Okay everybody, I got a job, not the best job.....

You know you have a great point. I have actually never looked for a job while I had one. What's really good about this job is that I live a one minute walk away from it. So I have a potential to be the first person they call to cover a shift.

Overtime! Kaching! You'll be making so much money you'll actually be able to go shopping LOL

LMAO darkjedi... Yeah, I am hoping to get as many hours as possible.

Well, it's Fourth of July tommorrow and my sons birthday on Saturday, so there will be plenty of celebrations this weekend.

I know a lot of people who are collecting welfare and are not putting the effort into getting a job. I personally do not want to be on welfare(I don't know how people survive on that much money..it's really not much!). I found out that 4 people were fired this week and I suggested to a couple of friends that they apply a Burger King, but they refused to work in fast food. I guess sitting at home all day and collecting welfare is easier for them. I personally could not do it.

I know what you mean. My mom got welfare for a couple of years when my brother and I were kids. After she divorced my dad she got stuck paying most of the debts he incurred while they were married (he refused to work after the divorce and rarely worked while they were married). She worked, but needed some help until she could get the bills paid off. She didn't get much from welfare but it was the boost she needed to feed us so she could pay the bills and in about 2 years she was in a better job, off welfare and on her way to much better things. She was laid off from her job last year, but had worked her way up to being Food & Beverage Director in a 4 star hotel (a salaried management position). Many of the young women she hired needed welfare and my mom would counsel them on how to budget and save, take care of bills, etc. and on good work ethic (she believed in promoting from within and liked to see these young women succeed like she did) so that they could eventually get off welfare and be self-sufficient. Many of them did exactly that. Some, however, seemed to prefer to stay on welfare. They wouldn't take extra hours when offered, would take days off or show up late and inevitably get fired. I have a lot of respect for people who will take the help when needed while helping themselves. Needing help is not a bad thing. We all need it once in a while!

I doubt it is easier for them - but they may be worse off at BK - I know I would. People need to be more tolerant and stop assuming you are laz to be on welfare. I paid more in tax when I worked than most of the benefit clerks will earn in gross in their lifetime - so really I do deserve to claim on the system also. And you are right - it is not enough to live on either... I do what I am able and shall have to go into debt to keep the house warm if need be.

Thanks so much! I was lucky, I used to work at Burger King when I was 16 and the same manager works at the one near my house now.

I have two children, and I pay rent, so things are really hard for me right now, I am just grateful to have this job now.

They said I will get more than 25 hours a week, so I am hoping to get full-time...fingers crossed. four people just got fired, so we'll see what happens.

Yes, I get the same ALL the time. Although I would consider myself to be pretty fluent in Spanish and Brasilian Portuguese, I am still American, so I feel much more comfortable speaking English. People always automatically assume that I speak spanish, so that's usually how they greet me. But I am so glad to have this job, and have never been afraid to work. [b][/b]Plus I could never stay home with my kids all day, they trash the house and drive me crazy.

totally disagree - what job it is matters - that is why I canot take such a job.