I feel like some people are veering off topic here about minimum wage lol. Ill agree that Yes $7.25 for minimum wage is a bit low. But I don't think doubling minimum wage is wise either. I have worked at Outback
where you get paid waaayyy less then minimum wage. Like $2.15 an hour. Now if you wanted to make more than that you would have to work your butt off. Grant it if you ended up not making minimum wage for the 2 week pay period they would reimburse you the money that you should have made to make that minimum wage. I also worked at a sports store where I made minimum wage. I ended up making $7.75 while working there over a 9 month period. I didn't feel that I needed to get paid more. But I look at the way things are going now, and I would have to agree that $8.25 an hour is a good minimum wage price. But minimum wage is set for the ENTIRE nation. Depending on where you live depends on how much more you make. That is because cost of living is more expensive in other parts of the US. If fastfood employees want to get paid the $15 an hour I want to see them actually using real uncooked hamburger meat making a patty and actually flipping them. I want to see them peeling and using a potato slicer to make the fries. <<< that of course will never happen. Also fastfood restaurants are there for the HighSchool and College students so that they can still work and go to school. Because they are unlike most business fairly flexible with school schedules. But most of the employees that are complaining about not getting paid more is because they are wanting to make a career out of working fast food. Ok well that's fine if that's what you want to do. BUT I don't want to hear the complaining because when you started working there you knew what the possibilities were when you started. Honestly even if youre there manager of a store you cant really making a living unless maybe of course you are living by yourself in a cheap apartment. Anyhow those people that are complaining (adults) they are complaining but yet don't wanna go to school to become better. You don't have to take 12-18 hours worth of college classes to get an education and better yourself. I myself did not get any sort of scholarships. But I am working a fulltime job to pay for the things that I have and pay for a couple of classes a semester. It can be done, its hard no doubt. But it can be done.