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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:16:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FreefallRet]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By linuxgnar: I noticed the same thing with fast food, pizza joints, & gas stations over the years. Perfectly fine job for a kid, but the entire industry seems to be staffed by middle aged folks now. 20-30 years ago there was one older person to run the show and mostly teenagers doing all the work at these types of places. Then you have sports, my son has civil air patrol, teams meetings with his staff, online training, flight lessons, flight planning and then feeding the animals. He worked a few months, but honestly doesn't have time to have a job. I want my kid training for a career, not making burgers or running a soon to be obsolete cash register. My other kids had jobs, but I don't know if it helped them after they joined the military. My son will enjoy being a kid, I have stuff he does as chores on the property so he can earn money. When he passes his Captain test I will give him $200. I let him drive my vehicles, when he passes his FAA written test I will help him get a car. I once thought my kids should have a job vs enjoying their youth because it's what I did and my other kids did. You are not a man until you have a job etc, but anyone can have a job. We teach our children to have the same mediocre life we had. I want my son to be better and have an incredible life and achieve amazing things. He does it by hard work on the property and being successful. Working at a fast food joint is far from what I consider successful. He can be humbled and taught the value of work by other means.  |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:17:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ontime1969: /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/Screenshot_2023-09-29_at_10_12_13_AM-1002.png Haha no kidding. They will be more than lucky to play in a D1 NCAA University. Lol, probably make a bunch of uncle Rico. "Coach should of put me in, we'd made state then," lol. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:25:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pwcb2005: Because some people never grew up and made it a career. True, but a lot of the jobs adults used to do were moved to CHYYYYNA or Mexico. Kids seem to be lazy asses these days too. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:30:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pedaler: On the mowing and yardwork.....I think part of is people not wanting to get sued if the kid gets hurt. Another part is many kids don't want to do the work....or want what the full service lawn guy gets paid. That is definitely another aspect. |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:33:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Midyew5959: Is hiring a 12-15 yo to mow and stuff not technically a lawn service? Because if not, then I hire a 13 to mow my lawn. If so, I have a lawn service!  |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:35:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I've seen kids working in diners and fast food places in Utah. I walked by a manager in a diner interviewing a kid who said he was 14. Mormons have to get their kids mature quickly - they are usually married and popping little mormonites out by 16. The more kids you have in that religion the better your place in heaven, dontcha know?
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:36:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KaerMorhenResident]
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Yup, my Dad when he was a kid would work summers at an egg farm.
When I was young I worked a ton of different jobs to help put myself through university. I scrubbed dishes, waited tables, worked retail, and was a cashier. It was pretty common that I had to work two jobs while being a full time enrolled university student. Now days, I have been told that you can't get a job working at some fast food restaurants out in the West or Southwest unless you speak fluent Spanish. I have noticed that many of the fastfood places in urban areas are starting to become like that. In terms of agricultural work, no, it's all migrants now around here. My wife also worked in the kitchen and as a server for a restaurant back in high school, but today the kitchen of most of those restaurants is all migrants. Between the terrible job market for teens and the insane cost of everything it has to be pretty demoralizing to a lot of them. My first car was a used 1984 Camaro with leather interior and chrome wheels (previously owned by a topless dancer) that I picked up for like $3K at 16. Good luck coming anywhere close to that cool of a car now at 16 no matter how hard you worked. |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:36:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Orion10182011: 87% of the adults I see working fast food have about an 80 IQ. And that might be generous...  Glad people do it, but let's not ignore reality. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:37:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWe found the spoilet teenager who got everything handed to him!
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IN, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:40:51 PM EDT
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Fucks working entry level jobs wondering why they cant support their 3 kids on it.
