Some do. I've had a few friends do that kind of work making $11-$12 an hour.
That's not a lot of money but its enough to survive on. Consider that 75% of
the jobs in the city I live in pay less than $8 an hour! An individual with
no kids needs at least $11 an hour (assuming 40 hours per week...fulltime
work) to survive. Note survive, not live well. Poverty is the 800lb gorilla
in the room that no one wants to admit exists in the USA and if the
government would stop lying about the poverty rate here they'd admit that
60% of the population is in poverty in the USA. They claim its only about
15% because they have the income level that they consider poverty set at
about 1/3 what it should be. The official poverty level for a family of four
(mom and dad and two kids) is only $13,000 a year. ONE person making that is
in poverty! Get real here! That family of four making twice that still
couldn't eat 3 meals a day for every family member if they want to live in a
building, not in their car.
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Chris Crawford
Fine Art Photography
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-424-0897
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
On 2/13/10 3:53 PM, "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ..........call centre operatives in the US making "..a living wage"?
>
> Is that really so?
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Semi-incommunicado
>
>
>> Because they often speak poor English and are difficult to communicate
>> with.
>> My hearing is poor and I simply cannot understand them. On top of that, I
>> absolutely refuse as a young college grad who cannot find work, whose
>> friends are mostly educated and unemployed, to encourage the export of
>> American jobs by talking to a poorly paid person whose willingness to work
>> for slave wages encourages the parasite class in this country to continue
>> to
>> destroy the middle class. Whenever I call any company that puts me through
>> to a non-native speaker of English, I start speaking Spanish. They
>> transfer
>> you to a Spanish speaking agent, who is almost always in the USA, making a
>> living wage. Most are Hispanic, and as a person of Spanish ancestry I am
>> happy to see them employed.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-424-0897
>>
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>>
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/12/10 10:32 PM, "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> And what would be wrong with a well educated Indian gentle person manning
>>> the telephone ?
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:48 PM
>>> Subject: [OM] Semi-incommunicado
>>>
>>>
>>>> It seems the universe doesn't want me connected with the internet for
>>>> now.
>>>>
>>>> Incorrect information from an AT&T phone person has left me without
>>>> internet at home until Tuesday. No, not an Indian subcontinent person, a
>>>> pleasant, apparently helpful native USian speaker.
>>>>
>>>> So we went to a cafe with Wifi for lunch - Wifi just broke there this
>>>> morning.
>>>>
>>>> Now sitting crumpled up in the car outside a library getting mail.
>>>>
>>>> Unconnected Moose
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