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Originally Posted by valo403
Yeah, $2.13 an hour is sure having it good 
That's the minimum wage for a service industry worker in Georgia.
Where did you get this fanciful idea that average service industry people in North America make good money? Some certainly do pretty well, but it's not the norm. |
For the second time, I never used the term "good money". From knowing people who have worked in this industry in Canada, USA and Europe I can tell you the North Americans make way more then then Europeons (working in this specific indsury) and have a much higher standard of living. Tips are non-existant in Europe yet I have known people who have paid their entire tuition, books and all, just with tip money here in Canada. So yeah, I guess if you're a waiter at Humpty's you're not doing all that well, but comparing apples to apples, mid-high end bar staff do much, much better here then overseas (with some very rare exceptions).