Minimum Wage, Maximum Effort

(I am currently job hunting and am walking down various city streets, dropping off resumés to every business that looks like they might hire me. I walk into a corporate pizza restaurant.)

Me: “Hi there, I was wondering if you might be hiring at the moment.”

Manager: “YES! We are… um, do you have a car and a driver’s license?”

Me: “I do.”

Manager: “Great! We need a driver ASAP. Your orientation is on Tuesday!”

Me: “Um… well, what is the pay?”

Manager: “It’s $7.00.”

(That is absurdly below minimum wage in Canada.)

Me: “Okay… anything I’ll need?”

Manager: “You’ll need a phone, and you should probably get a GPS.”

Me: “Will you be compensating me for any of that?”

Manager: “No.”

Me: “And what about gas?”

Manager: “You pay for the gas. We don’t compensate that either.”

Me: “So you want me to buy a phone, a GPS, and pay for my own gas?”

Manager: “Yup, see you Tuesday!”

(I did the math, and combined with the price hike my insurance would undergo, I would be LOSING money on that job. Needless to say, I didn’t show up on Tuesday.)