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:47:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DH243: He's not wrong. I know several friends that run their kids from sports camp to sports camp and Plat different leagues yr round. Their kids have zero chores or work, no real responsibilities, and unless they go pro(lol) are gonna have a rude awakening at some point. Yup. That pretty much describes every coworker of mine. It's funny, because so many of them think their kid might get a sport scholarship, but I doubt any of them will and if they do it will be to some Division III private college where it will be in the form of "tuition assistances" and probably still leave them with student loan debt. It's kind of like people hoping to win the lottery. The parents don't save for college because they're living to keep up with the Joneses and so a sports scholarship for their kids is like their one hope. I have one lady at work who has three boys, all teenagers with one who is a high school senior. She will not them do yard work, because they might get hurt. She will not the oldest boy watch the other two boys who are also both in high school and so she gets them a babysitter on the very rare occassions her and husband go out anywhere. Their oldest boy they just bought a used Mercedes for him to drive, but they have no college fund him and honestly the kid is so dumb it's doubtful he'll go to university or any trade school worth a damn. What's even more hilarious is that the high school team her son is on ended up having to forfeit their entire season, because too many of the players were injured. I had never heard of that before, too many injured players to field a team. I mean how the heck does that even happen at a high school with over 1,000 students?  |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 3:52:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FreefallRet: Unless it's a retirement or high.School job, working fast food is not a sign of high IQ. Glad people do it, but let's not ignore reality. According to Glass Door a Chipotle General Manager makes a total salary between $57K - $82K a year in the USA. |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 4:11:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FreefallRet: Kids have school and late evening assignments. Then you have sports, my son has civil air patrol, teams meetings with his staff, online training, flight lessons, flight planning and then feeding the animals. He worked a few months, but honestly doesn't have time to have a job. I want my kid training for a career, not making burgers or running a soon to be obsolete cash register. My other kids had jobs, but I don't know if it helped them after they joined the military. My son will enjoy being a kid, I have stuff he does as chores on the property so he can earn money. When he passes his Captain test I will give him $200. I let him drive my vehicles, when he passes his FAA written test I will help him get a car. I once thought my kids should have a job vs enjoying their youth because it's what I did and my other kids did. You are not a man until you have a job etc, but anyone can have a job. We teach our children to have the same mediocre life we had. I want my son to be better and have an incredible life and achieve amazing things. He does it by hard work on the property and being successful. Working at a fast food joint is far from what I consider successful. He can be humbled and taught the value of work by other means. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20856/C1164877-7E27-4B99-BE98-6FFD73F1ABB9-3215826.jpg As long as my kids excelle in school and extracurricular activities, I'm not forcing any of them to work. Work sucks. They'll have the rest of their lives to have their souls crushed. My kids are my responsibility and I'll give them every advantage in life that I can afford. |
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ID, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 4:23:39 PM EDT
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Socialism is creating this environment.
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Posted: 5/16/2024 4:35:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By triburst1: I can’t remember the last time I saw someone not of Hispanic heritage working on a roof. no hispanics here. all methed out white guys. for now... |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 4:41:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: Yup. That pretty much describes every coworker of mine. It's funny, because so many of them think their kid might get a sport scholarship, but I doubt any of them will and if they do it will be to some Division III private college where it will be in the form of "tuition assistances" and probably still leave them with student loan debt. It's kind of like people hoping to win the lottery. The parents don't save for college because they're living to keep up with the Joneses and so a sports scholarship for their kids is like their one hope. I have one lady at work who has three boys, all teenagers with one who is a high school senior. She will not them do yard work, because they might get hurt. She will not the oldest boy watch the other two boys who are also both in high school and so she gets them a babysitter on the very rare occassions her and husband go out anywhere. Their oldest boy they just bought a used Mercedes for him to drive, but they have no college fund him and honestly the kid is so dumb it's doubtful he'll go to university or any trade school worth a damn. What's even more hilarious is that the high school team her son is on ended up having to forfeit their entire season, because too many of the players were injured. I had never heard of that before, too many injured