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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in H.S. I was designing webpages for $100 an hour while my friends were working part time at Starbucks. Then they went on to college and worked at Starbucks to get by. And now they have a degree and still work at Starbucks. While I meanwhile have a wonderful job and a great life in DC because I had 10 years of RELEVANT experience and they graduated with food service experience.

I feel bad for you if you think ANY serious job will look at a college graduates resume and see McDonalds for 4 years and think "oh that is nice, they probably are a good worker and reliable and learned good job skills." [/quote]

For an entry-level position, I would call the recent grad who worked at McDonalds or Starbucks before I called the one who had "owned his own business" since high school, and never worked for someone else. Obviously, a candidate who had done both would be ideal, but like PPs have said, working for a boss is a signal that this individual can show up on time, dressed appropriately, and follow instructions. These are qualities that I want in an entry-level employee. The person who owned his own business for six years probably thinks he is entitled to be my boss.[/quote]

News flash, the one who owned their own business doesn't want your entry level job. Go ahead and hire those McGraduates.[/quote]

I'm sure he will. A great reason people should work at many different jobs is to have some understanding of humanity from all walks of life. There's no reason people need to segregate. At some point, you should learn how to deal with people who are different than you.[/quote]

A job "understanding" the ignorant scum who work fast food or WalMart will give him all the knowledge he needs... if he plans to work fast food or WalMart later in life. If he plans to get an education and work in an office, exposure to [b]ignorant scum[/b] will do him no good at all.[/quote]

You think all people who work in food service or retail are "ignorant scum", and the fact that they work this type of job is sufficient cause for you to deem them "scum"? Interesting. I think that knowing where someone works (as long as the job is legal and ethical) doesn't give us sufficient information to judge them as scum. I reserve that term for criminals, creeps, and people who attempt to harm others. All we know for sure about a given fast food or Walmart employee is that they've chosen to work an honest, if low-paying and poorly regarded, job. That doesn't say scum to me as long as it's a person of good character.

I certainly hope the lessons my child learns from her childhood experiences are very different from the ones  you seem to have learned, because I would be extremely disappointed in her as a person if she were so judgmental and arrogant as to hold the views you do about people who work in the service industry.

Furthermore, these types of jobs teach many transferable skills which will be useful in a variety of jobs a teen could aspire to have, and they look good on an entry-level resume for a college student or high school grad entering the workforce, especially if it eventually led to a management level position at the store or restaurant.[/quote]

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