Bettering

One of the regulars at Ronny's Dunkin Donuts is this guy Mike. Mike works for the local newspaper, on third shift. Mike suggested Ronny work there, too.
Ronny thought this was a GREAT idea. Went in to "interview" one night (I came along). This is the kind of place where if you can fill your name into the application form they will hire you. Third shifts tend to be like that.
Ronny was very excited that he was working there, and his first night on the job was this past Saturday. He finished around 4:15am, so around 4:30 Sunday morning he crawled back into bed next to me.
When we got up (well, I got up first, and putzed online 'til he woke up), he seemed more blah. He said it was noisy and dirty and not much fun. He stood next to a machine taking bundles of papers off the 'bundler' onto a conveyor belt. Didn't speak to anyone. Didn't vary the tasks. Nobody had even yet told him how much they were paying him.
So, I looked up the phone number, and told him to call Monday morning, ask for HR, tell them he just started but wasn't told the pay. He had heard rumors that it was $7/hr, and for that he didn't want to stay.
Monday night I asked if he found out anything. Sure enough, it was only 7 bucks, so he told the HR lady (I had told him he could do this if it was only 7) he was quitting. She asked "WHY????" He said he didn't need that for only 7 bucks.