So I went to Wendy's

[Fajita Jim]

For a spicy chicken sammich. I went in to get it to go because I like making my own drink so I can get the right amount of ice.

Guy behind the register stood there pecking on his phone. He finally said "I'mma get wif u just lemme finish this text".

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ A.

[Devsman]

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First post best post.

But yeah I mean that kid has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ job, kind of can't blame him for not giving a ♥♥♥♥ about it.

Then he shouldn't be there.

Doesn't matter how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ the job, if you show up, do the damn job and do it right.

I don't know what happened to work ethic, but some people gonna be surprised to find themselves 40 and flipping burgers because they won't take work seriously.

Nah, they won't be surprised. That'll be someone else's fault, and it'll just confirm some nonsense about "the system."

[Chalupacabaras]

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Back in the day, a lot of fast-food workers were high-school kids and some adults that usually worked two jobs. The high-school kids got some money and experience and the adults were getting by doing whatever they could. Only a few adults and manager-types ever worked those jobs for very long. People worked the job and went home, occasionally late after partying with co-workers after-hours...

Good times, good times indeed...

Today, with some persons in those positions (not all) it's as if a customer is privileged to be there and it's the customer's fault that the employee is not happy with their own life choices.

Don't like working fast-food? Learn a skill that people are willing to pay more for.

Or better yet, start your own business and get paid a lot more to do nothing at all. It doesn't even have to be in the food and hospitality business, and you really don't need much to get started. My first company opened up with $200 in my pocket and a head full of dreams, we did pretty good for not having a clue what I was getting myself into.

Side-Note: I don't think the current minimum wage standard is set high enough, right now, in the US. I also think that the current entry-level job market is not as broad as it used to be for people just entering the workforce. That's due to the disappearance of brick&mortar retail and commercial services, that provided a wide-spectrum of jobs, and the rise of "online" opportunities, which take experience to find and navigate.

FDR specifically said that the minimum wage wasn't intended or designed to be a living wage for any American citizen, but rather a starting point to get Americans into the job market or to at least help them get by until they can find something better.

In the U.S., there's currently three type of minimum wage. The first is the regular federal minimum wage, which has been $7.95 an hour since the 90s. The second is the state minimum wage, which was passed a few years back by the Biden Administration and is currently at $12.00/hr in most states. It'll increase by $1/hr annually until reaching $15/hr and then adjusted by inflation.

And then there's the third type, the tip-wage rate. This is the one that gets a lot of people angry because they've never actually worked these gigs. (Disclaimer: I currently work as a delivery guy for a pizza franchise, and tips are part of my wages.) The current state tip-wage rate in Florida is $8.95/hr, but because I hustle and keep professional my boss raised me to $9.50/hr.

Either way, my tips make up the $3/hr difference in just one pizza delivery. And we deliver a LOT of pizzas in our area, so it's not uncommon for our drivers to make upwards of $20-25/hr per day doing part-time work delivering your food. Even on our really slow days, like during the off-season, we're still making at least $15-20/hour working 30 hours a week.

The food and hospitality industry isn't for everyone and there's no shame if it ain't your game. My best advice is go where the money is, it's strictly business and nothing personal.

To sum: Young workers complain about their entry-level jobs. They blame everyone else. But, they don't understand, and few even recognize it, that the entry-level job market today IS NOTHING like what it was years ago when people could at least make a meager living working an entry-level job.

Yep, and they're the same exact experts on everything who thought socialism was the superior economic model while refusing to learn why socialism wasn't the superior economic model. Ah, to be young and stupid again... wait, no, I'm all for bad ideas but that's a terrible one.

Bookstores, petshops, mom&pop retail (non-food/gas), music stores, game&toy stores, video/music chains, arcades/recreation, virtually everything now purchased through Amazon or downloaded on their smartphones... used to have a brick&mortar store that was very likely within a few miles of where young workers now live.

Those are gone. Thanks, internets, Ginormous Chain Retail Store, Spotify, etc...

It's what society wanted, and that's exactly what society got. Society should stop complaining, they have nothing and they will happy about it.

What's left?

Flip burgers. Cut grass. Pick one or learn a marketable skill for your entry-level workforce job.

Agreed, plus getting a haircut and learning to cope without sucking on vapes like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ baby pacifier would go a long way towards better-paying jobs.