Week one, Nickel and Dimed

1. Have you ever held a low-wage job? If so,

would you say you worked hard? What was

your pay? Were there any benefits?

I have worked in low paying jobs before from McDonalds in High school to Dunbar Armored as a temp job and I found the less you make the harder you work.

2. Ehrenreich claims that most well-off people            

in the United States are dependent on low wage

workers. What do you think she

means by this?

That the well of people use the waiter to bring them food and the maid to clean their rooms and the farmer to pick their food, while they spend their lives being serviced by low income people.

3. Do you think most people with jobs at

Wendy’s or Wal-Mart have a real chance to

enroll in college and to work toward a different

career? Why or why not?

I believe that a person that has a low income job can go to college but more than likely will not be able to support them self’s and work at the same time. The common worker will have to have one job for school, one job for living expenses, and still might not make enough money for both and work a total of 80 hours plus a week, while the student that has someone pay for school will work up to 40 hours a week. It is possible for a worker from a low income to attended college, however many people cannot handle the work load and be successful in both at the same time.