Whether they deserve them or not is beyond the point. Mother Theresa probably deserved free cable television and a new Mercedes every year. Deserved is a concept that is entirely and utterly beyond the point. You look for a semblance of "fair" where none exists. Despite advertisements to the contrary on television, it's very much an adult world. Go up to the next guy you see in a wheelchair and ask him if he thinks life is fair.
Keeping that in mind -- people are paid according to their skill set. The more common and easily learned the skill sets pay the lowest salaries.
As I recall, she got first-class medical care in another country when she developed heart trouble, not the treatment the people she helped got. Some of them were allowed to just die without getting them treatment that would have saved their lives. So please don't play the Mother Theresa card on me. She did a lot of good, but she was not perfect.
Go up to the next guy you see in a wheelchair and ask him if he thinks life is fair.
Everybody knows life isn't fair. That's no excuse for not lending a helping hand if you are able.
Keeping that in mind -- people are paid according to their skill set. The more common and easily learned the skill sets pay the lowest salaries.
I KNOW THAT. Most in society consider them losers unless they better themselves. Every human being in our society who is able and willing to work full-time deserves enough pay for basic subsistence. Some people get down through their own fault. Some people get down through no fault of their own and are never able to pull themselves up and stay up for one reason or another. Sometimes both categories of people do manage to pull themselves up and better themselves, and I am happy for them.
As to asking questions, I asked the nice girl at the gas station if she had ever applied to work at Wal Mart. She was kind of taken aback at first, but I told her I was writing something. Didn't tell her what. She said she had never thought to apply at Wal Mart. I asked her why. She said she liked working where she does and is treated well. I didn't dare get any more nosy. She works in the kind of place that has two cameras and a bullet proof shield that comes down for the night shift. She works the day shift.
While I was going in, an Hispanic-looking guy ran over a kid's bicycle that was lying down in front of his truck. He was annoyed but noticed the bicycle was damaged and irritatingly went in and loudly asked whose bike it was. The owner of the bike was an older kid in the bathroom. When they came out, he offered to give them his number. It ended up he threw the bicycle in the back of his truck, the two kids climbed in, and they took off. I noted the kind of truck just in case . . . but he just didn't see the bike. I hope he did the right thing. I was glad it was only the bike. Sorry. That has nothing to do with Wal Mart although maybe the bike came from there.
I'm going to be asking more people "out there" questions as tactfully as I can.