosie didn't care as she had been on welfare before and knew she would get almost as much as she had been from her job. Another successful story from the left.
Joe's House of Hash had 5 waitresses. One, Shirley, was alert, attentive, and customer oriented. One, Rosie, was less attentive, took numerous breaks, and ignored customers. Both were paid $2.50 and hour plus tips. Each night Shirley made $20 in wages and averaged $150 in tips. Rosie also made $20 in wages, but her tips averaged $25. The state decided to raise minimum wages to $15 and do away with the wait staff exemption. A short time later Joe was forced to raise his prices a little to make payroll. The customers, because of the amount of publicity of how great the new law was, were aware of the new wage scale and stopped tipping. At that point Shirley, found herself making $120 a shift and she and and the rest of the good waiters and waitresses quit for better jobs. Rosie and those like her loved the new law and declared it was about time. As business suffered Joe was forced to close and lay his remaining staff off. Rosie didn't care as she had been on welfare before and knew she would get almost as much as she had been from her job. Another successful story from the left.