players to field a team. I mean how the heck does that even happen at a high school with over 1,000 students? She is part of the problem with this country. Her along w/ all the other suburban white Karens. |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 4:56:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Badlatitude: Last year my broken ass had to go help another farm out. Old guy in his 80s fkn high school kids wouldn't throw hay for $15, The two he got for $20 an hr lasted a couple days and one quit. Couple days later the other quit. Friends kid needed to raise money for a school trip. Parents wanted him to work for it. We made up a list of stuff he could do at our place (All weeky chore type stuff). That he could do all summer. Cut the lawn (with a 54" riding mower. (No bagging or raking) weed wack around the house and shop ( its just edging) The lawn and weed wacking probably takes an hour total. $50 a week. Plus Nat said she would give him $20 an hr for any additional chores he wanted to do like weeding, barn work, stacking hay, cutting fields (In an air conditioned cab tractor) If he was comfortable doing any of it. Never even showed up. Every one of my boys would have shown up for you. They might as well, work for you and get paid, or do the same job for me at home and not get paid (no air conditioned cab though). Actually, they would show up after they were done at home, or they would do the home chores at night. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 5:01:42 PM EDT
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Welcome to the "NAFTA" crash of the late 80's/early 90's. Couldn't get a grocery store/fast food job at all. I worked on farms during the summer to buy my school clothes & such.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 5:09:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KYLiberty: Most of the people in my neighborhood use a lawn service to mow their lawns. The "professionals", middle aged white guys with no skills other than they have a large zero turn mower, very quickly mow their small yards with tall turf type fescue down to about 1". During the summer, the only green part of their lawns are the massive amount of weeds. There are a few that push mow their own lawns every couple weeks, and have even worse looking lawns. Then, there are the few of us that grew up doing lots of mowing and mow our own lawns that have beautiful lawns. If I had a teenager in the house, they would be doing a very good job of mowing my yard, and probably quite a few more yards. Construction is mostly Hispanic men, with one person speaking English. Virtually no black men in construction here, and the middle aged white guys tend to be criminals, drunks, or addicts. Fast food is mostly Hispanic women, and grocery checkout is mostly white or black women. Almost no kids working in this area. Is it a rural area? Are the “kids” leaving for cities? |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 5:18:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ReservedRealist2: Is it a rural area? Are the "kids" leaving for cities? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ReservedRealist2: Originally Posted By KYLiberty: Most of the people in my neighborhood use a lawn service to mow their lawns. The "professionals", middle aged white guys with no skills other than they have a large zero turn mower, very quickly mow their small yards with tall turf type fescue down to about 1". During the summer, the only green part of their lawns are the massive amount of weeds. There are a few that push mow their own lawns every couple weeks, and have even worse looking lawns. Then, there are the few of us that grew up doing lots of mowing and mow our own lawns that have beautiful lawns. If I had a teenager in the house, they would be doing a very good job of mowing my yard, and probably quite a few more yards. Construction is mostly Hispanic men, with one person speaking English. Virtually no black men in construction here, and the middle aged white guys tend to be criminals, drunks, or addicts. Fast food is mostly Hispanic women, and grocery checkout is mostly white or black women. Almost no kids working in this area. Is it a rural area? Are the "kids" leaving for cities? |
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USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 5:19:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: Yup, my Dad when he was a kid would work summers at an egg farm. When I was young I worked a ton of different jobs to help put myself through university. I scrubbed dishes, waited tables, worked retail, and was a cashier. It was pretty common that I had to work two jobs while being a full time enrolled university student. Now days, I have been told that you can't get a job working at some fast food restaurants out in the West or Southwest unless you speak fluent Spanish. I have noticed that many of the fastfood places in urban areas are starting to become like that. In terms of agricultural work, no, it's all migrants now around here. My wife also worked in the kitchen and as a server for a restaurant back in high school, but today the kitchen of most of those restaurants is all migrants. Between the terrible job market for teens and the insane cost of everything it has to be pretty demoralizing to a lot of them. My first car was a used 1984 Camaro with leather interior and chrome wheels (previously owned by a topless dancer) that I picked up for like $3K at 16. Good luck coming anywhere close to that cool of a car now at 16 no matter how hard you worked. "Migrants" Not true. They don't go home anymore 
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Posted: 5/16/2024 5:45:28 PM EDT
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My town is 9000 people.
