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In reply to the discussion: Note to parents with teens looking for Summer work... [View all]Dr. T
(714 posts)10. I was at a local fast food restaurant when I noticed
three high schoolers in restaurant uniforms sitting in a booth in the dining area, chatting and yukking it up, while the manager did all the work.
I went over to the booth and told them that getting fired from McDonald's was going to look bad on their resumes. They looked at me as if they did not understand the words that were coming from my mouth.
Nobody gave me money when I was a kid. Nobody. Not even my parents. They didn't have any to give. If I wanted a bicycle or whatever, I had to work for the money to buy it. That scenario was highly effective at instilling a sense of work ethics.
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Maybe this was her first interview ever. Did you tell her that the texting needed to stop?
irisblue
17 hrs ago
#4
17 is not an age blessed with an overabundance of employment related intelligence tho
irisblue
15 hrs ago
#18
17? She was probably just out of high school, or going into her senior year.
WinstonSmith4740
10 hrs ago
#35
Does anyone remember the articles a few years ago? Mothers accompanying their sons on job interviews?
3Hotdogs
14 hrs ago
#22
The employees collecting carts from the parking corrals at the grocery store stand in the corrals and use their phones,
chia
15 hrs ago
#20
What a difference 20 years makes, but I can understand the scenario only too well
DFW
11 hrs ago
#30
We have severely underestimated the addictive power of mobile devices at the peril of our children's futures and ...
littlemissmartypants
8 hrs ago
#39