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I think the stigma associated with fast food jobs is pretty shameful. They're just a rung up from garbage collectors on the social scale.
Of course there are all sorts of people who work in ff, from teenagers working their first jobs to recently arrive immigrants to ex-cons to corporate ladder climbers. If anything, ff is one of the more egalitarian industries out there. There aren't many other places where you can work your way up by staying with the same company anymore.
I think the stigma associated with fast food jobs is pretty shameful. They're just a rung up from garbage collectors on the social scale.
Of course there are all sorts of people who work in ff, from teenagers working their first jobs to recently arrive immigrants to ex-cons to corporate ladder climbers. If anything, ff is one of the more egalitarian industries out there. There aren't many other places where you can work your way up by staying with the same company anymore.
Other groups include artist/musician types that need to supplement their income but not give up doing what they love, semi-retired people, and people who have spouses that work and just want something to do every once in a while. It's very diverse.
I think the stigma associated with fast food jobs is pretty shameful. They're just a rung up from garbage collectors on the social scale.
I'm not talking about the "social scale". What people think is "shameful" is totally irrelevant to me. No one should think what anyone does for an honest living is "shameful". Also many individuals who handle garbage for the city/state make really good money.
I just wonder that among unskilled jobs someone would choose/stick with fast food, with the very low wages and abusive customers.
I just wonder that among unskilled jobs someone would choose/stick with fast food, with the very low wages and abusive customers.
You won't find any "one size fits all" answer, as you'll find that not all fast food operations can be realistically niched into a generalized and compact little exemplar group.
You won't find any "one size fits all" answer, as you'll find that not all fast food operations can be realistically niched into a generalized and compact little exemplar group.
My first job, in 1980, was at a McDonalds. I remember making $1.85 an hour. I worked about 20 to 25 hours per week. I hated that job and could not wait to leave it.
BUT..that job lasted 8 months, which gave me real world experience. It taught me responsibility, leadership, team work, and time management. It also was the stepping stone to my next job, working at a Woolworths (I doubt many people are old enough to remember what a Woolworth's was). I remember being excited to get a new job at over $2.00 an hour. And those two jobs helped me purchase, and pay cash for, a 1974 Ford Pinto, and be able to afford the insurance.
I don't think anyone wakes up saying "I want to work in fast food", but I honestly think more teenagers would be better off in the future if they would lower themselves to work in a fast food joint for a few months. It motivated me to do better in school, budget my own money, and move on to something better.
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