Few working at Staples make a living wage.

[Honeycombe8]

152. Nothing is ever "fine" in the short term. It takes years. It's not RW to DO something

to make yourself happy.

If you want someone to do better financially, be happy, or be healthy...whatever, it's one thing to sympathize, but it's another thing to encourage them to stay the way they are and just wait for someone else to fix their situation. My experience has been...that ain't gonna happen.

Yes, we're in a recession. Yes, times are tough (boy, don't I know it), but let's also accept the fact that a lot of times, SOMETHING can be done, or that sometimes, the people have chosen the wrong vocation. It DOES help to be in the right field at any time, but esp in hard times.

You can Google the different fields and see that some fields are more active than others.

If you don't care that someone's situation get better, then by all means, encourage him to stay at Staples and pray that a company will willingly greatly increase wages for non-skilled jobs. At least you'll be feeling sorry for him. And that's what counts, right?