Recently, I took a trip to Orlando, Florida on holiday. I went to one
of these North Americanized Chinese restaurants. The most interesting
thing that I discovered was the cheap labor. The restaurant that I
was at, were doing something that I've never heard of before. The
chinese immigrant woman who were working there, were not being paid a
salary. Their housing was paid for and they got three meals a day,
but the only money that they made was their tips. This is very cheap
labor and no wonder the cost of the "all you can eat" was low.
In Canada, the cost of labor is a killer on businesses. In Calgary,
the guy who stocks the shelves at the SuperStore gets paid $17.40/
hr Our cost of housing is ridiculously high. You cannot find a
beat up old house for less than $300,000. There are several people
here that have good paying jobs but are homeless. Figure that one
out...
I can see that Canada is not far away from the housing crisis that has
hit the USA. I would never have believed it until I went and saw it
with my own eyes. There were so many houses, businesses, etc. for
sale or rent. Hard times are not that far away. It is a really scary
thought.
On Mar 26, 3:57 am, John Phillips <flatulantdi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:49:19 -0400 "Rita Berkowitz"
>
> <ritaberk2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Yep, that's why I always say you must take a look behind a Chinese
> > restaurant before going in the front door.
>
> I was travelling in China on business a few years ago, and I often eat
> from street stalls.
>
> I noticed one of them was wa****ng the dishes in a bowl of cold dirty
> water, and rinsed her hands in there as well.
>
> In another restaurant with luxurious surrounds and great (read heaps
> of MSG?) food, I happened to use the men's room; filthiest and
> smelliest I have ever seen.
>
> My girlfriend refused for the same reason to use the ladies room.
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