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Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America
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bonniegolliher
, May 30, 2010
This book forever changed the way I tip. Instead of tipping as a percentage of the bill, I routinely tip $5 no matter what the invoice says. It has also convinced me to view employers who pay minimum wages for long periods of employment without increases in salary or medical/dental benefits as predatory behavior at best and stealing from employees at worst. Furthermore, we've all seen the Wal-Mart employee who is missing three front teeth when they greet you and thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart. This is 'smart' business? Not very PR savvy, I'd say.
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Judith Lerner
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I'm not sure if it's the best book I've read in the past ten years, but it's the most memorable, and one I keep going back to. I believe it represents the way of life for too many Americans.
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Tracy
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Entertaining and very informative! Unfortunately I am one of the working poor at this time, but I'm fortunate in having it better than most of the people that the author meets in her experiment. This book has definitely motivated me to strive for better career opportunities.
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This book is a very good read to those who think that everything is fine and dandy. This is a great book that is rhetorically effective! From her move from Flordia to Maine to Minnesota as a waitress, maid, and a Wal-Mart employee, Barbara Ehrenreich made an effect of the people who will read her book. New York Times raves it as "valuable and illuminating". This is a must read about the "'working' poor".
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Lauren Wyhs
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This is a good introduction to the working poor in this country and why upward mobility is so difficult to attain for so many people. The writing style is very engaging and easy to read, more like a novel than nonfiction, with occasional analysis by the author.
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jamesefeldmann
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The breif line that I read in the book about not treating all people with Dignity and respect know matter what type of work, is a road to a society of me me me me. I dont Know how it happen but we treat animals better than we treat our own brothers and sisters on this planet. People will come and people will go from life,and when you leave this life, for Eternity you can watch how you treated people. James E Feldmann IBEW local # 25
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poetinplaid
, November 15, 2006
I read this book in college for my "Problems in Society" class. It opened up the eyes of the higher middle class and upper class students that were around me. They then understood why many of us on campus were tired or sick. I recommend this book to my students all the time. ANY student that refuses to work in your class should be required to read this so that they can correct themselves before having such a life in their future.
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Jackie young
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Great read-this should be required reading in our high schools-really makes you think. As a member of the under paid workforce-I really appreciate the insights available in this book.
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Bet
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This is a quick read by a great writer. It has (thankfully) been years since I had to hoist a tray of fish sandwiches and coleslaw but this book brought it all back home to me -- the terror of rent day; the struggle over which bill to pay on time...... Excellent book and should be required reading for all of our college-aged kids!
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ISBN:
9780805063899
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Author:
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Poverty
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