[rdouble]

Hacker News definitely attracts geniuses these days. You have to work more than 40 hours a week.

Edit: What bills does he have? Food is free, because you work in food service. Rent in a place like Yakima is < $400/m. Summer starts in May. Also, after 40 hours a week you get overtime.

[taybin]

One of the problems the poor have is shifting schedules that keep them from working multiple part-time jobs to get to 40 hours a week.

I've never heard of a food server job that hired fulltime workers or allowed those reaching 40 hours to go beyond that.