The sellers have to buy the food too. It’s not given to them. Plus the myriad of taxes.
How much would you have to earn to work…
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The hump concessions were once manned by kawanis club members.
I was a grad assistant.
they were much better workers as volunteers than a lot of paid workers.
My guess is the lower prices taught us a few things.
- Lower concession prices aren't going to improve attendance.
- People are going to buy more and even make an extra trip to concessions during the game.
- With higher demand you've got to have more food and more workers to sell and prepare it.
- More people buying more stuff means lines are longer if we can't add more concession areas (we tried to improve this with the grab & go which has been a huge success in my opinion, and also with the food trucks which haven't seemed to work as well)
There's some excitement around the program, and we're expecting bigger crowds than we've had the last few years. So what's the easiest way to cut down on the long concession lines? Raise prices to discourage people from buying so much.
- Lower concession prices aren't going to improve attendance.
- People are going to buy more and even make an extra trip to concessions during the game.
- With higher demand you've got to have more food and more workers to sell and prepare it.
- More people buying more stuff means lines are longer if we can't add more concession areas (we tried to improve this with the grab & go which has been a huge success in my opinion, and also with the food trucks which haven't seemed to work as well)
There's some excitement around the program, and we're expecting bigger crowds than we've had the last few years. So what's the easiest way to cut down on the long concession lines? Raise prices to discourage people from buying so much.
Highly debatable. Granted, people today probably work with less physical effort and have more crap. But pretty sure data shows they work more hours and have less money/wealth.
Minimum wage doesn’t creep. It hasn’t moved in like 20 years. That’s the problem.
Workers are now taking matters into their own hands and demanding $15 dollars if not more to do almost every job.
Again, raising the minimum wage across the board does really nothing than force everything to be more expensive and piss off everyone that worked hard to get to that new minimum wage rate.
it is kind of like the ncaa not allowing a stipend, when workers force the cost increase, and refuse to work correctly until they get what they think they deserve, every aspect of the economy suffers.
How is this in any way a relevant response to the thread topic?
17ing random rant by you.
If you choose to respond and claim it's a comment on welfare, actually provide stars to back your misinformed view up.
No because a hotel cost 1100-1200 per weekend. When you used to be able to get a room either Friday or Saturday night for 250-300.
People work for extra money now. Your broadly brushed picture of laziness and handouts is 17ing weak. Its an overplayed message board trope, really.
Also, why the 17 is it bad if parents give their kids money? That comment of your reeks of jealousy and a desire to control how others spend their earnings.
Haha, and you end with a 'they all' claim too.
Too funny.
Name the last Give Away they did. The Covid money ended like two years ago, buddy. That was signed into law by Trump Jesus our Orange Savior. That and approximately 70% of all Covid specific spending. He could have vetoed it, but he knew just like everyone else, the machine needed dollars or it would seize up.
If this says anything about society, it says society has learned to hold out for earning opportunities that match value.
Create a pay structure that is attractive and people will get off their fat arses and earn some cash.
I can't believe I am explaining a basic reality of our workforce and economy.
It has been suggested and referenced multiple times here that $15/hour would motivate people to work at a football game.
So using that pay rate and assuming the person lives in Starkville...
- 20min to drive and park.
- 15min or more to get to the stadium.
- arrive 1 hour early to prep.
- serve for 3 hours.
- leave 1 hour after to close up.
- 15min or more to get to car.
- 10min drive home.
6 hours away from home to make $60 net take home pay for a job that is hot, chaotic, and more exhausting than most office jobs.
Absolutely wild that a college kid would choose to tailgate and go to a FB game over working a concession stand.
Do yall ever notice how almost nobody replies or interacts with some posters? It's like hearing from the drunk loudmouth down at the end of the bar.will raise soft @$$ kids
I sold concessions at MSU football and basketball games in the 70s. I was probably 12 years old. We worked on commission. You paid for a rack of cokes i think it was 20 cups of coke with ice. You sold them for 25 cents each and got to keep difference. A rack would gross $5 and you paid $3 for it. Rinse and repeat. Best business was in the student section during the game and working the piss line at half time. If all the ice melted before you sold the rack you were 17ed. Sales sucked after half time so I mostly watched the game after selling what I had when the 3rd quarter started. At the end of the day my hands were stickier than Fred Bilentikoff before a Super Bowl.
If they claim they NEED money and won’t work Saturday shift, they either don’t need money or it says something about them.
I volunteered the NWR opener because parents are obligated to, and I’m glad that’s over with for this season. Line was 20+ deep for 2-3 hours straight, just non stop relentless work.
Don’t forget the same worker pool that would work games for pay can also now get hired by any of the gig apps. Doordash and others will allow anyone with a pulse. That didn’t exist before,, and driving around in your car for $10-$15 hour is way easier than a crowded concession stand.
And have more stuff which is part of the reason why they have less money.
I’d love to see the data on who works more hours now.
In recent years, there has been a huge push to not work over 40.
I emailed Selmon and asked him to triple all prices
It entirely depends on what they are paying. I'm not sure how long the concession stand workers are generally needed, but I would say that if they are offering $200 for a day of work, that's pretty damn good and there are enough students taking out loans that it's pretty incredible that they have trouble staffing at that rate. If they are offering $100 a day, I'm still surprised they can't find takers for that, but I can certainly understand not wanting to give up going to the game and giving up a big chunk of hours on a Saturday for an amount that after taxes ends up not being that great.
I don't think anybody cares about people that are seeking more profitable uses of their time. I do suspect that there are enough people on campus taking out student loans that will be whining about wanting forgiveness later that they could adequately staff all the concession stands.
That's not what the data shows at all. Granted there is downsides related to so many people being constantly tied to their jobs, but even the most pessimistic of data shows that we're materially wealthier while working less on average.
Earning opportunities for workers can never match value. If they did, there’d be no profit for the leeches. That’s the fly in the ointment.
I tipped solely because they were able to perform on roller skates. No skates no tips.
Ironically if the demand exceeds the capacity, prices should rise. Think about this when you’re in concession line or chick fil a.
Supply and demand seems to be a lost concept on the free market I hate muh gubment posters.
A cake idiom comes to mind.
A cake idiom comes to mind.
Heck my kids wouldn’t if I’m being honest. It’s much easier to go ask their mama for money. They are teenagers. Now admittedly my son won a bass tourney last week for a nice payout and my daughter baby sits for extra money when she needs it.
What happened to the charity organizations that used to work ballgames for a percentage of the sales?
Great idea! Can they live with you and your family since they can’t afford housing?
It’s way easier to hold out for a higher paying job when you have a current job.
Im way more likely to hire someone who is currently working versus someone who isn’t working. Most hiring people fill the same way.
You work at McDonald’s for a year making $10/hr and show up on time and do a good job? Getting a $12/hr job won’t be hard.
Onviously if your mental capacity limits you to flipping burgers or running a fryer you will top out fast but if you work hard, listen and show up, you’ll make more money versus not.
I don’t think anyone is saying what you are implying. Lot of college kids have some spending money.
A lot dont.
Hell lot of college age kids who aren’t in college and claim they NEED a job.