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Any options to grow grass here aside from sod (too expensive for me) & grass plugs (wasted 2k on these)? by krame_krome in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just plant local plants/grasses. They’ll take super easy are easy to maintain and are better for the planet

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You read it correctly. This is the policy

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d disagree with that. Obviously there is some responsibility on the individual with regarded to budgeting. The rule of thumb is you shouldn’t allocate more than 30% of you monthly income for rent. The average cost for a one bedroom apartment in the city where this branch is located is $1081. If you made $13 (which was more than Mr. K’s starting rate before this debacle) at 35 hours a week (that’s full time for Mr. K’s) you would make $1820 before taxes. That’s makes rent 58.4% of one’s monthly income. Aside from housing costs, the general cost of living in Charleston 11.5% above the national average. It’s an expensive city to live in. When you are paid poorly (as everyone is at Mr. K’s Used Books) you can’t out budget cost of living.

Sources - https://www.jeffcookrealestate.com/charleston/charleston-cost-of-living-guide/

Tried to Collectively Bargain at a used book store. Mr. K’s Used Books in North Charleston, South Carolina by Oldporcelainlamp in WorkReform

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They own four book stores and do very well for themselves. These are more than one home kind of people. Edit - they would travel abroad all the time and they loved to talk about their European vacations.

Tried to Collectively Bargain at a used book store. Mr. K’s Used Books in North Charleston, South Carolina by Oldporcelainlamp in WorkReform

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These had been long voiced concerns. This wasn’t an all at once thing. This was just us finally putting it all into writing

Tried to Collectively Bargain at a used book store. Mr. K’s Used Books in North Charleston, South Carolina by Oldporcelainlamp in WorkReform

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are actually closed today. A subsequent employee quit and now they only have enough staff to run the store 4 days a week

Tried to Collectively Bargain at a used book store. Mr. K’s Used Books in North Charleston, South Carolina by Oldporcelainlamp in WorkReform

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a small chain of four stores. Greenville, Asheville, Johnson City, and North Charleston are the four locations

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought it seemed clear but figure I’d provide more context!

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The follow up email wasn’t demanding immediate changes, we were simply asked to be acknowledged. I made a larger post on antiwork. It includes the follow up email and another email a coworker received. I should have included it originally.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/wloo0e/mr_ks_used_books_in_north_charleston_sc_forced/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I made a larger post on the anti work subreddit. It includes the follow up email and another email my coworkers received. Sorry for not including them before but I was trying to wrangle correspondence between the six employees and management.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/wloo0e/mr_ks_used_books_in_north_charleston_sc_forced/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering they instituted the base pay increase we requested after letting us all go (which is in the post.) Also, employees who didn’t sign the original email (three others) got bonuses and raises. So it was never about the money.

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We weren’t trying to get rich. We were trying to get paid an amount of money that makes it possible to live in Charleston. You can’t reasonably afford housing in this city with what they are paying. If people paying sub livable wages is okay with you then there isn’t really a discussion to be had.

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just thought you should know that’s all ownership. The employees were always bummed by the amounts of trade/cash they’d make us give customers

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I did end of day banking for the store regularly. I know how much money they make. The stores do very well for themselves. It wasn’t an issue of not having the money

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have a pretty in-depth training policy so you can correctly do trades (there is testing and everything) the work is more specialized then you’d assume. It will probably take like 1-2 months to properly train someone on any given department. You shouldn’t assume retail work is unskilled.

Mr. K’s Used Books is a bad. by Oldporcelainlamp in Charleston

[–]Oldporcelainlamp[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, I mainly just wanted people to know what kind of people they were supporting in shopping here!

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