Few working at Staples make a living wage.

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56. Then the workers need to change vocations. If everyone changed....

to do something else, things would get better for the retail workers.

I've heard retail sucks. My sister used to do it. It's good for college and young people, and retirees. But not a great way for an adult to build a future and get good health care and retirement benefits.

Women can learn office skills and get clerical jobs. Men, too. Better than retail. And you can work in any industry that has an office.

My brother worked his adult life at a Conoco plant. Excellent pay, wonderful benefits. Loooooong hours, graveyard shifts, difficult supervisors, treat you like a piece of meat...but the pay is great. No education past high school required. He retired before 60.

I used to work min. wage jobs. I went to paralegal school (I have some college, but dropped out). I became a paralegal and entered a world of expendable income with benefits and nice working environment.

But min wage jobs are good when you're young. They let you do different schedules so you can go to school, stay out late partying, etc.