my first job at 15 was this absolute dump in a suburban mall food court. $4.25/hr. the place should have been shut down by inspectors, but they always just have warnings. they also ripped me off of hours all the time and made me buy my uniform, which I knew was unfair but had no clue how to do anything about it and neither did anyone else, except they would say quit and go somewhere else. but it seemed like everyone my age with a job hated their job.
I worked after school for 3-4 hours on weekdays with full shifts on weekends. I was so excited to have my own money. I saved up for an N64 and Mario64 and was so psyched when I finally got it, only to realize that I never had much free time to play games anymore.
no one should have to work during the school year, especially as a kid. and summers should be for other enrichment and maybe some kind of field placement in college to see if you like what you're learning in a labor context, like shadowing a nurse or an archivist or curator or a veterinarian.
the only "positive" is going to be the trauma of this kid learning how america treats food service workers, right to their face. it was a wake up call for me just how cruel, stupid and unreasonable people could be.
my first job at 15 was this absolute dump in a suburban mall food court. $4.25/hr. the place should have been shut down by inspectors, but they always just have warnings. they also ripped me off of hours all the time and made me buy my uniform, which I knew was unfair but had no clue how to do anything about it and neither did anyone else, except they would say quit and go somewhere else. but it seemed like everyone my age with a job hated their job.
I worked after school for 3-4 hours on weekdays with full shifts on weekends. I was so excited to have my own money. I saved up for an N64 and Mario64 and was so psyched when I finally got it, only to realize that I never had much free time to play games anymore.
no one should have to work during the school year, especially as a kid. and summers should be for other enrichment and maybe some kind of field placement in college to see if you like what you're learning in a labor context, like shadowing a nurse or an archivist or curator or a veterinarian.
the only "positive" is going to be the trauma of this kid learning how america treats food service workers, right to their face. it was a wake up call for me just how cruel, stupid and unreasonable people could be.