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McDonalds Protesters Who Want $15 An Hour Can Kick Rocks

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USA Today – Low-wage workers — and their sympathizers — had their say coast to coast on Wednesday. Thousands of workers and protesters from New York City to Los Angeles walked, marched and shouted their demands in front of fast-food locations and on several major college campuses for $15-an-hour wages. No arrests were reported. At least one McDonald’s in New York City was temporarily closed by protesters. Several McDonald’s stores kept drive-throughs operating, even while the restaurants were temporarily locked. Central to Wednesday’s strike is the evolution of its scope. What began two years ago as a fast-food workers movement has propelled into something wider, with Wednesday’s protests including a range of workers workers from adjunct professors to home care and child care providers to Walmart employees. Strikers and protesters were occasionally joined by high-profile officials, such as former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who led a walkout at a McDonald’s in Oakland prompting three workers to go on strike.  Hundreds of protesters took to the streets across New York City. In Brooklyn, crowds blocked traffic. In Manhattan, organizers lay on the pavement outside a McDonald’s. Many chanted, “This is what democracy looks like,” and waved “Fight for $15″ signs. “We are the backbones of these fast-food restaurants, and I believe that we should be more rewarded,” said Jorge Math, a McDonald’s cashier who makes $8.75. “Most of us have to get a second job so we can sustain ourselves.” Keeshan Harley came as a member of Make the Road New York, a nonprofit that focuses on justice issues. “In New York City, it’s kind of impossible to work on $8 an hour when you have $1,900 to $2,000 rents,” Harley said. “So we need $15 an hour. That’s the bare minimum. That is just moving toward sustainability in the city.”

15 bucks an hour! They make like $9.50 right now. Not like they’re fighting for like $10.50 or some shit. These clowns want 15 bucks an hour. The latest flavor of the month protest in NYC. And now its not just McDonalds workers, this has spiraled into Walmart employees and baby sitters and shit. Listen here’s the bottom line:

Some jobs suck.

Thats the end of the story. Some jobs really fucking suck. Some jobs are crappy manual labor with shitty pay. Not every job can be happy and fulfilling and lucrative. And being a fast food worker is one of those jobs. Dont get me wrong, I very much appreciate the people who give me delicious Big Macs and crispy golden fries. I love those motherfuckers. But they just dont deserve to make a lot of money. Same goes for the Wal Mart employees and all these other protesters that have shitty jobs that dont require any discernible skills. Flipping burgers and working a cash register is a job that can be done for 9 bucks an hour. There’s plenty of people out there even more desperate than these protesters who will do this shit for 9 bucks. And as far as the “How can we afford $2,00o rent if we only make $8 an hour” the answer is you cant. You dont get to live in $2000 a month apartments when you have one of the shittiest part time jobs out there. This is just the way the world works. If you want a job that pays more, you have to provide more value. You dont get to just protest and stamp your feet and demand that the only job you can perform doesnt make enough money. I realize I probably sound like an asshole coming from a white middle class family and having a job that pays well while I dick around on the internet but my point here is that not every job can be a good job. Just like not every one who participates in sports can be the best. There are winners and losers in life. Haves and have nots and all that shit. Protesting and saying you dont think its fair doesnt change the way the world works. If you can only work as a fast food employee you’re probably going to need more than one job and you’re going to struggle to make ends meet. Thats just the unfortunate reality.

PS – No joke if these people saw what Portnoy is taking in these days they’d all commit mass suicide.