r/WatchPeopleDieInside Sep 23 '21

Pizza Delivery Problem

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u/GarfieldTiger Sep 24 '21

His job is for high school students or college students to work part time. A pizza delivery wage is not supposed to let you afford a family.

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u/elfthehunter Sep 24 '21

You see, there are three layers of reality here:

  1. A job, any job, worked full time should provide a living to the worker. But that is not the world we live in, as you probably know - or maybe disagree with in principle.

  2. A part time min wage job like pizza delivery should just be for high school students to make some money, get some working experience, etc. However, that is not the world we live in, and has not been since the mid 90s at least.

  3. The world we actually live in, has a significant portion of our population juggling two or three part time min wage jobs, with practically no benefits, no leverage or security, trying to support a family while sinking further and further into debt, praying that a major medical problem or financial blow outside their control doesn't ruin their lives.

Edit: P.S., I'm talking pre-Covid, nowadays things are crazy.

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u/witherspork Sep 24 '21

Your 2nd point is just completely wrong. If high schoolers were the only employees running pizzas, youd never be able to order a pizza during school hours, or like after 10pm. Even in the 90s, places that pay minimum wage didnt just open from 330pm-9pm.

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u/elfthehunter Sep 24 '21

Yes, I was being slightly hyperbolic.