Nickel and Dimed 1) According to Ehrenreich‚ people who work jobs that are subsidized almost entirely by tips should be either paid more to begin with or offered more services such as housing and food like European countries do. For example‚ the typical 10% tip is considered borderline excessive at table service restaurants because waiters and waitresses are already paid substantially. Also‚ it is common especially in Mediterranean countries for the 10-15% service charge to already be included in
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Nickel and Dimed In the book of Nickel and Dimed‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich‚ decided to go undercover as a low wage worker. She wanted to find out how non-skilled workers made ends meet. Barbara’s goal was to find if she would be able to live off the money she earned‚ and by also having enough money to pay the monthly rent. This was not going to be an easy task for her; she was used to having a home‚ a companion‚ reputation‚ and of course an ATM card. In June 1998‚ Barbara left behind everything
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Nickel and Dimed In reading the excerpt from Barbara Ehrenriech’s book‚ Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) getting by in America‚ I can certainly agree with the observations that she made regarding the treatment of people with lower paying jobs by society. Through personal experiences that I have seen first hand‚ the poor truly have a difficult time with trying to make a better life for themselves because of how society stacks the deck against them. My earliest experience with inequality happened in the
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Hayley Selvage Mrs. Weiser AP English Per. 1 September 10‚ 2014 Nickel and Dimed Passage B Analysis In three short paragraphs of the novel‚ Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich emphasizes that the middle‚ to upper class is oblivious to the misery of the working class. The lack of disclosure between the working and upper-middle class makes the upper-middle class oblivious to the working class’s hard work effort. In the first paragraph of the passage‚ Ehrenreich conveys a tone of annoyance and
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Introduction: Getting Ready Page 1: What is the significance of Lewis Lapham‚ other than the fact that he is the editor of Harper’s? Why was Barbara Ehrenreich so inspired by him and the lunch they shared together? Page 2: Is Ehrenreich wealthy‚ middle-class‚ or poor? If I was in Ehreneich’s shoes and was wealthy‚ I would be very curious to see how other people live. Page 3: The introduction to this book seems kind of ironic to me-while eating at an over-priced restaurant‚ Ehrenreich considers
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of endless opportunities? People from all over the world come to the US in high hopes of becoming rich with minimal efforts. Sadly‚ this is not the case. After reading Nickel and Dimed‚ by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ I have a new outlook on individuals struggling to get by on low wage paying jobs in America. Barbara travels to Florida‚ Maine‚ and Minnesota to "investigate" life as low wage worker. She plays a different role in each of these three states to experience the true life of these workers. She works
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book‚ I explain how in Maine I was disregarded because of my maid uniform. In every place I entered‚ I received the look of shame and my uniform was like a label that could let the whole world know my shortage of money. You mention the temptation a person feels to spend more than what is needed to please their needs; a feeling I had encountered a few times through my journey. 2On pages 86 through 89‚ I discuss a skin irritation which occurred to me during my time in Maine. I was faced with the
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2. Were your perceptions of the blue collar Americans transformed or reinforced by nickel and dimmed? Have your notions of poverty and prosperity changed since reading the book? What about your own treatments of waiters‚ maids‚ salespeople? My perception of the blue collar Americans was transformed as a result of the book. Previously I had always felt that is someone wanted to find a job‚ they could. If a hard working American went out into the work force looking for a job that could support them
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John Doe Mr. Teacher Nickel and Dimed Summary Barbara Ehrenreich‚ author of Nickel and Dimed‚ is an award winning columnist and author of twenty-one books. Although she has her doctorate in science‚ she is well known as a journalist and muckraker. She has been featured in The New York Times‚ The Washington Post‚ and many other publications. Ehrenreich pondered how unskilled‚ uneducated‚ and untrained workers can survive and thrive in the American workforce with minimum wage incomes. She was
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In her bestselling book‚ “Nickel and Dimed‚” author Barbara Ehrenreich aims to give the reader a firsthand account of life as a worker on the poverty level. For her story‚ Ehrenreich‚ a writer from an upper-class family‚ decided to live the existence of a minimum wage worker‚ taking five low-level jobs at various locations around the United States‚ including positions as a waitress‚ health care aide‚ and Wal-Mart associate. To fulfill her objective‚ the author tried to obtain food‚ shelter and miscellaneous
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