Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich

Author Barbara Ehrenreich is a journalist who decides to write articles on how to live on minimum wage. She stopped her life and started a series of domestic trips to get information about her article, Nickel and Dimed. Barbara Ehrenreich started socio - economic experiments at Key West, Florida. Her first effort was to ensure a place to live and a job that can support her. At first, Ehrenreich discovered that applying for low-wage jobs can be a difficult task.

In her book "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting America in America" ​​(2001), Barbara Ehrenreich performed social experiments where he transplanted himself from a comfortable middle class living, I got soaked in people. With Americans' hardships. (Who) Full-time, full-year, wage at poverty level "(Ehrenreich, 2001) - It is difficult to point out the biggest weakness of interpersonal relationships, so this section will discuss what I think is the most suspicious interpersonal relationship Part: Social Exchange Theory (SET) First, let us briefly introduce this theory, including examples of use in several research fields, and then explain why this is the most suspicious part of interpersonal communication.

In the US working class and the poor, there are hotel butler, waitress, maid, retail clerk. When Nick and Dimed: On (Not) came to America, Barbara Ehrenreich was involved in a series of low-wage jobs in 1998 and explained her experience of trying to survive on wages. In other low-wage jobs, she works at Wal-Mart and earns $ 6.00 an hour. In addition to trying to survive with her salary, she also stated about Wal - Mart 's way of working overtime without wages. The administrator notifies the worker to watch and start additional work (free of charge).