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No surprise that job paying $12 an hour gets over 140 applicants

broke-hobos-in-bookmeyersville-usaEditorial by Matt Marquardt –

BOOKMEYERSVILLE, USA – A job paying 9 dollars and 50 cents an hour is incredible.  So spectacular, in fact, that many folks in these parts take two or three of them, just for the sheer exuberance of coming in to work everyday.

This economic reality was established last year by the mayor and city council of this fair city when they proclaimed to the world that those gigs are amazing and an over-achievement.  True, in much of America, many people turn their noses up at jobs that pay so little.  But in Bookmeyersville, USA, you take what you can get or you may find yourself panhandling on Christmas Eve at the Indianhead shopping center.

Now, it has come to the attention of NIT that a county job paying 12 bucks an hour had over 140 applicants.  That fact was confirmed by a Cerro Gordo County Health Department spokesperson.  “We did receive approximately 140 applications for the Customer Service Assistant position,” I was told.

Twelve bucks an hour is nothing to scoff at in the land ruled by the chubby little drinker known as Eric Bookmeyer.  He probably pays his maid at least that much for her regular cleaning duties at his home, plus a likely tip when she works overtime (wink wink).  You throw in IPERS and an insurance plan and bang, you got yourself dozens of applicants looking to pull themselves out of the dredges of daily life many people here find themselves in.

For the other 140 or so who were not lucky enough to land the Customer Service Assistant position, I have good news for you all: Manpower is hiring, and with any luck they can get you started at Kraft or somewhere like that for a close-to-amazing wage… minus their cut, of course.

So as we march forward into the year 2014, let us rejoice in knowing that there is salvation for a select few out there that can parse the haystack and find that little gem – that rare, tiny beacon of light here in Bookmeyersville that eludes so many – a job that pays 12 bucks an hour.

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