I really am terrible at updating these things aren't I? Althought this time at least I have a reason other than sheer laziness. Classes Have Started! Yay! Yeah, the first week of class I was working at eh bookstore full or nearly full time between classes. Now this week, I'm still working there but only about half time. It'll keep the "bills" paid for at least a few more weeks at least.
Speaking of bills, I went out and bought new toys for my bike today. Since gas prices have broken the $3 per gallon mark I don't theink I'll be switching back to driving anytime soon, 'specially once the job ends. So I finally got a helmet. Nearly got hit again today, so I decided that I'd had enough and needed to get one. I am now an official "mushroom head". Feel free to mock me as I pedal by, I'll just laugh as you pay for gasoline. I was walking through the halls today at school and passed a poster that had the minimum wage on it. I'm sure you've seen them, they show what the minimum wage used to be ($4.95 I think) an dwhat it is now. The minumum wage here is $5.15 per hour the price of gasoline here is $3.20 per gallon. Lets do the math together shall we? Crap it's a ratio, can't remember how to do those off the top of my head. brb.
Okay, not a ratio, a proportion. Anyway this is what I came up with: (and yes this means I was voluntarily doing algebra at 12am, C'est la vie)
$5.15 per hour minimum wage = 515 cents $3.20 per gallon of gasoline = 320c (everything was calculated in cents, 'cause I'm not sure how to do it any other way)
515c / 60 min per hour (to give pay rate per minute) = 8.59c per minute of work
(all decimals rounded to the nearest tenth) (kinda seem like sweatshp rates, don't they)
320c per gallon / 8.59c pay per minute = 37.26 minutes for 1 gallon of gasoline.
(to give how many minutes to work per gallon of gas)
But wait, there's more!
8 hours of work per day (normally) - 30 min for unpaid lunch = 7.5 hour paid on the job per day
7.5 hours per day x 60 minutes in an hour = 450 minutes in a work day
therefore (I bet you were waiting for this weren'tcha)
450 minutes of work / 37.26 min per gallon of gas = 12.08
12.08 is the number of gallons of gasoline you can buy for an entire day's worth of work at the current minumum wage and at current gas prices.
Sorry to be a downer (cow) but I have to go to bed, so I can get up early and bicycle to school.
Speaking of bills, I went out and bought new toys for my bike today. Since gas prices have broken the $3 per gallon mark I don't theink I'll be switching back to driving anytime soon, 'specially once the job ends. So I finally got a helmet. Nearly got hit again today, so I decided that I'd had enough and needed to get one. I am now an official "mushroom head". Feel free to mock me as I pedal by, I'll just laugh as you pay for gasoline. I was walking through the halls today at school and passed a poster that had the minimum wage on it. I'm sure you've seen them, they show what the minimum wage used to be ($4.95 I think) an dwhat it is now. The minumum wage here is $5.15 per hour the price of gasoline here is $3.20 per gallon. Lets do the math together shall we? Crap it's a ratio, can't remember how to do those off the top of my head. brb.
Okay, not a ratio, a proportion. Anyway this is what I came up with: (and yes this means I was voluntarily doing algebra at 12am, C'est la vie)
$5.15 per hour minimum wage = 515 cents $3.20 per gallon of gasoline = 320c (everything was calculated in cents, 'cause I'm not sure how to do it any other way)
515c / 60 min per hour (to give pay rate per minute) = 8.59c per minute of work
(all decimals rounded to the nearest tenth) (kinda seem like sweatshp rates, don't they)
320c per gallon / 8.59c pay per minute = 37.26 minutes for 1 gallon of gasoline.
(to give how many minutes to work per gallon of gas)
But wait, there's more!
8 hours of work per day (normally) - 30 min for unpaid lunch = 7.5 hour paid on the job per day
7.5 hours per day x 60 minutes in an hour = 450 minutes in a work day
therefore (I bet you were waiting for this weren'tcha)
450 minutes of work / 37.26 min per gallon of gas = 12.08
12.08 is the number of gallons of gasoline you can buy for an entire day's worth of work at the current minumum wage and at current gas prices.
Sorry to be a downer (cow) but I have to go to bed, so I can get up early and bicycle to school.
posted by Kami | 1:15 AM
1 Comments:
i love you... you know that, but if i saw you riding your bike down the road with your helmet on, i would be forced to have to try and hit you... just kidding, my fat ass needs to learn how to run 40 miles with out breaking a sweat... i suppose it is still cheaper than living at the dorms and walking... SB
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