Northern Money...

How does a Northern Economy work?  I am at a loss as to try and explain it and it’s really starting to bug me.  Take the Price George Tim Horton’s for example (the one on they high-way across from the Spruce Land Mall) everyday since I’ve got here I’ve gone there in the morning to get breakfast and lunch.  EVERY SINGLE TIME they’ve got some aspect of my lunch wrong.  I’ve asked for no tomatoes (they makes my sandwich soggy by the time I’m ready to eat it) and I’ve got tomatoes.  I ask for tuna, I get chicken.  I ask for a chocolate glaze and I get… a regular glaze.  This is not hard people!  I’m currently sitting in Starbucks (yeah, I know I’m a Starbucks whore) drinking my Venti Strawberry Lemonade Frappuchino that I got for free because they screwed up my drink order the other day (Personal De-café Americano) and made me wait forever.

Whenever you talk to anyone about the current state of the Northern economy you invariably hear tales of the insane money that people are making.  This seems to be the prevailing excuse across BC and Alberta for why service in fast food and restaurants is so deplorable even though these companies are paying $10 and up.  The argument seems to be that everyone is getting all these big money jobs and there’s no one to work the crappy fast food jobs.  Well how can that be when it’s just physically impossible for everyone to do these big money jobs; not to mention that many people don’t really even want these jobs for various reasons.

So that ends my query about the Northern economy if anyone can explain it to me I’d love to know why it’s impossible to get good, hell I’d settle for competent, service in the North.  Meanwhile I’m going to sit back and wait for my big money Northern job to call.