Our lifeguards are all adults. We farm out the pool management for $2200/wk. When people call about getting jobs at the pool, they're referred to the management company that then tells them there are only openings 20 miles away. 
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 6:21:29 PM EDT
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illegals need to work to yo!
jk, i know what you mean....it's completely retarded....and on purpose! |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 6:40:58 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By triburst1: When I was 12-15 I push mowed yards and raked leaves around the neighborhood, hauled hay and staked tobacco on small family farms. Now, 30 years later and my son is 14. All of the mowing is done by adults as a full time career or as a side job and all of the farm labor is being done by migrant workers. It’s only a matter of time before grown ups start lifeguarding at all the local pools. And can raise a family on a lifeguard's pay.... |
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USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 8:09:32 PM EDT
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What came first, the lazy kids no longer wanting to mow lawns or the parents who did not tell their spawn that mowing the lawn is part of their chores?
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Posted: 5/16/2024 8:48:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Samsound: My 25-yr old man child worked at BK off and on for a brief period. According to him, many of his co-workers were Jamaican illegals operating under a sub-contractor for peanuts. Imagine that. A BK franchise using a subcontractor for staffing. It may be more common than I realize, but it just sounds weird. And it's obviously to slash costs, even if the subcontractor is doing business illegally. Plausible deniability and all. Lots of fast food places around here advertise daily pay, I always assumed that meant illegals welcome and paying cash |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2024 8:52:05 PM EDT
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well when teens dontwant to work someone else will do it and get paid
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Posted: 5/17/2024 10:43:20 AM EDT
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In fairness many of the illegal aliens are superior swimmers and would make good life guards.
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Posted: 5/17/2024 11:28:42 AM EDT
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The wife works at a supermarket.
Since COVID the store can't find any high schoolers or college kids to work as baggers / helpers so they hire retirees to do the jobs. They can count on the retirees to show up and work for their shift. |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 11:57:20 AM EDT
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Parents don't want their special snowflake to have to "work" while they learn important woke stuff in school. And devote their time to sports so mommy/daddy can relive their youth vicariously through them all the while having a chance to make it big in the pros. There's a huge reckoning coming to this country. Glad my oldest daughter likes money and is now on her second job as a hostess at Olive Garden. Sixteen years old and I'm very proud of her. It won't make her rich. Yet. Just having a job teaches lessons so many kids are missing out on today. She really doesn't "have" to work BTW. She chooses to. Guess we did something right.
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NJ, USA
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Posted: 5/17/2024 12:40:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By warlord: I was a young adult, I worked at my uncle's gas station pumping gas.  At 17 years old I copied and altered my birth certificate to get a job in a gas station pumping gas on the overnight shift on weekend because I was still in high school. You had to be 18 to work there. I still can't believe my parents let me do it knowing I was going to be the only person at the gas station in the middle of the night. Keep in mind that NJ has to pump the gas for the customer. I wasn't hiding behind a window. I had to be out there doing the job. |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 12:56:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Twisted10: i see a lot of teens who dont work like we did. mommy n daddy have them too involved in school sportsballs and activities and shelter them from the scary real world This. My adults at my store outwork the yutes. The yutes want to come in late, leave early, call out, fuck with their phones all the time, socialize, and THEN maybe do some work. And when they do work, the quality of the work is subpar. Yes we try to correct their behavior but you can only rip ass so many times before you throw your hands up and say fuck it. Also all of my adults that report to me uses this job as a secondary job. I think they're averaging, between both jobs, 70 hours a week. |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 2:28:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pedaler: On the mowing and yardwork.....I think part of is people not wanting to get sued if the kid gets hurt. Another part is many kids don't want to do the work....or want what the full service lawn guy gets paid. Shame on those teenagers wanting to receive the same pay for doing the same job. |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 2:31:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mudholestomper: Shame on those teenagers wanting to receive the same pay for doing the same job. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mudholestomper: Originally Posted By pedaler: On the mowing and yardwork.....I think part of is people not wanting to get sued if the kid gets hurt. Another part is many kids don't want to do the work....or want what the full service lawn guy gets paid. Shame on those teenagers wanting to receive the same pay for doing the same job. Are those teenagers paying insurance and taxes? |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 3:23:24 PM EDT
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Kids use to work to save up for a used car and to pay for college.
