Everyday Low Wages

Sales clerks at Wal-Mart make only $8.23 per hour on average in 2001. And they're complaining? The average supermarket employee makes $10.35 per hour, I want to know which supermarkets are paying that much! As a sales clerk at Sears I make only $7.29 and most of my co-workers make around the same. We would be thrilled to be making that $8.23 that Wal-Mart employees make. It is true that $8.23 is not enough to support a family on, but there are people supporting families on less then this. Let's face it, chances are if you are working at a Wal-Mart to support your family, there probably aren't many better opportunities out there for you and possibly you should be happy that you have a job at all. Sure some jobs are better and you get better pay, but there are also worse jobs with less pay so before complaining maybe Wal-Mart employees should take a step back and consider what life would be like if they didn't have the job that Wal-Mart has provided them.