Just for fun: Were you Team Kelly or Team Brenda? 90210

I saw this book with Jennie Garth on the cover and had to pick it up as I used to love to watch 90210 back in the day. If you watched, were you Team Kelly or Team Brenda? Take the survey below.  I was definitely Team Kelly and who could forget the pool scene. It was considered pretty hot back in the day. Of course it pales in comparison to what they show on television these days

                                                             

Nickel and Dimed: Are Americans Able To Get By on Today's Wages?

I picked up this book for my eBay bookstore because it describes kind of how I feel about the job that I have. I moved back to my small home town a couple of years ago after layoffs in the city where I am living and the jobs are pretty scarce. There are mostly retail jobs which I have found that the wages have not gone up much from the last time that I worked retail which was a long time ago.

I saw this presentation on the book and it intrigued me even more. I can't wait to read it to see how much of the book (written a while ago) is still parallel to what is going on today. I suspect that it is pretty telling. 

It is a shame how you can work for a company that makes millions of dollars a year but insist on not paying their employees nearly what they are worth. As a result, the good ones get burned out and move on. 

I became interested in just where we were with average wages these days and if Americans were still being 'nickel and dimed' or if that was how I am feeling. With the average retail wage being just $10 an hour and the average apartment in most places being around $850 I don't think things have gotten much better for most people in this country. What do you think?

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