Your folks were getting by OK, at a time when most everyone who wanted to could get by OK, and put a little away for emergencies, kids education, or retirement. The ones that managed to put some away for retirement couldn't foresee that new car they bought for $2000 would become $22,000.
Them's my kind of hours, the unsociable ones. My choices were;
1st shift = 8.5 hours including unpaid lunch X 5 days = 40hrs = 40hrs pay
2nd shift = 8.5 hours including unpaid lunch X 5 days = 40hrs = 40hrs pay + 10%
3rd shift = 7.0 hours including paid lunch X 5 days = 32.5hrs = 40hrs pay + 8% but little chance of overtime.
Whoo Whoo, who's a night owl baby?