Now a used car is $20k and no part time job in the world can put a dent in the cost of tuition. |
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Posted: 5/17/2024 4:08:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mudholestomper: Shame on those teenagers wanting to receive the same pay for doing the same job. Then why would anybody hire the teenager to do the job then if they are asking same rate as a licensed business? |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:13:48 AM EDT
[Last Edit: PepePewPew]
[#37]
@triburst1
How old does a caddy have to be? I was talking to a 19 y-o college student yesterday who caddies at the local country club. He gets $30 for a round, plus tips which average around $30, so figure $60 avg for a 4-5 mile hike. Anyway, ice cream shops and fast food joints are full of teens. At 14 I'd look for a non-chain ice cream shop first. |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:26:13 AM EDT
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I hate to say “kids these days” but it’s too hard to find good younger help. The majority of my employees are semi retired folks looking for a few hours a week. They are night and day better than any high school kid that has worked for me. All the kids seem to have zero self starting ability
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:31:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dr_Dickie: Yeah, I think I am the only one in my neighborhood that mows his own lawn. Everyone has a lawn service. Granted, many of the houses are now AirBNB, but even before they were, lawn service. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dr_Dickie: Originally Posted By triburst1: When I was 12-15 I push mowed yards and raked leaves around the neighborhood, hauled hay and staked tobacco on small family farms. Now, 30 years later and my son is 14. All of the mowing is done by adults as a full time career or as a side job and all of the farm labor is being done by migrant workers. It's only a matter of time before grown ups start lifeguarding at all the local pools. I felt like I was the only one that mowed my own lawn for years. All of the other neighbors had a service of some kind full of illegals doing everything around the house even washing the vehicles. I was the only cheap bastard in the hood that did my own stuff. Lately though, that seems to have changed almost across the board. I noticed yesterday while mowing that several of the neighbors were out doing the yard work. I can only surmise Bidenomics has finally caught up with them. 
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:43:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MtnMusic: News flash: there are plenty of migrant workers who are working in this country legally. There's something like 350,000 just in the H-2A program. Not saying it's a great thing... but they're not criminals. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MtnMusic: Originally Posted By SamuelAdams76: "Migrant workers" Don't use the left-tard's language. Criminal aliens. Criminals. That's what they are. Shame, Shame.jpg News flash: there are plenty of migrant workers who are working in this country legally. There's something like 350,000 just in the H-2A program. Not saying it's a great thing... but they're not criminals. 350K vs the multiple millions that have flowed across the borders in the last 4 years. We really aren't talking about the same thing and yeah it's a shame broad brush and all but let's face it, chances are when some one says "hired illegals" they really mean "hired illegals" not H-2A or H1B types. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:46:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pwcb2005: Because some people never grew up and made it a career. Correct. On a recent Weakest Link there was a woman that had been selling coffee at a Starbucks for 15 year |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:55:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 1026: Paper boy is now an adult job as well. And, driving around in cars rather than on a bicycle. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:57:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:03:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Samsound: My 25-yr old man child worked at BK off and on for a brief period. According to him, many of his co-workers were Jamaican illegals operating under a sub-contractor for peanuts. Imagine that. A BK franchise using a subcontractor for staffing. It may be more common than I realize, but it just sounds weird. And it's obviously to slash costs, even if the subcontractor is doing business illegally. Plausible deniability and all. it's very common here with Hispanics. one legal gets the job and the payroll is made to them. family members show up for the actual work. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:05:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By triburst1: I can’t remember the last time I saw someone not of Hispanic heritage working on a roof. had my roof replaced 2 years ago. entire crew was non english speaking Hispanics. they did fantastic work and were FAST. even brough a port o potty and kitchen on a trailer so they didn't need to stop for lunch. |
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MS, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:13:28 AM EDT
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My brother and I had a yard cutting business in high school. We weren't the only ones.
