supplies ready. The restaurant opens at seven and for the next couple of
             hours Elisa and the manager work alone, taking all the orders. Later, as
             more customers arrive, so do more employees. Elisa works the counter from
             breakfast through lunch, standing for a total of seven hours at the cash
             register. At the end of the work day she is totally wiped out and
             collapses in front of the television.
             Not only is the fast food work hard, but it's also low paying minimum
             wage work. Because the fast food industry generally pays only minimum
             wage, real wages have nose dived for the last three decades. And, the
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