Board 8 > Would you rather go to jail for 1 year or work at McDonald's for the next 10?

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The rules:

If you choose jail, you will serve a full year in a county jail. Afterward you will get your current job or school placement back. Your conviction will remain public record.

If you choose McDonald's, you will work as a cook or cashier or janitor for the next 10 years at minimum wage. You will not be given a raise or a promotion. You may not take any other jobs or enroll in any schools while you work for MCD. Your hours will be 29.5 hours per week, so you will not receive health insurance through MCD.

Which would you choose?
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Seeing as I've already worked at McDonald's for two years, I choose McDonald's over jail. Because it's fucking jail. My experience was great. I guess it depends which country you're in.

Jail easily

I mean
10 years of minimum wage, how can anyone choose this
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jail for what though
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McDonald's in Luxembourg

give me mcdonalds

i am too pretty for jail

Will the going to jail for a year have work release or will I lose my current job and come out a year later with my credit wrecked, house lost, car lost, and trying to find a job with my record which will probably not let me find decent work?
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Purely based on income, losing 1 year is worse than losing 10 years. So jail is the correct choice.

Unless this is some crazy genie warping question, where I literally can't be fired while working at McDonalds because I chose it, and I'm forced to keep going there no matter what I do. That could be fun to live in a world without repercussion for 10 years.
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TomNook posted...

Purely based on income, losing 1 year is worse than losing 10 years. So jail is the correct choice.

Unless this is some crazy genie warping question, where I literally can't be fired while working at McDonalds because I chose it, and I'm forced to keep going there no matter what I do. That could be fun to live in a world without repercussion for 10 years.

Possibly incorrect.
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Corrik7 posted...

Will the going to jail for a year have work release or will I lose my current job and come out a year later with my credit wrecked, house lost, car lost, and trying to find a job with my record which will probably not let me find decent work?

No work release but you get an unpaid leave of absence.
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TomNook posted...

Purely based on income, losing 1 year is worse than losing 10 years. So jail is the correct choice.

Unless this is some crazy genie warping question, where I literally can't be fired while working at McDonalds because I chose it, and I'm forced to keep going there no matter what I do. That could be fun to live in a world without repercussion for 10 years.

You can still be fired, but even if fired you can't take a job anywhere else or start your own business. You can collect welfare I guess.
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red sox 777 posted...

Corrik7 posted...

Will the going to jail for a year have work release or will I lose my current job and come out a year later with my credit wrecked, house lost, car lost, and trying to find a job with my record which will probably not let me find decent work?

No work release but you get an unpaid leave of absence.

Then 1 year in jail. Sure, I will probably come out in bankruptcy and massive debt. But, I might be able to defer my mortgage for a year or get someone to cover my loan payments for a year til I get out. Then I will make more in one year than I can in the next 9 at McDonald's probably. McDonald's would be a slow burn to bankruptcy unless I could get my s/o to get a job also. Can't imagine anything more depressing then slowly going into bankruptcy and my child suffering from it for most of his childhood.
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I think jail would put me in a better financial spot afterwards maybe?
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10 years at mcdonalds and it's pretty close.

As it is, it's a pretty big pay cut, but washington minimum wage is still livable with my mortgage, plus I'm getting a crap ton of extra hours a week that I can work on personal projects, and further my education at a faster clip than I currently am.
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considering minimum wage will likely be $15/hour at some point in the near future, I'd take McDonalds easily.
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Jail, and it's not even close. I mean I get my job when I come back, and will make what I'd make in 10 years at Mcdonalds in under 2 years.
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MawiIe posted...

As it is, it's a pretty big pay cut, but washington minimum wage is still livable with my mortgage, plus I'm getting a crap ton of extra hours a week that I can work on personal projects, and further my education at a faster clip than I currently am.

Did you miss the part where he said you can't enroll in any schools?
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29.5 hours x 7.25 x 52 = 11,121.50 a year salary. Lol.

On a side note: You will pay 0% in taxes and also receive welfare insurance which is basically really good. $0 down.
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For what it's worth, the jail time would look a lot worse on your rsum.
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Jail, definitely.

1 year in jail and I come out and live my same life.

10 years at McDonalds would be hell, and then 10 fucking years of my life are wasted.
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FL81 posted...

For what it's worth, the jail time would look a lot worse on your rsum.

That's why it was key he said that you got a leave of absence so you could return to your job. If not, it becomes a whole new ball game.
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Nanis23 posted...

Jail easily

I mean
10 years of minimum wage, how can anyone choose this

Absolutely this. Give me the jail sentence any day over a decade of vast nothingness and depression.

I mean, if you are single, you could probably get laid a lot working at mcdonald's lol.
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Corrik7 posted...

I mean, if you are single, you could probably get laid a lot working at mcdonald's lol.

And whether you're single or not you could get laid a lot in jail
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BetrayedTangy posted...

Corrik7 posted...

I mean, if you are single, you could probably get laid a lot working at mcdonald's lol.

And whether you're single or not you could get laid a lot in jail

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1 year of jail. definitely.

-less damaging to my mental health
-less damaging to my finances
-less time spent doing a thing I don't want to do
-not having to move backwards in my career
-probably more reasons

Ashethan posted...

Did you miss the part where he said you can't enroll in any schools?

Did you miss the part where you don't need a school to educate yourself? I mean if he wants to make the rule that I can't read books, hire tutors, practice skills, or watch youtube that's more like "would you rather have 1 year in jail or 10 years in MEGA JAIL"
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McDonald's.

Life wouldn't be great, but from what I understand, jail is hell on earth. McDonald's actually provides a few small benefits for their employees (free food, some places offer discounts on shopping), you get privacy during your off hours (you get none in jail), and there are ways to get discounted medical treatment if you happen to live near a hospital (I know this firsthand from my time being unemployed).

A year in jail might more valuable life experience tbh. Assuming ya know, you make it through and all that.

Jail isn't prison. In some states that is a very good thing or a very bad thing.
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Jail, and it's not particularly close. Working at McDonald's for 10 years would wreck me financially.
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