Sunday, December 13, 2009

Minimum Wage Machine

I'm certain there are a lot of minimum wage jobs that are not too far removed from this. Eight hours per day of turning that crank would likely cause carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow and/or a torn rotator cuff.


Blake Fall-Conroy's minimum wage machine

Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY State minimum wage). That means, if you can physically turn the crank foran 8-hour day, you can earn $57.20. If you stop turning the crank, you stop receiving money.
Via accidental mysteries

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:21 pm

    what if i paid an illegal to turn the crank for me in exchange for half the money....then i would be getting more than $25/day for doing nothing...what the hell..i could get a whole crew going and make thousands/yr....woo hoo!

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  2. The Nag5:37 pm

    Hmmm...and you could call it capitalism.

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