I was listening to NPR the other day. They interviewed this person. I'm paraphrasing, but:WTF!??! Why are you still there after 8 years? If you want to be a manager, sure, I get that. But I don't think there's a way to do that job well for 8 years and never get a raise. I'm sorry. Life sucks. Better yourself, or quit bitching.
I heard that as well. That guy needed to start delivering pizza 7 years ago. Delivering pizza is an easy $15 an hour and half of it is untaxed. That's of course assuming that you have a vehicle. Same thing being a waiter though, only the pay is better and no car needed.