<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 23 2005, 07:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 23 2005, 07:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Federal minimum wage is 5.15/hr suredeath.
States can modify it up from there if they need to, due to higher cost of living. OR pays 7/hr for minimum, here(SD) we have 6.50/hr. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Danes earn more than you guys nanana nanana <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I started (and work) at JC Penny. Its fun, I get to work with a bunch of hot chicks all day (woohoo!) but most the people that work there are complete **** holes :/
Wow. A job. I got one too, I didn't start a topic about it ¬_¬.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think everyone who ever works in their life should have at least six months of retail sales/customer service, then the next time you start to complain about something you will know how it feels, when customers are quite clearly wrong and refuse to admit it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You think customer service is bad? Try working in a goddamn school. Imagine retail, except the customers are twice as stupid, twice as unruly, have fights with eachother that you have to sort out, and the majority are actually trying to **** you off, rather than doing it unintentionally.
<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jun 23 2005, 09:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jun 23 2005, 09:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wow. A job. I got one too, I didn't start a topic about it ¬_¬.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think everyone who ever works in their life should have at least six months of retail sales/customer service, then the next time you start to complain about something you will know how it feels, when customers are quite clearly wrong and refuse to admit it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You think customer service is bad? Try working in a goddamn school. Imagine retail, except the customers are twice as stupid, twice as unruly, have fights with eachother that you have to sort out, and the majority are actually trying to **** you off, rather than doing it unintentionally. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Having served a 2 year "tour of duty" as a Front End Training Coordinator at a very busy local Home Depot, I'd have to say working retail is about as stressful as it gets. Of course, closing one day and opening the next didn't help as far as scheduling went either. Good job, very difficult working conditions, if that makes any sense.
States can modify it up from there if they need to, due to higher cost of living. OR pays 7/hr for minimum, here(SD) we have 6.50/hr. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Danes earn more than you guys nanana nanana <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You earn more but get to keep less...
Due to a strong trade union movement, wages in Denmark are generally higher than in the United States. Negotiated minimum wage is approximately $10/hour. Income tax in Denmark, however, is high by international standards, and ranges from 45% to a high 64%. The flat-rate VAT in Denmark is 25%. Major exemptions from VAT are rents, medicine and newspapers. The cost of living in Denmark is considerably higher than in the United States. Copenhagen is among the five most expensive cities in the world.
Cost of living in SD is the third least expensive place to live in the US (cost of living index is 68, Winston Salem, OR has an index of 66). :-)
Denmark rates in around 120-129ish. (In that quote New York was considered 100, which is called "standard" I'm not sure why but... it is.)
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Income tax in Denmark, however, is high by international standards, and ranges from 45% to a high 64%. The flat-rate VAT in Denmark is 25%. Major exemptions from VAT are rents, medicine and newspapers. The cost of living in Denmark is considerably higher than in the United States. Copenhagen is among the five most expensive cities in the world. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC.
<!--QuoteBegin-Depot+Jun 23 2005, 08:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Depot @ Jun 23 2005, 08:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Having served a 2 year "tour of duty" as a Front End Training Coordinator at a very busy local Home Depot, I'd have to say working retail is about as stressful as it gets. Of course, closing one day and opening the next didn't help as far as scheduling went either. Good job, very difficult working conditions, if that makes any sense. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well... no, having worked in a school and in retail, I can safely say that working in a school (I mean as an actual staff member rather than a student) is more stressful than retail.
<!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jun 23 2005, 08:03 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jun 23 2005, 08:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [b]Income tax in Denmark, however, is high by international standards, and ranges from 45% to a high 64%.[b] The flat-rate VAT in Denmark is 25%. Major exemptions from VAT are rents, medicine and newspapers. The cost of living in Denmark is considerably higher than in the United States. Copenhagen is among the five most expensive cities in the world. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You didn't read the first sentence, even with the socialist economy, they are still considered high tax rate by *gasp* <b> international </b> standards.
I'd also like to state that in general the healthcare available in the US is better then that available in denmark, if it wasn't the case I wouldn't have been treated in the US I would have gone to another country.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 23 2005, 09:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 23 2005, 09:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jun 23 2005, 08:03 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jun 23 2005, 08:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 23 2005, 01:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Income tax in Denmark, however, is high by international standards, and ranges from 45% to a high 64%.[b] The flat-rate VAT in Denmark is 25%. Major exemptions from VAT are rents, medicine and newspapers. The cost of living in Denmark is considerably higher than in the United States. Copenhagen is among the five most expensive cities in the world. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You didn't read the first sentence, even with the socialist economy, they are still considered high tax rate by *gasp* [b] international </b> standards.
