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847badgerfan

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« Reply #31444 on: May 09, 2024, 04:59:25 PM »
I think the Sunday thing goes back to the Bible Belt stuff. I could see it going away at some point. 

The separate store thing should be eliminated too, and they should sell adult gummies.
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« Reply #31445 on: May 09, 2024, 05:31:52 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on May 09, 2024, 04:59:02 PM
In my younger days, I was a Sandwich Artist.

I deemed electrical engineering to be a better career path, though.
But was your pay lifted by minimum wage?
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« Reply #31446 on: May 09, 2024, 05:48:11 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on May 09, 2024, 04:59:25 PM
I think the Sunday thing goes back to the Bible Belt stuff. I could see it going away at some point.

The separate store thing should be eliminated too, and they should sell adult gummies.
It does, once called "Blue Laws" for some reason.  Liquor stores here have to have a hard liquor license, one Costco has it, it's a separate store, some Kroger's have it, most do not.  North Carolina had "ABC stores", Ohio has the equivalent.  I'd usually drive to Kentucky for anything hard, it was a lot cheaper.

Wine here is about 2/3rds the price the same stuff was in Ohio.  Liquor is about the same.

A dozen eggs is about $2 now, a half gallon of milk is about $2.50.  
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« Reply #31447 on: May 09, 2024, 05:51:04 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on May 09, 2024, 05:31:52 PM
But was your pay lifted by minimum wage?
Tough to say. This was 30 years ago so I don't recall what I was paid. 

But I can say a few things:

  • I took that job because it was closer to home and paid better than the golf course starter job I had worked the previous summer.
  • "Closer to home" was important because I worked there before I was 16 so I needed to rely on my bike or my parents driving me to work. 
  • I didn't need a "living wage" because I wasn't a breadwinner for a family of 4; I was a teen trying to earn spending money. 
  • The moment I got my license I went and got a job selling computers at Best Buy because the pay was better and foodservice sucks. But I'm sure the work experience that I had at Subway and with my previous jobs was probably a feather in my cap for Best Buy to hire a 16 year old. 

Working at Subway wasn't a factory town scenario; "work for what we offer or you starve". I worked there because it was the best option I had at the time and moved on when it wasn't. 

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« Reply #31448 on: May 09, 2024, 06:46:26 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 09, 2024, 05:48:11 PM
It does, once called "Blue Laws" for some reason.  Liquor stores here have to have a hard liquor license, one Costco has it, it's a separate store, some Kroger's have it, most do not.  North Carolina had "ABC stores", Ohio has the equivalent.  I'd usually drive to Kentucky for anything hard, it was a lot cheaper.

Wine here is about 2/3rds the price the same stuff was in Ohio.  Liquor is about the same.

A dozen eggs is about $2 now, a half gallon of milk is about $2.50. 
We can get that price at Walmart, but we like the good stuff.

As I often tell people, "We've worked really hard to NOT have to shop at Walmart."

So, we don't. *

* The wife will sometimes go - EARLY - to get things like detergent and paper goods. That's about it.
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« Reply #31449 on: May 09, 2024, 06:59:26 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on May 09, 2024, 05:51:04 PM
Tough to say. This was 30 years ago so I don't recall what I was paid.

But I can say a few things:

  • I took that job because it was closer to home and paid better than the golf course starter job I had worked the previous summer.
  • "Closer to home" was important because I worked there before I was 16 so I needed to rely on my bike or my parents driving me to work.
  • I didn't need a "living wage" because I wasn't a breadwinner for a family of 4; I was a teen trying to earn spending money.
  • The moment I got my license I went and got a job selling computers at Best Buy because the pay was better and foodservice sucks. But I'm sure the work experience that I had at Subway and with my previous jobs was probably a feather in my cap for Best Buy to hire a 16 year old.

Working at Subway wasn't a factory town scenario; "work for what we offer or you starve". I worked there because it was the best option I had at the time and moved on when it wasn't.


If it paid better than the golf course, then in the strictest sense probably not?

Also, those golfers shoulda roped you better. Cheap asses.
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« Reply #31450 on: May 09, 2024, 07:45:13 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on May 09, 2024, 06:59:26 PM
If it paid better than the golf course, then in the strictest sense probably not?

Also, those golfers shoulda roped you better. Cheap asses.
Again, I don't 100% remember the situation. Up until I turned 16, I was on a work permit approved by my HS counselor to be allowed to work. I don't recall what the laws were at that time re: minimum wage if you were on a work permit. And then there's the transportation bit... I didn't have a driver's license. Sometimes when I went to that golf course job I'd ride my bike 6+ miles pre-dawn to get there if my parents couldn't drive me. That wasn't an issue at Subway. I liked the golf course job. I could play for free. But eventually I had to prioritize other things.


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« Reply #31451 on: May 09, 2024, 08:01:11 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on May 09, 2024, 04:59:02 PM
In my younger days, I was a Sandwich Artist.

I deemed electrical engineering to be a better career path, though.
Jared also chose a different career path. Subway can't keep anyone
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« Reply #31452 on: May 09, 2024, 08:06:13 PM »
I mean Jim Harbaugh just won a national title.  We dont even use our entire brains


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« Reply #31453 on: May 09, 2024, 08:07:25 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on May 09, 2024, 08:01:11 PM
Jared also chose a different career path. Subway can't keep anyone
I did not leave Subway for anything remotely resembling the reasons Jared did.
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« Reply #31454 on: May 09, 2024, 08:25:54 PM »
Until 1971 the public could not legally buy a mixed drink in Texas.

However private clubs could sell mixed to its members.

So many times if you wanted a mixed drink to go with your dinner you could pay a fee to join their private club and buy the drink.

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« Reply #31455 on: May 09, 2024, 09:37:35 PM »
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« Reply #31456 on: May 09, 2024, 10:11:45 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on May 09, 2024, 08:25:54 PM
Until 1971 the public could not legally buy a mixed drink in Texas.

However private clubs could sell mixed to its members.

So many times if you wanted a mixed drink to go with your dinner you could pay a fee to join their private club and buy the drink.
Using wealth to bypass laws.
What a novel idea.
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« Reply #31457 on: May 09, 2024, 11:00:56 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on May 09, 2024, 10:11:45 PM
Using wealth to bypass laws.
What a novel idea.
club membership was around 3 dollars so not too much wealth needed
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