MrPuckett
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Jan 13, 2018 6:01 AM
MrPuckett
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loves2ride71337
Why do they get paid that much? They should never make that much money.
dhsikxbwsidkdmnekdkdnb
Water boys also act as athletic trainers physical therapists and the teams EMTs there is a reason they make that much
secretagentchewbacca
glear
I make that much as an accountant with a 4 year degree
TheRealPascha
This actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks op
KCMOoohooh
Cabreza
Most water boys have a bachelor degrees in Hydrology or Water Management. They're the underpaid Liberal Arts degree barista of the NFL.
Porecomesis
Looks like even underpayment pays them well.
bonedaddysmobile
And I am an assistant in a pathology lab helping save lives... and take home 25k....... it's a Sick Sad World!
eddfredd
They prefer to be called Di-hydrogen Monoxide Specialists.
nyquihol
Jupman
Gator...ade
mcriblet420
And they only work for about 24 guaranteed weeks. Pretty nice gig if you ask me.
mcriblet420
My dream job would be a practice catcher for the Chicago Cubs.
OstrichBecky
meanwhile cheerleaders get 9-15 $ hourly.. ok then.
SankariSuomi
What the hell, these guys are making bank while pouring water over big men. You can't even get that in porn.
silentwolf1999
They prefer the term " Water distribution engineer"
MakerOfBadJokes
*Hydro distribution engineer
Haifischschwanzflossenfleischsuppe
Shouldn't we rather complain about other salaries being too low?
Porecomesis
We do that all the time.
MakerOfBadJokes
Hard adjust to meet inflation - reshuffle the numbers out of corporate control and take the pain from their profits, instead of just
MakerOfBadJokes
Reinflating product cost. Here's looking at you, college tuition... 1200% increase in 40years..
Tinkrr
Alright, great, what's your solution to this indignation?
PrivateIsotope
Not so surprising when you consider how much money is being made...
elleinadjw
Google how much the cheerleaders make...
SouperScott
Tell that to big corporations.
WorthEveryPenny
And the republicans
inferno34
That logic Disney be paying trash collectors at the parks 200k/yr
PrivateIsotope
Apparently, they may be athletic trainers.
SpecialAgentCharlesCarmichael
Or like 9 something an hour, but close.
arkangelbb
Disney pays pretty decent wages to their performers, and they also get pretty good benefits.
SoapdiSPENSER
The hydration team in the NFL is usually separate from the Athletic Trainers. But for those of you who want to know: Athletic Trainers (1)
SoapdiSPENSER
(2) are qualified healthcare professionals trained in orthopedic sports med. They can evaluate, diagnose, treat, and rehab orthopedic
SoapdiSPENSER
(3) injuries. They are essential to providing quality, affordable healthcare in high schools and colleges where budget is an issue
SoapdiSPENSER
(4)And they're important players on any sports medicine team. They can rehab like physical therapists. They can evaluate nearly as accurate
SoapdiSPENSER
(5) as physicians. They can perform manual therapy like chiros/PTs/OTs. They are also becoming Masters only - so no more "just college" degs
SoapdiSPENSER
(6) and they also dont treat "just athletes." They actually can legally treat any "active" population such as industrial workers&performers
Shrooomz
This can't be true can it? Please tell me it's actual internet BS?!
IKnowYouHateMeYes
Why do you want it to be false?
Shrooomz
Coz I'm in the medical field and I earn about 2.5 times less than that... So I was about to become a waterboy...
IKnowYouHateMeYes
So, you want it to be false because they earn a good salary and you don't? Shouldn't you be happy that they get paid well, but mad 1/2
IKnowYouHateMeYes
2/2 at those that deal with your salary don't pay you well?
letsdrinkabeerletsdrinkithere
Most waterboys in Australian Rules Football are also trainers/physios/masseuse etc. Surely it's the same in the NFL?
MoneybagsMcGee
Yeah they are also trained EMTs
howsimpleisthis
Is that low if they're trained EMTs? I know emergency health service workers are payed low wages...I heard it from somewhere.
TexanSailor
53k for like 5 months of a year...
hosdfo
Yeah but they also have to deal with afl players
nicholasagream
AFL players are bunch of sooks if you ask me
theslowestsloth
AFL??
Mejsel
Australian football league.. Google it
vegemitelover
Footy in Australia.
hosdfo
Footy in southern Australia*
waiwode
To be fair, Australian sport media refer to everything as footie, except cricket maybe. Certainly soccer and rugby are called footie too.
alchemist12345
So? Isnt this a good thing? Dont people usually bitch and moan how employers underpay workers?
TheKidGorgeous
It's good they're making livable wages but annoying it doesn't match the logic of our society
BeesechurgerProductions
Except NFL waterboys are also college-trained EMTs and physical therapists.
jpparkenbone
I would prefer that waterboys did not make more than my school teacher brother.
Widowreaper
Care dude. You might be asked to leave the room. STOP RESISTING!!!
VioletMoonRising
See that's exactly the problem. Instead of looking up, you are looking sideways and getting mad at people getting a little more than you.
IKnowYouHateMeYes
People forget the one of the most basic fundamentals: do not look at your neighbour's plate to see if they have more than you, 1/2
IKnowYouHateMeYes
2/2 only look to see if they have enough.
ArcaneConjecture
2/2 instead look at your CEOs plate to see where all your hard work wound up.
SmolTenk
how would it help your brother if they made less?
MitchBeaucannon
You: Here. The point: Way over there.
jpparkenbone
I didn't say it would or that they should.
reclusivepope4
I believe the idea was that our country should value education more than entertainment.
alchemist12345
Sure, but thats the responsibility of the waterboy's employers how?
underlord2132
It isn't. We're railing at the injustice, not at the employer.