I'd also like to state that in general the healthcare available in the US is better then that available in denmark, if it wasn't the case I wouldn't have been treated in the US I would have gone to another country. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> we get free healthcare, free school (dont know if you too get that) dont have to pay to use roads only one brigde charge this.
We get ALOT of free things, + our country is so little we cant do for less, also alot of stuff like cloth and food are more expensive in Denmark
we also have what is called MOMS which means all things is more expensive by 25% which goes to the state.
as for cars, take what a car cost in the US and + it with 190% then you get what it costs in Denmark the car price is insane
*edit* this means that when we go on vacation everything is incredibly cheap <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Metalcat+Jun 23 2005, 08:32 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Metalcat @ Jun 23 2005, 08:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> we get free healthcare, free school (dont know if you too get that) dont have to pay to use roads only one brigde charge this. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> We have free schools or private ones (I'm sure you have both too, all countries do)
<!--QuoteBegin-metalcat+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (metalcat)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We get ALOT of free things, + our country is so little we cant do for less, also alot of stuff like cloth and food are more expensive in Denmark <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Agreed, which is why it is more expensive to live there and the same money here would not cut it there. So, while your 45 Krones is enough over there... probably not by much, we get to keep more of it here at least in SD, not neccessarily everywhere else, say FL, or LA, Cali.
<!--QuoteBegin-metalcat+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (metalcat)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> we also have what is called MOMS which means all things is more expensive by 25% which goes to the state.
as for cars, take what a car cost in the US and + it with 190% then you get what it costs in Denmark the car price is insane <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You also have much higher gas prices... which is why I have a hard time seeing how you afford to drive a car.
A-tax 40% (where i live alot of other places its more)
work-thingy-tax 8%
if you got a second job then also B-tax
and then there retirement thing - optinal and only privates ones
and then you got a-boxes and F ... A... G foreninger (doh its a swear word in english <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (dont know what these are called in english) - these are also optinal (sp?)
Anyways on topic... Gratz on the Job. I wish I worked at a Movie Theatre...Free movies...Its not fair! I work in Price Chopper...I'm a Deli Clerk...and by working there I will never give anyone that works at a supermarket a hard time ever. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
My job involves an $8.50 starting wage with 40-50 hours per week (plus I have to ride a bike, so I get to wake up at 4:30...and usually get back at 4:40). The bad days (aside from working on Saturday) are the 6:00-4:30 days (with 50 minutes of break).
I'm not sure if the neck pain from looking straight down for 3 hour increments is worth it, but I'm sure the ~$1000 expendable income/month is nice for starting pay.
By the way: I pick delicious parts of cows off a conveyor belt for use in your hot dogs and various other sausages; as disgusting as you've heard the parts that go in are, be glad you don't get some of the stuff that goes down that belt <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (bah, I can't even identify some of it, like the nastry brown chunks that fall apart when you touch them (and leave gooey, yet chunky, streaks on your gloves), rock hard chunks of fat, etc.). Some times I get to actually pull meat off the line for later packaging, which is much more fun (get to watch tenderloins, T-bones and other assorted meat parts roll past, as indeterminable parts that are only used for rendering).
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Jun 23 2005, 08:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Jun 23 2005, 08:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My job involves an $8.50 starting wage with 40-50 hours per week (plus I have to ride a bike, so I get to wake up at 4:30...and usually get back at 4:40). The bad days (aside from working on Saturday) are the 6:00-4:30 days (with 50 minutes of break).
I'm not sure if the neck pain from looking straight down for 3 hour increments is worth it, but I'm sure the ~$1000 expendable income/month is nice for starting pay.
By the way: I pick delicious parts of cows off a conveyor belt for use in your hot dogs and various other sausages; as disgusting as you've heard the parts that go in are, be glad you don't get some of the stuff that goes down that belt <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (bah, I can't even identify some of it, like the nastry brown chunks that fall apart when you touch them (and leave gooey, yet chunky, streaks on your gloves), rock hard chunks of fat, etc.). Some times I get to actually pull meat off the line for later packaging, which is much more fun (get to watch tenderloins, T-bones and other assorted meat parts roll past, as indeterminable parts that are only used for rendering). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Good lord man, I used to LOVE hot dogs - you just made me barf.
I still love hot dogs <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> I don't care what's in em <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Kinda weird...I get paid $5.75 an hour, but I work at Sesame Place. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Working in a buffet, and going around taking people's dishes gives you a nice work out and money at the same time! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Also the tips.
I work in Morrisons in the UK ( Formely Safeway), in the Produce (Fruit, Veg, Plants, Flowers, Nuts) department. The guys i work with are cool and im on 4.43 pounds an hour, so the pays not horrfific, 10 hour contract, but during the sumer i work more.
