Minimum Effort Gets Minimum Wage
(We have a “now hiring” sign in the hall outside our store. I am doing small chores when a man walks in.)
Man: “What’s your starting pay?”
Me: *caught off-guard and not quite hearing him* “Sorry?”
Man: “What’s your starting pay?”
Me: “Oh! Uh, it’s minimum wage.”
Man: “All right, thanks.”
(He immediately left, without picking up an application. I don’t know what sort of pay he was expecting from a tiny store in the mall, but how could a full-grown adult expect he’d be hired ANYWHERE if he asked about the pay without even saying hello?)
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
