Corrected entry: Yvette mentions that she got a job at a restaurant gutting chickens. She also mentions that she's getting $100 a week. If she were to work 40 hours a week, that would make her pay $2.50 an hour, which is so far below minimum wage it's unbelievable.
Smart Guy (1997)
1 corrected entry in A Little Knowledge
Starring: Essence Atkins, Tahj Mowry, Omar Gooding, Jason Weaver, John Marshall Jones
Continuity mistake: When TJ records his messages for when his dad comes up to talk, he says "You're right, I just need to sleep on it". When Marcus plays the tape, TJ's voice says "You're right dad, I just need to sleep on it".
Yvette: Dad! You promised you weren't gonna come down here and binge on cake anymore.
Floyd: You want some some?
Yvette: Yeah.
Floyd: Grab a spoon.
Trivia: John Marshall Jones, who plays Yvette's father, Floyd Henderson, is only ten years older than Essence Atkins.
Question: How come no one believes TJ that he was the one who threw the party, not Marcus?
Answer: It's reckless and irresponsible and it's not something that he does normally. But, it is something that Marcus would do.
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Correction: You're assuming she's working 40 hours a week. She may not be. She could be only working part time, and at 20 hours a week, that would be $5.15 an hour, or what the minimum wage was in Washington DC at that time. Also, some service industries, such as restaurants, were not required to pay minimum wage to employees with reasonable expectation of earning tips. In 2013, a server at a restaurant in the USA, who may receive tips, can earn as little as $2.13 an hour, as long as tips bring the wage up to or above $7.25 an hour. If a person makes more than $30 a month in tips, these minimum wages can apply. This is federal law, states can set their own rates.
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