See this week for example:
Im on holiday from 6th June - 22 June, but i put down till 26th because iv got my prom on the 24th (tonight) but we were short on staff so I agreed to help the situation out of the goodness of my heart (my wallets doing fine just now). So now i worked 12-9 the day after i came back and im working 6-3 today then going to my prom at 6-2AM, working 8-4 saturday and then partying that night for my firends birthday till midnight then working 6-3 again on sunday...oh and im working mostly 6-3 all next week...
Guess its time to press how valuable a member of staff i am to them, especialy since I ORGANISED and done all the paper work to get my holidays sorted out MONTHS ago, and they cant keep track of paper work or listen to my verbal reminders.
On sunday and possibly saturday too, there is a good chance of me going to work drunk or under the influence at least.
<!--QuoteBegin-T h e m+Jun 23 2005, 11:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (T h e m @ Jun 23 2005, 11:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I got paid $8.50 to switch between being a cashier and scary statue near the exit door of my local CompUSA for 3 years. Dear god that sucked. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I bet you made a good one... Cashier that is. What with your huge frame and all.
I just found out that the Minimum wage in Colorado sucks.... There's states where it's like $7.75 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm in the Maintenance department, so a majority of my customer service involves people asking where things are. I also get a huge variety of duties, so the day flies by quickly. I'm currently making over $9 an hour, with periodic six-month, performance-based raises. I do get some Sacker shifts, which are mind-numbingly long, boring, and irritating.
If you can get duties that don't directly involve interacting with the public, retail isn't that bad. Those types of jobs tend to pay more as well, though you can end up having to work really early or late hours. I've also noticed that the work ethics in retail are very low, so just doing your job correctly makes you employee-of-the-month material. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
i delivered phone books (yes the 4 inch thick ones) in the middle of summer heat. i was paid a pittance for every so many phone books i delivered (i forget how much for how many) but man it was the worst job ever. heat, dogs, weirdos, rain, wind, carrying those bricks and walking 12 hours a day.
i would have killed to work in a snazzy theatre at the time. consider yourself lucky
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(Oops. I didn't post the above message Cyndane. It's the little naughty leprechauns, yes.)
States can modify it up from there if they need to, due to higher cost of living. OR pays 7/hr for minimum, here(SD) we have 6.50/hr.
States can modify it up from there if they need to, due to higher cost of living. OR pays 7/hr for minimum, here(SD) we have 6.50/hr. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Danes earn more than you guys nanana nanana <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think everyone who ever works in their life should have at least six months of retail sales/customer service, then the next time you start to complain about something you will know how it feels, when customers are quite clearly wrong and refuse to admit it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You think customer service is bad? Try working in a goddamn school. Imagine retail, except the customers are twice as stupid, twice as unruly, have fights with eachother that you have to sort out, and the majority are actually trying to **** you off, rather than doing it unintentionally.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 22 2005, 08:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think everyone who ever works in their life should have at least six months of retail sales/customer service, then the next time you start to complain about something you will know how it feels, when customers are quite clearly wrong and refuse to admit it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You think customer service is bad? Try working in a goddamn school. Imagine retail, except the customers are twice as stupid, twice as unruly, have fights with eachother that you have to sort out, and the majority are actually trying to **** you off, rather than doing it unintentionally. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Having served a 2 year "tour of duty" as a Front End Training Coordinator at a very busy local Home Depot, I'd have to say working retail is about as stressful as it gets. Of course, closing one day and opening the next didn't help as far as scheduling went either. Good job, very difficult working conditions, if that makes any sense.
States can modify it up from there if they need to, due to higher cost of living. OR pays 7/hr for minimum, here(SD) we have 6.50/hr. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Danes earn more than you guys nanana nanana <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You earn more but get to keep less...
Due to a strong trade union movement, wages in Denmark are generally higher than in the United States. Negotiated minimum wage is approximately $10/hour.
Income tax in Denmark, however, is high by international standards, and ranges from 45% to a high 64%. The flat-rate VAT in Denmark is 25%. Major exemptions from VAT are rents, medicine and newspapers. The cost of living in Denmark is considerably higher than in the United States. Copenhagen is among the five most expensive cities in the world.
Cost of living in SD is the third least expensive place to live in the US (cost of living index is 68, Winston Salem, OR has an index of 66). :-)
Denmark rates in around 120-129ish. (In that quote New York was considered 100, which is called "standard" I'm not sure why but... it is.)
And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC.
Well... no, having worked in a school and in retail, I can safely say that working in a school (I mean as an actual staff member rather than a student) is more stressful than retail.
And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You didn't read the first sentence, even with the socialist economy, they are still considered high tax rate by *gasp* <b> international </b> standards.
