@DucatiDesmosedussy's comment on 'Most ambitious melbournian pretends :marseycope: that they like being a wagie :marseywagie:'

https://old.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/1be7eee/is_anyone_else_just_happy_with_a_retail_or_hospo/

For reference, the minimum wage for retail managers as per the general retail award is ~$27AUD or $18USD full/part time.

You may not think the same when you're in your 40s and still renting and still in retail. I wish I pushed myself more when I was younger . But everyone is different. You may be happy working your entire life in a job like that. +2

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Sure. Live a happy and stress free life now. Sounds like fun! Just don't b-word about it when you're 45 and wish you had better income, a house and thought about how you're going to fund your retirement earlier. -4

Your snarky bitchy comment ignores the fact that people HAVE to do these jobs otherwise society doesn't function. And they SHOULD be able to have a house and retire with ANY job . Go lick a boot. +4

y'see, they're right but not for the reason they think. our GDP would be fricking obliterated if the service industry stopped because we don't make anything

Do none of you have any darn ambition? I'd already bought my first apartment at 24. -4

evidently not

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horsefuneral it/that @ ultimateredditor 's best friend 8mo ago #6110052

people HAVE to do those jobs otherwise society doesn't function

they say that like there's only a finite amount of teens and twenty-something's to work in cafes. you're supposed to age up and out of those jobs. imagine a 70 year old with an undercut and a nose ring making your coffee lmao

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forgotpw they/them horsefuneral 8mo ago #6110078

The proportion of those keeps shrinking unless you open all ports to iraqis and congolese

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DucatiDesmosedussy they/them :marseyagreefastlove:

forgotpw 8mo ago #6110168

it's melbourne so that's already happened

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horsefuneral 8mo ago #6110083

When I used to do forklifts I subcontracted for department/big box stores. The under 25's doing backfill were all cracking jokes, playing music and just making the best of it, and everyone there over 35 just looked absolutely miserable lol. OP in that thread is coping.

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Patriarch-ristmas Land/lord Patriarch of Dramastan R 8mo ago #6110491

It would be like being a 32 year old Private First Class, at some point you gotta get a new rank and responsibility or you'll be aged out. Young people can do what you can but faster and for less pay