IKnowYouHateMeYes
The injustice is that his brother makes too little, not that the waterboy makes too much. You don't look at your neighbour's plate to 1/2
IKnowYouHateMeYes
2/2 to see if they have too much, you should only look to see if they has enough.
Bralzor
The problem is that your brother makes too little, not that these guys make too much.
Ginkawa
IKnowYouHateMeYes
Their job.
Ginkawa
what about their job deserves that sorta pay?
Wanderingmaniac
I don't think his brother is a school teacher
jpparkenbone
Your half right. He was, but turned his back on a teaching career after his school cut his entire program.
RasputinLoverOfTheRussianQueen
Now he patrols the streets and fights crime. He might have turned his back on teaching, but never on society.
MakerOfBadJokes
Seriously? The fuck... Average salary of an E-4 in the US armed forces (avg between single and married) is only 40k...
Michaeljaxson
They aren't just water boys. It's like an apprentice learning the trade as a trainer. These people went to school.
MakerOfBadJokes
An apprentice learning the trade - people went to school; if you did college less than an associate's before join- e-3 to start. E-4 trained
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
Yeah but benefits bro. This coming from an Airman in Intelligence who separated as an E-4. Btw "Waterboys" are actually athletic trainers
Butane9000
Oh the government will say how the benefits are really good. With the only detriments being the unstable living location and potential death
RootDootDoot
You picked the wrong job muthafucka, that’s on you.
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wnphxmx12
Yeah but all those "thank you for your service" is enough for me....
MakerOfBadJokes
You forgot the "/s"
HoboTerry
What? I made less than 20 g a year as an e-4. Just a few years ago
MakerOfBadJokes
BAH/BAS included? Or were you in base?
MakerOfBadJokes
*on
elizardo
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jghaverty8888
Now, just add in free healthcare, free college, VA benefits, promotions, and tax benefits into that biased equation of yours....
Snootfullofhoneybees
Clearly written by someone who has never had to visit the VA for healthcare before....
jghaverty8888
What? VA healthcare is completely separate issue all together, as that's exclusively for disabled vets only.
ItsJustACoincidence
But you can live on base and get practically everything for free or really cheap.
MakerOfBadJokes
Everything is downsizing, cause reasons.- I'd say 80-90% of a base doesn't live on it. And honestly, Wal-Mart has better prices for things
smash142
Please tell me your kidding because stuff is not free or cheap on base
032926
As an E-4, when you add in healthcare, bah, bas, its roughly $60K with a large chunk tax free.
MakerOfBadJokes
Tax free, or tax returns -is because you are below the goddamned POVERTY LINE. focus.
032926
All of the allowances, Bah, bas, and whatnot are tax free. You get the whole benefit each month.
HorsesAreLikeWalkingCouchesWithAnxiety
We value large men running into each other head first above the people protecting our country (not morally, but absolutely monetarily)
NotAmused1001
Yeah, I mean the lifetime benefits and the constant fucking reminder they were in the service doesn't make up for it.
PrivateIsotope
We do. When is the last time you bought a jersey with your favorite sergeant on it?
AvJeo
It's two completely different economics. One's supported by tax payers and one by advertising. Maybe if Coca Cola sponsored all the invasion
rusrsdude
Is this what an adult should be learning about?
GTalmighty
Pepsi had warships at one point
storebrandproductmascot
But they sure can afford to pay the defense contractors top dollar.
TheDevilBeatJohnny
Don’t fucking give them ideas
clydeman420
Add in meals, housing, PX and Commisary and I’m sure it’s more than 53,000.
MakerOfBadJokes
If you get meals and housing for free, you lose about half of that. PX and Commissary are honestly about the same as walmart.
MakerOfBadJokes
Some stuff cheaper, some stuff actually more expensive. It mainly helps in overseas bases, or places without a Walmart/Costco/publix etc,
clydeman420
Must be things have changed a lot. When I was a soldier the items on base were hugely discounted. Do u know this for sure or just guessing?
MakerOfBadJokes
-_- well, my magic 8-Ball is in the shop, so... Yeah. Gas is usually the same price on and off - food averages to the same
MakerOfBadJokes
The only thing I religiously buy On instead of Off is alcohol, because State Ran alcohol shops are expensive. Like communist Russia -
MakerOfBadJokes
However, overseas, you can save huge on meat/cheese. Plants are a no-go, because they are half wilted/molded/rotten by time they get there.
VioletMoonRising
In fairness, much of military are basically overpaid maids. Some are even overpaid vacationers depending on where they are stationed.
f4m0us4m0s
https://youtu.be/LTr60WYjNM4
MakerOfBadJokes
*some - some others are about mid range. Is decent but not great places, doing the job. Then some are in bad places.. Roll the dice
Fahargo
A battle ready army requires training. Yearly round the clock training. Just because you don't understand why over seas bases are needed1/2
Fahargo
That doesn't mean they are useless
ntavenger
Don’t let the downvotes get you down, little buddy. I, Anon Military Person, mostly agree.
dilbobaggins
I had a germane answer but then I read his username
ntavenger
You’re right, dildo.
VioletMoonRising
Why so offended? Do people actually believe our military chilling in japan or the Philippines is doing more than maid service?
Fahargo
Military sitting in Japan and Korea protects South Korea military deployed in Europe counter acted Russia in the past.(not current 1/2
Fahargo
China correction
Fahargo
Conflicts I guess) troops deployed to the Philippines are forward bases against Russia. And although there is no war, there us still 2/3
Fahargo
Countless jobs to do. The military doesn't just shut off when there's no war, training, logistics, research,. Keeping a battle ready army3/4