But, now it's all professional companies, doing the same thing we did, for ten times the price. I wish we had see that coming. I never would have gone to college. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:15:41 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By triburst1: When I was 12-15 I push mowed yards and raked leaves around the neighborhood, hauled hay and staked tobacco on small family farms. Now, 30 years later and my son is 14. All of the mowing is done by adults as a full time career or as a side job and all of the farm labor is being done by migrant workers. It’s only a matter of time before grown ups start lifeguarding at all the local pools. Did you expect there to be no competition? Have you not paid attention for the past 4-14 years to who is working where? Why do you think minimum wage went to $20/hr? Have him go learn how to clean up a shop for $9/hr. Volunteer him at local events. Teach him hard work and commitment without telling him to get a job. There are better options than flipping burgers. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:17:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KYLiberty: Most of the people in my neighborhood use a lawn service to mow their lawns. The "professionals", middle aged white guys with no skills other than they have a large zero turn mower, very quickly mow their small yards with tall turf type fescue down to about 1". During the summer, the only green part of their lawns are the massive amount of weeds. There are a few that push mow their own lawns every couple weeks, and have even worse looking lawns. Then, there are the few of us that grew up doing lots of mowing and mow our own lawns that have beautiful lawns. If I had a teenager in the house, they would be doing a very good job of mowing my yard, and probably quite a few more yards. Construction is mostly Hispanic men, with one person speaking English. Virtually no black men in construction here, and the middle aged white guys tend to be criminals, drunks, or addicts. Fast food is mostly Hispanic women, and grocery checkout is mostly white or black women. Almost no kids working in this area. Have your kid take a Spanish class or 6. I’m sure they’ll enjoy having a translator. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:19:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FreefallRet: Kids have school and late evening assignments. Then you have sports, my son has civil air patrol, teams meetings with his staff, online training, flight lessons, flight planning and then feeding the animals. He worked a few months, but honestly doesn't have time to have a job. I want my kid training for a career, not making burgers or running a soon to be obsolete cash register. My other kids had jobs, but I don't know if it helped them after they joined the military. My son will enjoy being a kid, I have stuff he does as chores on the property so he can earn money. When he passes his Captain test I will give him $200. I let him drive my vehicles, when he passes his FAA written test I will help him get a car. I once thought my kids should have a job vs enjoying their youth because it's what I did and my other kids did. You are not a man until you have a job etc, but anyone can have a job. We teach our children to have the same mediocre life we had. I want my son to be better and have an incredible life and achieve amazing things. He does it by hard work on the property and being successful. Working at a fast food joint is far from what I consider successful. He can be humbled and taught the value of work by other means. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20856/C1164877-7E27-4B99-BE98-6FFD73F1ABB9-3215826.jpg much respect on how you are raising that man. the country will be better off with him in it. jobs for kids should be teaching things like responsibility and work ethic, the value of money earned through your labor and teamwork. that doesn't always require flipping burgers. the biggest thing i get out of your post is parental involvement to teach those basic things he will need to be a successful adult. most parents today pawn that off to society which leads to the issues we have today. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:22:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: According to Glass Door a Chipotle General Manager makes a total salary between $57K - $82K a year in the USA. lets not confuse management with the mouth breathers that make fast food employee a life career. they are slightly better. |
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