Posted by D2357BI at 238-231.suscom-maine.net on September 26, 2003 at 02:54:07:
In Reply to: another dumbass question posted by crackrabbit2 on September 26, 2003 at 00:32:47:
If I had to venture a guess it would be "minimum wage"? When you work a job that pays "on a scale" ($0.45 raise each year for "above average" service) it would seem that you are doing the grind for whatever the scale is. This is interpretation, but fits in with the context I have heard before.