By overpriced coffee shop worker - 17/11/2012 18:35 - United States - Rowland Heights

Today, while working at the coffee shop, I had to empty the garbage cans. One of the bags gave way, and all the half-finished cups of coffee spilled all over my uniform. Most customers' orders cost more than I make per hour. FML
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RvidxrKlvn 8

Drink a big cup of joe and venti some of that frustration out.

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ambowew 7

That doesn't sound like a very flavorable position you've bean placed into. Try milking your boss for all you're worth, you might get a latte money! Hey, it's worth a shot!

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noelykins1 19

For some reason I have a feeling you work for Starbucks. Good job for long term. Hang in there.

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kniggit 10

Yeap. Starbucks is everywhere, once I saw an intersection where all four corners marinated a Starbucks.

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kniggit 10

Those meaty coffee shops, wallowing in the money they juice from the passing cars.

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KiRaKaT 9

Yes if OP threw up coffee...then yes it would look like they thre up

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perdix 29

I don't see the relevance of the price of the coffee vis-a-vis your meager wages. Sometimes, short FMLs can be quite entertaining. "Today, a trash bag broke and I got soaked in coffee. FML" would hae worked fine. I hear they pay better down at the sperm bank, but the spill-related FMLs are infinitely more gross.

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Rowdey 10

Would that FML be under the work or intimacy category, I wonder?

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HaraAishi 8

Once again Perdix, you have killed me with a mental image.

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vcapelo 19

The minimum wage where I come from is 18,5 dollar/hour! That's one expensive coffee!

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TrailblazerSS 5

Where the hell do you come from? The state I live in its still only $7.25.

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OneObstacle 3

You obviously don't live in the US. If you do, you're lying, because the highest minimum wage is $9.04.

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love_me_electric 20

Pretty sure since OP is from the states that minimum wage is not nearly that much where he's from. Probably more like 7-9 dollars (which is still ridiculous for a coffee, but some people are willing to pay that much)

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laden_swallow09 34

The way 19 uses a comma instead of a decimal, I'd imagine it's in another currency other than dollars.

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DynamicDave 11

The way 19 uses a comma instead of a decimal, I like to imagine it's $18,500/hr and they forgot the zeroes. Zimbabwe, perhaps?

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bfsd42 20

In Ireland, €10 an hour minimum wage. That's about $12. I can believe somewhere has $19.

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Ryan8878 21

I am going to take a guess and say Lloydminster, Canada. Oil country where a carton of milk costs $12.00. Minimum wage working at McDonalds, last I checked was $17.00.

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sduval33 5

Yeah probably either up north or Alberta. In bc it's 10,50 an hour going up to 11 in the next couple of months.

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BlackRogue 8

Why is 60 downthumbed? I live in Alberta and make 26$ an hour.. Starting wage for the McDonalds here is 16$ an hour.

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vcapelo 19

44# The currency where I live is DKK, but I wrote it in english, since it's more understandable for everyone on this site. In Europe we use kommas and punktionmarks the other way around. That means that 18,500 dollars is = eighteen and a half dollar, and 18.500 is = eighteenthousand fivehundred dollars!

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joanniejore 7

No it's not Sdubal33, The minimum wage in BC is $10.25 and is most certainly not going up to $11.00 in the near future. It was just recently bumped up to where it is now.

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love_me_electric 20

There is NO province or territory in Canada where the minimum wage is $16. I'm sure there are McDonald's there who will pay people that much because they're desperate for workers, but that doesn't make it the 'minimum' wage. The highest minimum wage in Canada is Nunavut and it's $11/hr.

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BlackRogue 8

85-that's why I said STARTING WAGE... Mcdonalds here has to offer that much to start, because if they didn't, they'd have no fulltime workers. Anyone who's graduated can get a starting position in the patch for 20$ an hour, so non-oil-related businesses have to compete. Sad but true unfortunately...

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honeybadgerr 9

That's disgusting. Sell left over coffee from the trash bag?? That idea doesn't sound very appealing

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honeybadgerr 9

If the drinks are so expensive, I wonder why customers would throw them away unfinished??

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perdix 29

1. Overcharge the customers 2. Underpay the workers 3. Use the cheapest materials (eg, garbage bags) available 4 ???? 5. Profit Your boss apparently went to one of America's premier business schools and stayed awake in class.

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