Saturday, February 11, 2006

14 cents an hour!?!?!

Hi guys, i'm here to complain again. Now don't take this the wrong way, just cuz i'm complaining dosn't mean i'm not thankful. I just thought that I need to post about something and well...I have nothing better to post about. As few of you may know, I spend a good 8 hours a day working. 6 days a week. Hard work too. Ok, maybe painting and drywall isn't that hard, but anyone that's done it know's how annoying it can be.
At any rate, last week I was having a hell of a day. Me and Kev were having the hardest time trying to fit a peice of drywall. No matter how we cut it something kept going wrong. By this time the power had gone out and Kevin had already electrocuted and burnt himself on a bad extention cord. Yep, it was just one of those days.
Now most working men can comfort themseleves after a long hard day with the thought of their payment at the end of the week. So I thought to myself, "Maybe that could help me get through today". Unfortunately after doing the calculation I came to one shocking conclusion. "I get paid 5 dollars a week". We decided to give the home the benifit of the doubt and only account for an average of 6 working hours a day, although we usually do at least 8. Now lets see who here's a mathmatician. Can anyone figure out how 36 hours of work a week can add up to 5 dollars? I can, and it becomes about 14 cents an hour. The homes defence for our meager payment is "your not being paid anything. The 5 bucks is just your allowance." Still, am I wrong in thinking that a guy who works more should get paid more? The guy who does no work whatsoever gets 5 dollars a week. The guy that works all day long gets 5 dollars a week. What a screwed up system we have. Maybe soon thigs will change. Until then, i'll have to practise being stingy.

8 Comments:

At 11:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm posting this cause I realize that the last 2 posts have been from "Z", and I didn't want you to have to feel like only losers (haha) are attracted to your site. And also, I think that picture of kevin was hott!

-RandR

 
At 11:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, one more thing, I do agree with you on that whole....."money" thing. heh
-RanaR

 
At 7:14 PM, Blogger Blog God said...

RandR? Is that some way of saying "ricky and rosie"?

 
At 9:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

umm...for protection for this person...I cant be allowed to answer that.

 
At 9:42 PM, Blogger BarbarianDave said...

You should definately organize a Union. The Brotherhood of Underpaid(or Unskilled, wichever suits your situation best) Missionaries or B.U.M. You could stage walk-offs, picket lines, boycotts, or just do what the IBEW does.....Drink a lot!

 
At 4:23 PM, Blogger Class Clown said...

Well to quote a famous 10 year old, the reason they call it allowence is because "if they called it pay they would be breaking child labor laws".

 
At 2:17 AM, Blogger Blog God said...

hahaha, good idea. B.U.M could also be a good name for a wordstock band. Perhaps the "Brotherhood of Untalented Musicians". You know how the family loves acronyms. :p (no offence intended to my fellow cultists) And Ben...I can't believe I didn't think of that. It's been so long...i'm forgetting my lines.

 
At 10:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey randr, if u think im a loser, why dont u come over to my site, and get in contact with me so i can prove once and for all that u are right, and that it's an old subject...

 

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