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sixyears, nice observation. But it sort of gets to Rob’s point about how it’s hard to continue to deal with serious topics all day long when we have enough bad news these days.
*throws a cannister of Pringles to sixyears*
Biff
(Someday my poor late afternoon snacking habits will end)
“Could it be that parents are making their kids do stuff that would enhance a college application instead? Maybe now kids DO think these jobs are beneath them.”
I think there’s some truth to that, THL. Working in MickeyD’s don’t cut it on the college app, you need to go to Honduras and build some houses and sh*t, for community service, even if you’ve never picked up a saw in your life. So it’s only the poor kids that don’t have the air fare to Honduras that work in McDonald’s.
Then again I heard from the street a while ago that some kids will do food but not fried food.
But I’ve also heard a few employers see value in kidz dealing with, and getting dumped on, by the general public.
So, to cover all bases, I made sure my kid worked one summer at Subway’s on 5th Ave, and another summer went to Colombia for the summer, you know, for the community service credits.
Insert, Not sure if Century has Sterling (worth a look though) as I tend not to like the conservative ones but more cute fun ones.
Overstock def. has sterling (I bought a few there).
I forgot all about overstock. I’ll check that out too. I just want to get several pair of nice sterling silver ones, nothing too fancy, but pretty enough. Since I plan to buy several pair I don’t want to spend a lot.
Yes, bxgrl, What is VERY choosy as to what he will fight as far as racism. If it doesn’t directly affect his own personal situation he’s not interested in taking a stand.
He makes his own hatred even more obvious when this happens.
Illegal immigrants are not the real problem. I worked some godawful summer jobs but I can just see the look on the faces of my friend’s kids if anyone suggested they clean up vomit in the bathroom of a holiday inn or make the beds up, or scrub the toilet bowl out as part of the job.
Most summer jobs are low pay and not that wonderful. So kids today don’t want to do them- they have “standards”.
The day started with posts about why the media covers Michael Jackson instead of dead soldiers and ends with 100 cufflink posts interspersed between 20 illegal immigration posts! I’m too lazy to actually count…that’s randi’s job.
“I really don’t think that illegal immigrants have taken jobs away from Americans who are interested in working. I do believe that some line has to be drawn when a larger corporation hires them so that they don’t have to pay benefits. Many restaurants and other small businesses could not exist around the country without them.”
I totally disagree. These days a LOT of families aren’t in the same financial position they were in when buying kids closets full of designer clothes, gaming systems and cars were the norm. Whether they had the money to begin with or were just allowed to rack up gobstopping amounts of debt by lenders is still in question.
Now, I bet a lot of teens wouldn’t mind scooping ice cream at the DQ or delivering pizza. I’m serious too. I personally know a lot of parents who have closed the cash tap and the kids are NOT finding summer jobs. There are 5 families on this block alone who have become single income families. They all have kids and essentially they have been told if they want money they need to work.
sixyears, nice observation. But it sort of gets to Rob’s point about how it’s hard to continue to deal with serious topics all day long when we have enough bad news these days.
*throws a cannister of Pringles to sixyears*
Biff
(Someday my poor late afternoon snacking habits will end)
“Could it be that parents are making their kids do stuff that would enhance a college application instead? Maybe now kids DO think these jobs are beneath them.”
I think there’s some truth to that, THL. Working in MickeyD’s don’t cut it on the college app, you need to go to Honduras and build some houses and sh*t, for community service, even if you’ve never picked up a saw in your life. So it’s only the poor kids that don’t have the air fare to Honduras that work in McDonald’s.
Then again I heard from the street a while ago that some kids will do food but not fried food.
But I’ve also heard a few employers see value in kidz dealing with, and getting dumped on, by the general public.
So, to cover all bases, I made sure my kid worked one summer at Subway’s on 5th Ave, and another summer went to Colombia for the summer, you know, for the community service credits.
Insert, Not sure if Century has Sterling (worth a look though) as I tend not to like the conservative ones but more cute fun ones.
Overstock def. has sterling (I bought a few there).
Yes, m4l. What kind of shirts do you wear your cufflinks with??? Custom made and monogrammed.
I forgot all about overstock. I’ll check that out too. I just want to get several pair of nice sterling silver ones, nothing too fancy, but pretty enough. Since I plan to buy several pair I don’t want to spend a lot.
Yes, bxgrl, What is VERY choosy as to what he will fight as far as racism. If it doesn’t directly affect his own personal situation he’s not interested in taking a stand.
He makes his own hatred even more obvious when this happens.
Illegal immigrants are not the real problem. I worked some godawful summer jobs but I can just see the look on the faces of my friend’s kids if anyone suggested they clean up vomit in the bathroom of a holiday inn or make the beds up, or scrub the toilet bowl out as part of the job.
Most summer jobs are low pay and not that wonderful. So kids today don’t want to do them- they have “standards”.
The day started with posts about why the media covers Michael Jackson instead of dead soldiers and ends with 100 cufflink posts interspersed between 20 illegal immigration posts! I’m too lazy to actually count…that’s randi’s job.
“I really don’t think that illegal immigrants have taken jobs away from Americans who are interested in working. I do believe that some line has to be drawn when a larger corporation hires them so that they don’t have to pay benefits. Many restaurants and other small businesses could not exist around the country without them.”
I totally disagree. These days a LOT of families aren’t in the same financial position they were in when buying kids closets full of designer clothes, gaming systems and cars were the norm. Whether they had the money to begin with or were just allowed to rack up gobstopping amounts of debt by lenders is still in question.
Now, I bet a lot of teens wouldn’t mind scooping ice cream at the DQ or delivering pizza. I’m serious too. I personally know a lot of parents who have closed the cash tap and the kids are NOT finding summer jobs. There are 5 families on this block alone who have become single income families. They all have kids and essentially they have been told if they want money they need to work.