Why are you getting so worked up over 18 bucks an hour? It's not a lot of money and where I live the cheapest studio apartment would eat up over half of that. If I told some hunnies I only made 18 bucks an hour, it would only get the female's juices flowing in a city like Cleveland, where it would probably be a big deal. Where I live, the only people that make as little as 18 bucks an hour are probably the people working at Mickey D's.