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I think citizens judge minimum wage workers because they feel it gives them a sense of superiority. I think citizens view it as like a pyramid where if you are above a person or you may have a little more than someone else below you they feel they have to authority to look down to those who are below them. I think most judgement is based on location, image or stereotypes. I think location because based on where you go to purchase or consume some kind of item or good you are going to deal with low income workers and based on where you go you may have a good experience or you may have a bad experience. When you have a good experience with a low income worker everything is ideal for the citizen. But it all changes When you have a bad experience

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