Thread: lets do this

Gotta be 6 for me...which really will be 4, giving me just enough time to take my shit to anferny's after school...if it's 5 I can't make it

I say move it, I need rav to play bulletshield

Thanks for the support?

i owned that bottom stop the whole game. :-)

Fun scrim. Got to give credit to the BIGTEX crew, especially the new guys. Give them time, and they'll come together, and pay us back, I'm sure.

And we'll be waiting. With bells on.

Low pay and no benefits make these kinds of work -- some considered good summer employment for teens -- the least rewarding, at least financially.

Models are paid millions to twirl in the latest bra-and-panty sets. Right? Nope -- not unless they are among an extremely small (and beautiful) handful of young women.

Last year, models made a median hourly wage of $11.22, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a bit less than twice the federal minimum wage of $5.85. Not so glamorous.

"Most models take other jobs. They're waiters. It gives them the flexibility to go to model calls and auditions," said Ean Williams, the executive director of DC Fashion Week, a designer showcase held twice a year in the nation's capital. "There are a lot of people that are very beautiful, very talented, that don't make it in the business."

The young and beautiful aren't the only ones working like dogs and earning peanuts. In fact, models, demonstrators and product promoters rank No. 8 on a new list of the 10 worst jobs in America.

Who gets the shortest end of the stick? Coffee-shop hosts and cafeteria-counter attendants, according to a report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the Center for Social Policy at the University of Massachusetts.

Eighty-seven percent of restaurant-host and counter-attendant jobs were categorized as "bad," meaning they paid less than the median wage in 1979, adjusted for inflation, and had neither employer-sponsored health insurance nor retirement plans. That translates to a wage today of $16.50 an hour, or $34,320 per year for a full-time, full-year worker, according to the report.

About 79% of jobs in the models, demonstrators and product promoters category are bad, according to the report, which covers 2003 through 2005 using Census Bureau data.

John Schmitt, a senior economist with Center for Economic and Policy Research, said the categories heavily composed of bad jobs haven't improved in recent years.

"The composition is basically the same," he said. "It's not like suddenly it's a different world for people."

In 2005, almost one-third of American workers had a job that met all three bad criteria, about the same share as in 1979, according to the report.

"Even worse, despite substantial economic growth since the end of the 1970s, the share of bad jobs in the U.S. economy has remained essentially unchanged for over a quarter-century," according to the report.

Quite a few of the bad-job categories are those that might typically be considered summer jobs for teenagers or students trying to save for a car or help pay for school. Many are in the service industry, with categories such as tour guides, ticket takers and dishwashers making it into the top 10 bad occupational categories. Jobs typically found in food service took four of the 10 spots.

Getting dished on
Joseph, a 22-year-old host at a restaurant popular for lunch near the White House who asked that his last name not be used, said his job, which pays his rent, also makes it easier to take classes as night. However, mornings at the restaurant can be rough, he said.

"I find myself waking up in the morning with melancholy -- the malaise of doing the same job over and over," he said, adding that dealing with people at their "worst," i.e. making rude demands, can lead to anger and depression.

Joseph receives an hourly wage but no benefits, and there's no tips pool from which he can take a cut. The host added that the waiters, who have to deal with the kitchen staff, diners and the boss, have it even worse.

Darrell Luzzo, the president of National Career Development Association, said even people in jobs that pay well and provide benefits can be extremely dissatisfied. A good career is one that matches your interests on top of providing adequate financial compensation, he said.

"There is a very weak link between the amount of earnings and benefits and true job satisfaction," Luzzo said.

He added that people with jobs that don't pay enough to cover basic needs should try to move on. Federal job-training programs can help workers gain skills to find better employment.

"If (a job) is not providing shelter, food or health, you can't exactly find purpose in work," Luzzo said.

Occupations with the highest concentrations of jobs classified as "bad":

*Hosts and hostesses at restaurants, lounges and coffee shops, 87%

*Counter attendants at cafeterias, food concessions and coffee shops, 87%

*Ushers, lobby attendants and ticket takers, 85.4%

*Fabric and apparel patternmakers, 82.2%

*Lifeguards and other protective-service workers, 81.6%

*Waiters and waitresses, 80.4%

*Tour and travel guides, 79.4%

*Models, demonstrators and product promoters, 79.2%

*Dishwashers, 78.8%

*Motion-picture projectionists, 78.1%

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life guarding is the easiest shit to get 10 bucks an hour for.