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Maybe, but like was pointed out, that's the only gig some people can get. If you started when you were 18, now your 30 and the resumé reads "waitress waitress waitress" and there are bills to pay....
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I hear ya. Seems obvious to me, though, that if the money isn't there, you actually
will find employment elsewhere. Truck Drivers, Framers, Plumbers, many different blue collar jobs that aren't that difficult to get into.
I think the fact that the waiting pays so well probably contributes to people relying on it for the families support, don't you? If serving paid 9 bucks an hour, the people who need more would find it in another industry.
You could argue that there is no work in any other industry that pays well for these people, but I think you'd be wrong.
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And what about those short shifts? People, including college students, aren't going to take 3 - 4 hours out of the middle of the day to go make 18 bucks, less transportation and tax. I know I wouldn't (have).
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Tons of them do. Many waiters/tresses are students, so clearly its not like they wouldn't do it; they do it all the time.