I'd also like to state that in general the healthcare available in the US is better then that available in denmark, if it wasn't the case I wouldn't have been treated in the US I would have gone to another country.
And? They gewt high quality healthcare they don't have to pay for and a load of other nice stuff. IIRC. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You didn't read the first sentence, even with the socialist economy, they are still considered high tax rate by *gasp* [b] international </b> standards.
I'd also like to state that in general the healthcare available in the US is better then that available in denmark, if it wasn't the case I wouldn't have been treated in the US I would have gone to another country. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
we get free healthcare, free school (dont know if you too get that) dont have to pay to use roads only one brigde charge this.
We get ALOT of free things, + our country is so little we cant do for less, also alot of stuff like cloth and food are more expensive in Denmark
we also have what is called MOMS which means all things is more expensive by 25% which goes to the state.
as for cars, take what a car cost in the US and + it with 190% then you get what it costs in Denmark the car price is insane
*edit*
this means that when we go on vacation everything is incredibly cheap <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
We have free schools or private ones (I'm sure you have both too, all countries do)
<!--QuoteBegin-metalcat+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (metalcat)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
We get ALOT of free things, + our country is so little we cant do for less, also alot of stuff like cloth and food are more expensive in Denmark
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Agreed, which is why it is more expensive to live there and the same money here would not cut it there. So, while your 45 Krones is enough over there... probably not by much, we get to keep more of it here at least in SD, not neccessarily everywhere else, say FL, or LA, Cali.
<!--QuoteBegin-metalcat+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (metalcat)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
we also have what is called MOMS which means all things is more expensive by 25% which goes to the state.
as for cars, take what a car cost in the US and + it with 190% then you get what it costs in Denmark the car price is insane
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You also have much higher gas prices... which is why I have a hard time seeing how you afford to drive a car.
A-tax 40% (where i live alot of other places its more)
work-thingy-tax 8%
if you got a second job then also B-tax
and then there retirement thing - optinal and only privates ones
and then you got a-boxes and F ... A... G foreninger (doh its a swear word in english <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (dont know what these are called in english) - these are also optinal (sp?)
I'm not sure if the neck pain from looking straight down for 3 hour increments is worth it, but I'm sure the ~$1000 expendable income/month is nice for starting pay.
By the way: I pick delicious parts of cows off a conveyor belt for use in your hot dogs and various other sausages; as disgusting as you've heard the parts that go in are, be glad you don't get some of the stuff that goes down that belt <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (bah, I can't even identify some of it, like the nastry brown chunks that fall apart when you touch them (and leave gooey, yet chunky, streaks on your gloves), rock hard chunks of fat, etc.). Some times I get to actually pull meat off the line for later packaging, which is much more fun (get to watch tenderloins, T-bones and other assorted meat parts roll past, as indeterminable parts that are only used for rendering).
I'm not sure if the neck pain from looking straight down for 3 hour increments is worth it, but I'm sure the ~$1000 expendable income/month is nice for starting pay.
By the way: I pick delicious parts of cows off a conveyor belt for use in your hot dogs and various other sausages; as disgusting as you've heard the parts that go in are, be glad you don't get some of the stuff that goes down that belt <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (bah, I can't even identify some of it, like the nastry brown chunks that fall apart when you touch them (and leave gooey, yet chunky, streaks on your gloves), rock hard chunks of fat, etc.). Some times I get to actually pull meat off the line for later packaging, which is much more fun (get to watch tenderloins, T-bones and other assorted meat parts roll past, as indeterminable parts that are only used for rendering). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good lord man, I used to LOVE hot dogs - you just made me barf.
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So, I think so...
See this week for example:
Im on holiday from 6th June - 22 June, but i put down till 26th because iv got my prom on the 24th (tonight) but we were short on staff so I agreed to help the situation out of the goodness of my heart (my wallets doing fine just now). So now i worked 12-9 the day after i came back and im working 6-3 today then going to my prom at 6-2AM, working 8-4 saturday and then partying that night for my firends birthday till midnight then working 6-3 again on sunday...oh and im working mostly 6-3 all next week...
Guess its time to press how valuable a member of staff i am to them, especialy since I ORGANISED and done all the paper work to get my holidays sorted out MONTHS ago, and they cant keep track of paper work or listen to my verbal reminders.
On sunday and possibly saturday too, there is a good chance of me going to work drunk or under the influence at least.
I bet you made a good one... Cashier that is. What with your huge frame and all.
If you can get duties that don't directly involve interacting with the public, retail isn't that bad. Those types of jobs tend to pay more as well, though you can end up having to work really early or late hours. I've also noticed that the work ethics in retail are very low, so just doing your job correctly makes you employee-of-the-month material. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
i would have killed to work in a snazzy theatre at the time. consider yourself lucky
Good night!