Comments on: Starnickles http://www.1115.org/2008/07/02/starnickles/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: matt http://www.1115.org/2008/07/02/starnickles/comment-page-1/#comment-76058 matt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:21:04 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2008/07/02/starnickles/#comment-76058 >Suddenly, there’s competition for those barely above minimum wage fast food, retail, and low-skill factory jobs. suddenly? around here, people who used to make good money regularly take food service and other related jobs. it's not funny to them, but it is funny that executives can make such bad decisions and still pull down six figures. >Suddenly, there’s competition for those barely above minimum wage fast food, retail, and low-skill factory jobs.

suddenly?

around here, people who used to make good money regularly take food service and other related jobs.

it’s not funny to them, but it is funny that executives can make such bad decisions and still pull down six figures.

]]> By: George in Indiana http://www.1115.org/2008/07/02/starnickles/comment-page-1/#comment-76057 George in Indiana Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:12:01 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2008/07/02/starnickles/#comment-76057 Call me boring. Call me traditional. But I like a regular cup of coffee (which Starbucks does sell). Does that Organic Sumatra-Peru Blend taste great? Probably. Is it worth four bucks? Maybe once in a while. And while the puns are potentially endless on this post (Starbuck-less. Falling Starbucks. Better latte, then never), what's not funny is the fallout from the current economic woes. Suddenly, there's competition for those barely above minimum wage fast food, retail, and low-skill factory jobs. And the people competing for those jobs may be folks whose white-collar job is gone, and they need something - anything - to get by. http://40-year-oldblog.blogspot.com/ Call me boring. Call me traditional. But I like a regular cup of coffee (which Starbucks does sell). Does that Organic Sumatra-Peru Blend taste great? Probably. Is it worth four bucks? Maybe once in a while.

And while the puns are potentially endless on this post (Starbuck-less. Falling Starbucks. Better latte, then never), what’s not funny is the fallout from the current economic woes.

Suddenly, there’s competition for those barely above minimum wage fast food, retail, and low-skill factory jobs. And the people competing for those jobs may be folks whose white-collar job is gone, and they need something – anything – to get by.

http://40-year-oldblog.blogspot.com/

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