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Written Response Serving in Florida After reading Nickel and Dimed: On not Getting by in America chapter one, I like the book . What I like about Nickel and Dimed is that it makes you think about all those people out there who are working minimum wage jobs and have to make a living for themselves to stay alive. It is actually depressing to see how some of these unfortunate people have to live. To live in a car or a hotel and eat only what you can get your hands on and too never get a chance to go-out and see a movie. It is very sad and it makes me want to go out and help these people someway. It is sad to think that this is reality for some people and makes me want to do good for myself. This chapter “Serving in Florida” brings up some arguments. The main argument that Enrenreich tries to bring up in this chapter is the quality of life people of a minimum wage job have to live. The servers work about eight hours a day and make $2.13 plus what tips they make. In the end the money the servers make is about $25.00 for a whole day of work. That i