When was the last time you worked for TODAYS minimum wage ?

this afternoon :(

I can't really remember the last time I worked full stop.

3 hours in front of a PC and done your money ?

if you think thats bad...i work for minus -500 pounds some days

my worst day was -2,000

actually i do get more than the minimum but less than that after tax

The minimum wage here in Portugal has been increased 5.6% in 2009.
Which takes it up to..... €450..... a month.

This week .

Bloody awful , hopefully back to normal tomorrow

two years ago, but tbf im only 20

Sometime in the future if I can't find a shotgun. Slightly less when I find a shotgun.

Or I could threaten to dribble on you.

Took 56 euros today. Thats a bit of a minus

Not good dobbo. You need to find an angle.

I'm referring to when we had proper jobs, before Betfair.

(mutter)

last job i had paid £3.50 an hour. thats why i packed it all in.

Big Charlie ... last time i worked full time was March 2005 ,finished up working for 7.00 p/h .

Started the same job in March 2003 earning 21.00 p/h .

Reason for the reduction in wages ?

They changed the system after i found a quick way to make good money and the management couldn't stomach it . I was making more than them overnight.

There is no way to make an honest buck in the UK .

Thank heavens for BF ,you wont catch me moaning about the premium charge .

This country is run buy a load of inept c u n t s .

Its a badly run festering system

And you realised this just now?

no Bodil ,i realised this in 2004

About 85 as i was on a 100 a day by 86. Great money then!!

See my post about the nurses having to pay for parking .

Its just a perverse system .

This country is run by mentally-damaged idiots.. Crom help us.

Coachbuster 20 Nov 01:32
Big Charlie ... last time i worked full time was March 2005 ,finished up working for 7.00 p/h .



Thank heavens for BF ,you wont catch me moaning about the premium charge .


What's your most profitable sport mate?

I think we may need to exchange words in due course, once I've got my system up and running. :-)

Canny , football and correct score markets on the whole my friend .

Blimey Coach, if you're playing those and are on the PC charge, you're a shrewdie.

I've studied it for a good few years Canny plus i'm fortunate enough to be able to work out odds and numbers fairly quickly which helps a little i guess, especially when the goals go flying in and the odds change dramatically . :)

A little bit of judgement helps , sometimes odds just don't look right as you're well aware .

There were weeks and weeks on here throughout 2006 when i was barely making a bean .
Went into a lot of debt that year ,still paying it off but almost there .

when i worked there wasn,t a min wage, 26yrs ago, gambling is better :)

Worked in I.T. since 1982 , so fortunately started on more than today's minimum wage.

At the moment I would like to be earning the min wage

push the slippers for the Christmas market p

Throw out the slippers, stock up on Easter eggs, get in first.

Sadly after 29 years the independent footwear trade is on its knees, unless there is an improvement next year it will more than likely be my last.
A shame in the respect a family buisness in the space of just a few years has basically gone to the wall.
I am hanging on more out of tradition & sentementality than anything out but those good attributes wont pay the bills as we all know, its bleak out there but I try not to let it affect me because though my pocket may be suffering I refuse to let it drag ME down with it.

well done pump hope things turn around high street retail is tough

Open a bookies Pumps.

how long has the business been run by your family Pump?

I'd guess it 's a good 30 years Tobes.
Pumpy will confirm later.
Not many slipper wearers inthe area these days, best switch to sandals.

Hi Toby, in the same market for over 50 years, though for 32 years in the position we are now.
20 years ago we had three saturday girls & me & my dad.
Now I can easily manage on my tod.
I have a brilliant photo of my grandad in the market from nearly 50 years ago, I will e-mail it to you if your interested.

Chaz they only want flip flops that sell for £1 from the bins , I refuse to go down that road.

was over 5 years ago

Joined the scottish prison service in 1989 on 16k,if you joined today your starting salary is 12k, nough said ;\

hearts IM bored

^ Thinly veiled "Did you leave with handcuffs, Hearts?"

;)

nah, we can just use mine ;)