I remember my parents telling me, “do well in school, go to college and get an education, or you’ll spend your life flipping burgers at minimum wage.” Isn’t that the key to a high paying job; the pride and self-respect that comes with the hard work behind the education?
This is probably why more
adults are moving into the positions of fast food restaurants, not just teens.
Now they are striking, again, to get the minimum wage raised to a living wage.
Employees of fast food restaurants are striking in cities around
the country, bolstered by support from labor unions, churches, and other
groups, demanding $15 an hour wages and a greater ability to unionize. Many
consumers have complained that the expectations are unreasonable, given the
type of work and the skills and drive they assume must be lacking in the
workers.
However, government statistics and studies suggest that the
common picture of the fast food worker is inaccurate. Not only are relatively
few of them teenagers looking for some pocket money while attending school, but
the number of adults working in low-paying part-time jobs against their wishes
is rapidly growing. CBS
So, instead of going to school, and furthering their education to potentially get a better job, they would sooner make excuses and whine about what they “can’t” do, then work harder to get the job done.
Now, who is going pay for this potential living wage increase? Why you and me, the consumer, because these restaurants won’t be able to absorb the debts of Obamacare and now this new minimum wage, but liberals won’t take that into consideration before they act or speak, this is the “what about me” generation.
When our car is stuck in the mud, do we sit in it and spin our wheels, or do we get out, dig it out, and get moving again? Yes, I understand that some sit there like victims, until someone comes and bails them out, and some are survivors and refuse to let life get the better of them. That’s why our country is in the mess we’re in, we have more people with a victim-mentality than survivor-mentality.
Wendy’s and Taco Bell were never meant to be career choices. Using them for their college tuition assistance, they were only supposed to be a bus depot to get to the next milestone in the American Dream. The American dream only a nightmare if we make it one, filled with excuses.
So, instead of going to school, and furthering their education to potentially get a better job, they would sooner make excuses and whine about what they “can’t” do, then work harder to get the job done.
Now, who is going pay for this potential living wage increase? Why you and me, the consumer, because these restaurants won’t be able to absorb the debts of Obamacare and now this new minimum wage, but liberals won’t take that into consideration before they act or speak, this is the “what about me” generation.
When our car is stuck in the mud, do we sit in it and spin our wheels, or do we get out, dig it out, and get moving again? Yes, I understand that some sit there like victims, until someone comes and bails them out, and some are survivors and refuse to let life get the better of them. That’s why our country is in the mess we’re in, we have more people with a victim-mentality than survivor-mentality.
Wendy’s and Taco Bell were never meant to be career choices. Using them for their college tuition assistance, they were only supposed to be a bus depot to get to the next milestone in the American Dream. The American dream only a nightmare if we make it one, filled with excuses.
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