[darkpuppet]

So on your way to work for your $50k/year job, you pay $2.75 for the privelege of riding the bus or subway.

You often give that money to some poor schlep working a booth who made it one step up from his dream of becoming a Janitor...or so you thought

he's not so poor afterall..

Quote:TTC Defends Worker Who Earned $100,000 With Overtime Pay
Wednesday April 2, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff

The TTC is up and running as the talks with two big unions remain on track at a Richmond Hill hotel. The fact a strike deadline came and went on Tuesday is a good sign that you may not find your ride interrupted in the near future.

But whatever happens in the negotiations, it seems likely those who toil for the Red Rocket are in for a raise. Whether that will eventually translate into yet another fare hike is still be determined. But if it does, expect the public outcry to be backed by a stunning new fact: the revelation that a TTC collector earned $100,000 by working more than 1,000 hours of overtime last year.

Candido Barreiro earned his keep by volunteering to take the extra shifts and the fact a man who would normally pull down just $54,000 annually was so well rewarded for his efforts came as a shock to most riders.

I never realized how much these people get paid to sit and try not to think of anything too stimulating all day...