Do people really view certain jobs as beneath them?

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Some people do. Not the good kind of people.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that you can raise wages of farm workers considerably without the price of milk going to $10 per gallon.

Milk is about $2.50 per gallon now. Simple economic logic suggests that you could DOUBLE the current wages of farm workers, and let's even entertain the ridiculous assumption that 100% of the cost of milk is due to labor. Even then, which is a ridiculous scenario, it would be $5 per gallon.

More likely, you could double the wages of farm workers and it might go from $2.50 to $3.25, at most.

$2.50?

Where do you buy milk?

No kidding? The generic non organic at Teeter is $4/gallon.

You must like getting ripped off.

Don’t spit out your coffee. The cheapest gallon of organic milk in NoVa is Whole Foods. Not HT, Shoppers, TJs, Safeway, Target or BJs. I can’t speak to Wegman’s or Costco.

The milk at H Teets is definitely overpriced (especially as their non-organic milk tastes like shit).

The CPI says the national average is somewhere around $3.25, so the conclusion is that H Teet is totes overpriced, and Wegmans is crazy low.

I think the milk at Wegmans is a loss leader for them, it's one of the staples that gets people in the door then you get sucked in by the specialty cheese section and end up blowing an extra $20 on brie and chevre you don't need.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course. My brother is on the brink of homelessness because he won't just got get a job at target.

Ha! I have one of those too!

McDonald's, Walmart, Target, and Sheetz, which are all within walking distance to his apartment and hiring, are all beneath him. Instead he bums rides, scrapes together cab fare, or texts me to order him an Uber (when really desperate) to get to a job in the next town over where he's only getting ~20 hours/week because that's where all his friends work.

My mom supported my brother for 18 months so he wouldn't have to take a job that was "beneath" him. I've always had to support myself and have had all kinds of jobs, including a number of those that were considered beneath my brother. Since graduating from college (many years ago), I've been lucky enough to work in my chosen profession, but I'd still do whatever I had to do to keep a roof over my head. In 8th grade, my English teacher stressed that there was no shame in making an honest living and I've always held onto that.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that you can raise wages of farm workers considerably without the price of milk going to $10 per gallon.

Milk is about $2.50 per gallon now. Simple economic logic suggests that you could DOUBLE the current wages of farm workers, and let's even entertain the ridiculous assumption that 100% of the cost of milk is due to labor. Even then, which is a ridiculous scenario, it would be $5 per gallon.

More likely, you could double the wages of farm workers and it might go from $2.50 to $3.25, at most.

$2.50?

Where do you buy milk?

No kidding? The generic non organic at Teeter is $4/gallon.

You must like getting ripped off.

The milk at H Teets is definitely overpriced (especially as their non-organic milk tastes like shit).

The CPI says the national average is somewhere around $3.25, so the conclusion is that H Teet is totes overpriced, and Wegmans is crazy low.

Costco is something like $2.3X. Same with Walmart. And Walmart is the largest grocer in the country, by far.

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Also, the $3.25 average is probably considering all the milk sales at places like 7-Eleven and Royal Farms, where it's expensive, but it's what people can get when they don't have a car.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that you can raise wages of farm workers considerably without the price of milk going to $10 per gallon.

Milk is about $2.50 per gallon now. Simple economic logic suggests that you could DOUBLE the current wages of farm workers, and let's even entertain the ridiculous assumption that 100% of the cost of milk is due to labor. Even then, which is a ridiculous scenario, it would be $5 per gallon.

More likely, you could double the wages of farm workers and it might go from $2.50 to $3.25, at most.

$2.50?

Where do you buy milk?

No kidding? The generic non organic at Teeter is $4/gallon.

You must like getting ripped off.

The milk at H Teets is definitely overpriced (especially as their non-organic milk tastes like shit).

The CPI says the national average is somewhere around $3.25, so the conclusion is that H Teet is totes overpriced, and Wegmans is crazy low.

Costco is something like $2.3X. Same with Walmart. And Walmart is the largest grocer in the country, by far.

Where do you get this stuff? Kroger is the largest grocer by far.

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I think people are conflating two issues. Yes, there are jobs that I consider beneath my education or experience level, absolutely. But would I take one of them if I was in a pinch and needed to earn money. Of course.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are conflating two issues. Yes, there are jobs that I consider beneath my education or experience level, absolutely. But would I take one of them if I was in a pinch and needed to earn money. Of course.

Likewise, but I am so glad that I don't have to take one of those jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are conflating two issues. Yes, there are jobs that I consider beneath my education or experience level, absolutely. But would I take one of them if I was in a pinch and needed to earn money. Of course.

+1. I also think there are a lot of jobs that just seem awful because of the working conditions or tasks involved, and I would only take one if I were desperate (picking produce in August would definitely be one of those). But I don't think it's "beneath" me in the sense that it's for lesser mortals to do. I think of them as unlucky mortals if they're doing these jobs and hating them, not lesser.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that you can raise wages of farm workers considerably without the price of milk going to $10 per gallon.

Milk is about $2.50 per gallon now. Simple economic logic suggests that you could DOUBLE the current wages of farm workers, and let's even entertain the ridiculous assumption that 100% of the cost of milk is due to labor. Even then, which is a ridiculous scenario, it would be $5 per gallon.

More likely, you could double the wages of farm workers and it might go from $2.50 to $3.25, at most.

$2.50?

Where do you buy milk?

No kidding? The generic non organic at Teeter is $4/gallon.

You must like getting ripped off.

The milk at H Teets is definitely overpriced (especially as their non-organic milk tastes like shit).

The CPI says the national average is somewhere around $3.25, so the conclusion is that H Teet is totes overpriced, and Wegmans is crazy low.

Costco is something like $2.3X. Same with Walmart. And Walmart is the largest grocer in the country, by far.

Where do you get this stuff? Kroger is the largest grocer by far.

I'm seeing conflicting reports. I thought it was Walmart. I went to Google and found one that said Kroger, and maybe one that said Albertson's (never heard of it).

But there's this that will tell you Walmart:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/16/amazon-whole-foods-control-only-sliver-of-the-grocery-market-for-now.html

I know that some of them talked about $billions in sales, and this one is share percent. It's obviously differences in methodology.

Either way, I'm sure that the milk is pretty cheap at Kroger, too.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are conflating two issues. Yes, there are jobs that I consider beneath my education or experience level, absolutely. But would I take one of them if I was in a pinch and needed to earn money. Of course.

Same. I definitely wouldn’t be a prostitute. That is beneath me (or not as the case would be). But I would absolutely work retail or waitress or construction or whatever. And I would kick ass at it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really have these attitudes that certain work is beneath them?

I do. Like accounting for example.

Really? What's so demeaning about being a CPA? Please explain.

Another CPA here, for the life of me I couldn't figure out this comment. I make 175k, FWIW.

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Yes, but they're often delusional.