The 10 Worst Jobs in America

http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103850/The-10-Worst-Jobs-in-America?mod=weekend

Who gets the shortest end of the stick? Coffee shop hosts and cafeteria counter attendants, according to a report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the Center for Social Policy at the University of Massachusetts.

Eighty-seven percent of restaurant-host and counter-attendant jobs were categorized as "bad," meaning they paid less than the median wage in 1979, adjusted for inflation, and had neither employer-sponsored health insurance nor a retirement plan. That translates to a wage today of $16.50 an hour or $34,320 per year for a full-time, full-year worker, according to the report.

About 79% of jobs in the models, demonstrators, and product promoters category are bad, according to the report, which covers 2003 through 2005 using Census Bureau data.

Rank Job Percentage of bad jobs

1 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 87.0%

2 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 87.0%

3 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 85.4%

4 Fabric and apparel patternmakers 82.2%

5 Lifeguards and other protective-service workers 81.6%

6 Waiters and waitresses 80.4%

7 Tour and travel guides 79.4%

8 Models, demonstrators, and product promoters 79.2%

9 Dishwashers 78.8%

10 Motion picture projectionists 78.1%

It seems they are a happier bunch than most people in service jobs.

waitress who did not get tipped by the Clinton party should have mentioned it at all.
Others think tipping is optional unless the service is really good.

Working class people's livelihooods mean nothing to some liberals. :grr:

by her co-workers..A common event.

compared to the list shown.

Plus, I'd think in a position like that, it would depend on the boss. I'm classified as an office assistant, but I love and respect my boss. :)

Fabric and apparel patternmakers?