Comments on: Money for Nothing? http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:48:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1113 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:16:22 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1113 Nareck, that isn't true in Armenia as most salaries unless you get the opportunity to steal are quite low. For example, salaries average $70/month in the public sector and as Nessuna states, a waitress can make $10 in tips in just one (albeit long) day. Work 8 days and you've already made more than a teacher does in a month in Armenia. Anyway, you sound like one of the people Nessuna describes as not liking waitresses, but it's not true to say that you can earn more doing something else. Like I said, teachers earn $70 a month in Armenia. If a waitress works just 20 days in every month, she'll make $200. Nareck, that isn’t true in Armenia as most salaries unless you get the opportunity to steal are quite low. For example, salaries average $70/month in the public sector and as Nessuna states, a waitress can make $10 in tips in just one (albeit long) day. Work 8 days and you’ve already made more than a teacher does in a month in Armenia.

Anyway, you sound like one of the people Nessuna describes as not liking waitresses, but it’s not true to say that you can earn more doing something else. Like I said, teachers earn $70 a month in Armenia. If a waitress works just 20 days in every month, she’ll make $200.

]]> by: Nareck http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1112 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:04:54 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1112 To work as a waitress because of financial reasons is understandable but doing it out of your volition and regarding it your dream is an exaggeration. Noone dreams of becoming a waitress not only in Yerevan but anywhere in the world since it is a tedious job with a paltry wage. To work as a waitress because of financial reasons is understandable but doing it out of your volition and regarding it your dream is an exaggeration. Noone dreams of becoming a waitress not only in Yerevan but anywhere in the world since it is a tedious job with a paltry wage.

]]> by: Nathan Hamm http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1048 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:52:54 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1048 Nessuna, I had a friend who I worked with at a nonprofit in Philadelphia who refused to quit her part-time waitressing even though she had a full-time position. She finally did have to give it up, but she absolutely loved doing it. Nessuna, I had a friend who I worked with at a nonprofit in Philadelphia who refused to quit her part-time waitressing even though she had a full-time position. She finally did have to give it up, but she absolutely loved doing it.

]]> by: Blogian http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1047 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:38:08 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1047 This is an interesting topic Hetq might have looked into... This is an interesting topic Hetq might have looked into…

]]> by: Nessuna http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1044 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:37:21 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1044 Thanks. I kind of wish I could balance both ;) Thanks. I kind of wish I could balance both ;)

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1043 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:29:40 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/money-for-nothing/#comment-1043 Great post Nessuna, and I just wanted to point out to the readers of this blog that you have both a Degree and Masters so it's interesting that you chose to waitress for a while. In the West, many students and young professionals take up such jobs maybe for the same reasons that you did. Yet, it's interesting to note the perception of Armenians to waiting staff, especially when the service industry constitutes a great deal of the economy in Central Yerevan. Anyway, as you have quite a cool position in the NGO sector now, in retrospect, I was wondering which job you liked the most? Great post Nessuna, and I just wanted to point out to the readers of this blog that you have both a Degree and Masters so it’s interesting that you chose to waitress for a while. In the West, many students and young professionals take up such jobs maybe for the same reasons that you did. Yet, it’s interesting to note the perception of Armenians to waiting staff, especially when the service industry constitutes a great deal of the economy in Central Yerevan.

Anyway, as you have quite a cool position in the NGO sector now, in retrospect, I was wondering which job you liked the most?

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