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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're expecting an awful lot out of people who aren't being paid a livable wage....[/quote] my friends 17yo daughter worked there and made $15 an hour BEFORE tips. Thats not bad money. [/quote]

$15 / hour x 30 hours* x 50 weeks is $22500 a year. Can you live here on $22500? Would you be tidy and cheerful if you did? On your feet, handling food, and dealing with the public?

*Lots of baristas don't get scheduled for 30 hours/week, I'm being generous to Starbucks here. And hardly anybody tips.

There is a tremendous labor shortage right now. People who are great in customer facing positions can do better, and they have. [/quote]

Hmmm... a living wage.  So how much should baristas earn for their work?  Should they be paid as much as or more than elementary school teachers?  What about social workers?  Dental hygienists?  Homecare nurses?  Should we pay baristas $25 an hour?  I do not know the right answer, but I wonder if you have opinions on how much food service industry workers should earn.  Especially compared to other jobs.[/quote]

Yes. The answer is yes.[/quote]

The immediate effects of raising the wages of baristas to $25 an hour would be the price of coffee skyrockets, stores close, automated machines take over, and baristas lose their jobs.  I suppose a few very talented baristas would be happy.  But the vast majority would no longer have their jobs in the coffee shops.[/quote]

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