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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I worked at a grocery store in 2003 in California for a short time. I joined just after a major strike had ended. As always, the company was pushing for lower wages and benefits, the union wanted higher. They came to an agreement with a two tiered system, tenured employees got to stick with a pay scale and benefits slightly better than what they’d had before.

    New employees got fucked.

    A couple months in I was promoted to cashier from bagger and got to see the two tiers. I was starting at $18 per hour, the original tier started at more than double that and went up pretty high.

    Not really related to your comment, but I’m a little drunk after a rough day and seeing those amounts just really fucking pisses me off. My numbers are not adjusted for inflation and wages have gone down for the job I did in the last 20 years. It’s fucking maddening.






  • Being able to raise and lower is great. The grill is one at one of the local parks. Most of the perks around here have at least one which you can reserve.

    As for what I’m cooking on, it’s actually both! I used about 2 bundles of red oak, then a bunch of a good natural oak charcoal that I really like to help fill it out. I had more of both in reserve, but it ended up being just the right amount for what I needed.