[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592574]Oh, you work at White Spot. My cousin used to work there (still does, I think, actually).

Still.

It sounds better than working 20+ hours a week for barely above minimum wage. We don't have a union, but they're still hesitant to fire people.[/QUOTE]

Our restaurant is one of the few Unionized ones.

Dont' you have you 500 hours yet?

Ours is 6.75 here. Fortunately I make waaaay above that....

:) :upset:

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13592622]Minimum wage here is $7.75.

lowsound[/QUOTE]

Minimum is $6.75.

I guess I should be lucky that I'm making $0.50 over that.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown;13592629]Our restaurant is one of the few Unionized ones.

Dont' you have you 500 hours yet?[/QUOTE]

500 hours? What relevance does that have?

I've worked a 2000+ hours there since I started, two and a half years ago.

[quote=Kandyman;13592616]Its because we are slowly becoming a nation of retards who lack the ablility to perform basic mathematics...

:) :upset:[/quote]

Slowly? man you're all already there.

Learmt some interesting facts recently;
61% of US population are clinically obese
20% are so obese they are likely to die before thier own parents.

Only 13% own a Passport
Only 7% use thier Passport to travel abroad.

God knows what that 6% does with thier pasports.

Oh I admit we're a nation of gluttons. We seriously have no self control or sense of responsibility for our own actions.

And of course we don't travel abroad...... we're spending all our money biggie-sizing our damn double whopper value meals....

:) :upset:

[QUOTE=Polyamarous;13592669]Slowly? man you're all already there.

Learmt some interesting facts recently;
61% of US population are clinically obese
20% are so obese they are likely to die before thier own parents.

Only 13% own a Passport
Only 7% use thier Passport to travel abroad.

God knows what that 6% does with thier pasports.[/QUOTE]

I'd guess most of the people who use their passport just use it to go to the Caribbean for spring break.

I'm part of the 6%.... we get together and have circle jerks with our passports.

And to be fair, the only American I people I've ever spoken too (albiet online) have been bassist and I consider very intelligent folk.
Maybe that's just bassist not Americans.

American culture is just like any other culture.

There are stupid people and intelligent people.

Americans just get a lot more press coverage for their stupid people, which leads people to generalise and reach the conclusion that most Americans must be dumb.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592818]American culture is just like any other culture.

There are stupid people and intelligent people.

Americans just get a lot more press coverage for their stupid people, which leads people to generalise and reach the conclusion that most Americans must be dumb.[/QUOTE]

I have met a lot of really dumb americans. On that note I have met a lot of really dumb canadians as well.

lowsound

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13592841]I have met a lot of really dumb americans. On that note I have met a lot of really dumb canadians as well.

lowsound[/QUOTE]

Yeah. There are tons of ridiculously stupid people in this country.

Nonetheless, I wouldn't say that most Canadians are dumb.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592656]500 hours? What relevance does that have?

I've worked a 2000+ hours there since I started, two and a half years ago.[/QUOTE]

We'll i guess BC labour laws are different.

Here, you get paid training wage (6.50) until you've worked 500 hours.
After that it's mandatory that you get paid minimum wage. I think it's 8 here.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592856]Yeah. There are tons of ridiculously stupid people in this country.

Nonetheless, I wouldn't say that most Canadians are dumb.[/QUOTE]

I would say that there are the same percentage of dumb canadians as there are americans. But a lot more americans are ignorant.

lowsound

[quote=BenJammin;13592818]American culture is just like any other culture.

There are stupid people and intelligent people.

Americans just get a lot more press coverage for their stupid people, which leads people to generalise and reach the conclusion that most Americans must be dumb.[/quote]

I'd say it's becasue they have a dumb President, and becasue they keep voting for a dumb president.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown;13592860]We'll i guess BC labour laws are different.

Here, you get paid training wage (6.50) until you've worked 500 hours.
After that it's mandatory that you get paid minimum wage. I think it's 8 here.[/QUOTE]

Oh, yeah. We don't have any labour laws like that here.

There's no training wages, or student wages, or anything like that.

