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Internet post can be -- in hours, you want to behave the way you treat others. a professor decided to share a lesson when a chinese restaurant had the nerve to overcharge him by four whole dollars. trace gallagher has more from our west coast newsroom, trace. >> the bill came to $57.35, which was four dollars more than harvard business school professor benjamin ed lman was willing to pay. hadn't updated the new online menu to reflect higher prices. so the professor who claims to have consulted for companies like microsoft and the nfl started sparring with the owner of the restaurant over e-mai...

You're talk out of here kwsh booefrnl sfwchbl there's a lot of mud and everything so you said i'm in. >> yup! >> what brought you out to wilingston? >> tired of maybing 7.35 an

Asking, can i get a living wage with that? >> reporter: fast food workers took to the streets to strike in dozens of city from hartford, connecticut to memphis, tennessee and all the way to berkeley, california. more than the federal minimum wage many of them earn, $7.35 an hour, which works out to $15,000 a year for those who can clock 40-hour workweeks. >> it's a hard job. we work hard and they only pay us $7.35 and it's all right. >> reporter: charles and his co-workers want to form a union. they are asking $15 an hour to flip burgers and take your lunch money. the national restaurant assoc...

24 years. welcome. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning. i can't help but notice your t-shirt. what does it say? >> it says we can't survive on $7.35. that seems to be the mantra right now. >> are you going to hit the picket lines yourself later today? >> i was already at mcdonald's, hardy's, a bread company, and a jimmy john's this morning. it's already underway. those were all downtown st. louis. >> we interviewed you once before, the last time fast food workers, you know, walked off the job. did anything change? >> apparently there are some changes. i overheard of some nba players bu...

Now. $15 an hour. saying it's impossible to survive on the minimum wage. so can these protests work? i'm joined now by mary kay hendrick president of the service employee national union when is organizings these protests. your union has been supporting these fast food workers. has there been any sign at all that these companies which include some of the best known names in american are willing to budge? >> no. you've heard the restaurant association say that this is a business practice, that low wages are the way they decide to serve the food. so part of what i think is so inspiring, chris, is...