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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the result of a minimum wage of $13+. Some fast food and fast casual places are even paying $15+. I was in a Playa Bowls the other day, and there must have been at least 6 people working. And, while reasonably busy (it was a Saturday morning), it wasn't crazy. Think about having to pay each of those teens $14/hour. That's $84. Let's say they were selling 12 bowls an hour at $12 = $288. So net of about $200, but certainly it's not that busy all day. But then the franchise owner needs to get paid, there's rent, utilities, costs for actual ingredients and supplies, insurance. No wonder prices are going up. [/quote]

That’s fantastic for the workers but my middle class salary didn’t go up and now I can’t afford to eat out. Raising minimum wage was a bad idea, not everyone needs a livable wage, i.e. teenagers. [/quote]

You don’t have teenagers preparing and serving your work day lunch. [/quote]

+1.  Also, as a counterpoint to teenagers-don't-need that, many teens have to save for or work their way through college.  Due to rising college costs, it's become a lot harder over time to pay your way through college (Google it).[/quote]

Sure, but I can’t afford to send my own kids through college anymore either so I’m not going to pay extra so that the teens making my lunch can afford to go. 
As for mid day workers who are not teens, well I hope they have a back up plan for when restaurants start to fail.[/quote]

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