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ELMO, MS Elmo teenager Christi Wilson announced yesterday that she is definitely not paid what she’s worth to work at Bob’s Bagel World, which is located in the food court at the Elmo Towne Centre. “It’s so totally not fair,” she told her coworker, Missy Custer.
“I mean, we totally slave over this cash register. And we put these bagels in the oven. And we take them out of the oven. And sometimes we have to slice bagels and put cream cheese on them. And what do we get for it? Minimum wage! It’s cruel and unusual!”
Her coworker nodded in agreement. “Yeah. Look at what we have to put up with! We have to make sure the bagels don’t burn. That’s a huge responsibility. It takes knowledge and skill!”
Custer also noted that she had been saving her earnings at Bagel World for pretty much forever, hoping to earn enough money to buy a new car, but no one, she says, can live on minimum wage.
“How am I supposed to dress like a normal human being if I only earn minimum wage?” she pondered.
The two also agreed that they should be paid more just because they have to wear those stupid Bagel World aprons. That alone, they concurred, is enough to earn them at least $14 an hour.
Bagel World employees are also often required to work long and inconvenient hours. Wilson noted that she was once scheduled to work a six-hour day—and that she had also been scheduled to work a few times during Gossip Girl, forcing her to TiVo the show and watch it later, after everyone else had already seen it. One time, she recalled, something went wrong, and she actually had to miss an episode.
After their break was over, Wilson and Custer went back to spreading cream cheese with new fervor. They both agreed that, if they didn’t both get a raise, they’d quit and go to work for the competition (Larry’s Bagel Factory). At Larry’s, they could at least wear cooler uniforms, and they’d never, ever be forced to miss Gossip Girl.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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