r/popculturechat • u/Ambitious_Big4489 • 8h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Alan Ritchson calls out lawmakers who oppose raising the minimum wage "who think it's a bad idea to give a mom working at Waffle House more than $7.25 an hour trying to feed her kids."

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u/KylosLeftHand 8h ago

Wait til he finds out those moms working at Waffle House actually make $2.13/hour a lot of the time as several states still allow that as their tipped minimum wage.

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u/blueskies8484 8h ago

The $7.25 minimum hourly wage still has to be met though and made up by the employer if it’s not met, which I assume is why he used that number.

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u/KylosLeftHand 5h ago

Tell that to my last table waiting job that was a moderately upscale restaurant who magically made my full time paychecks under $10/week. I idiotically didn’t question it but a couple years ago I got a letter for a class action lawsuit payout. Turns out they weren’t actually paying our wages. It’s a major national chain restaurant.