Just a flat minimum wage rate.

I wish my workplace had a raise system based on hours, though. I'd have climbed nearly to the top by now. :lol: :upset:

Ummm, Bush has yet to win a popular vote in an election by more than a fraction? I don't see how the populus is faulted for having a ****ty way to vote.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592890]Oh, yeah. We don't have any labour laws like that here.

There's no training wages, or student wages, or anything like that.

Just a flat minimum wage rate.

I wish my workplace had a raise system based on hours, though. I'd have climbed nearly to the top by now. :lol: :upset:[/QUOTE]

Because we get paid for what position were at, i get paid more then some people that have been working there for more than 6 years. I've just past the 2 year mark. It's weird, I'll be so relaxed and do my job so easily, while they can do the same job, just slower and a lot more stressed out.

"¡Porque la vida es una tombola, tom-tom-tom!".

I understand that except for 'tombola.' What does that mean?

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13592818]American culture is just like any other culture.

There are stupid people and intelligent people.

Americans just get a lot more press coverage for their stupid people, which leads people to generalise and reach the conclusion that most Americans must be dumb.[/QUOTE]

We have some incredibly stupid people here too, but they are generally all group into the area of "chavs". Chavs are brilliant and should be laughed at at all costs.

If any explanation is needed, check here

[url]http://www.chavscum.co.uk[/url]

So who here is currently in a band?

I just got Guitar Hero 2.
It>you.
It's sweet. Way harder than the first.

:wave:


i am in a band

I'm not in a band. I've never been in a band. :upset:


I make up for it by going to see tons of concerts. :p

I'm suddenly no so disappointed that I won't be seeing Primus next week. Apparently they're playing rather short shows of approximately 1 hour 20 minutes. When I saw them a few years ago on the Tour De Fromage, the show lasted about 3 hours and was less money. So screw them this time.

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13593772]I'm suddenly no so disappointed that I won't be seeing Primus next week. Apparently they're playing rather short shows of approximately 1 hour 20 minutes. When I saw them a few years ago on the Tour De Fromage, the show lasted about 3 hours and was less money. So screw them this time.[/QUOTE]

*Poke*
:wave: Hey everyone.

[QUOTE=Ting;13593797]*Poke*
:wave: Hey everyone.[/QUOTE]

Greetings, Asia.


How's it going?

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13593826]Greetings, Asia.


How's it going?[/QUOTE]

Pretty good. Found out that i gave my cold to my mom whos going into surgery..not to good. you?

Things are alright here.

I love it when concerts are so good that they really stick in your memory for a while... like the Decemberists show I went to on Monday. :D

Did you go alone?

Nope. My brother went with me... though not the one that was going to. My eldest brother was going to go, and he's the one that got me into the band, but he was too busy and couldn't make it. Then my other older brother decided to go just to be a nice guy. I don't think he really liked it all that much, I even told him that he didn't have to go because I didn't expect him to really enjoy it, but he was still nice enough and went.

Oh yeah, and then yesterday I went with him while he got his tongue split. :eek:
It was pretty neat to watch.

What venue?

It was at the Kool Haus. The sound was surprisingly good and clear, at least from where I was standing... right up front. :D
I think the capacity there is 2000 people.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown;13593561]So who here is currently in a band?[/QUOTE]

Currently in 4, although 3 of them are to do with my college, and so dont really count, and the 4th is the biggest piece of crap, that I would have left had it not contained a good friend

I wish I was in a band so bad....

I just quit mine.

I just want to be in a band that isnt appauling. 3 of the 4 arent appauling, but they are all college based (although we might make one into a covers band, as we all work quite well together), but the 4th is just plain bad. I mean, honestly, if we were to go onstage together against a group of kids who havent even seen each other before, they would sound better.

[url]http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-369922091836333149&q=Silent+Night+Bodom+Night[/url]

HOLY SH!T. This guy is playing silent night bodom night by Children Of Bodom by [B][U]snapping his fingers.[/U][/B]

[QUOTE=jcs497;13594062]I wish I was in a band so bad....[/QUOTE]

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