Meaning of burger-flipper | Babel Free

Examples

“The lure of fast money over $6 as a burger-flipper is sometimes hard to resist.”

“I know it’s about as far from being a film star as a burger-flipper is from being a Michelin-star chef, but at least we’ll be busy for the next month and they’ll be paying us so I won’t need to bug Mum and Dad for money any more.”

“I worked as a burger-flipper for a month, but in that time the trousers continually looked like they had been sprayed on.”

“My age and the length of my unemployment, not to mention my professional past, precludes me from working as a burger-flipper or salesperson.”

“He was a dedicated burger-flipper at St. Peters Parish Picnic for many years.”

“As the COVID-19 virus grows into a global threat, I can’t help but think about all the baristas, burger-flippers, train operators and janitors of the world — all the hard-working people across America who might go into work sick because they have to.”

“Starting pay for the humblest burger-flipper at McDonald’s in Denmark is about $22 an hour.”

“Earlier this month, Rex Thompson, chief burger-flipper at Rex’s Hamburgers, was also wondering how he’d get his stand assembled.”

“Chris Tilly, a labor economist at UCLA, said the shortages among burger-flippers and cashiers is notable “because those low-end jobs more typically have a labor surplus.””

“Let’s look at the parable of the burger-flipper for a second. It seems like the fry cook is always held over the heads of middle-class children to get them to study harder and dream bigger. “You can be whatever you want to be if you try hard enough” was the carrot and “You don’t want to be flipping burgers for the rest of your life” was the stick.”

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